diff --git a/querydsl-hql/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/hql/jpa/AbstractJPAQuery.java b/querydsl-hql/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/hql/jpa/AbstractJPAQuery.java
index 5c1071e20..ac5645250 100644
--- a/querydsl-hql/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/hql/jpa/AbstractJPAQuery.java
+++ b/querydsl-hql/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/hql/jpa/AbstractJPAQuery.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.NoResultException;
 import javax.persistence.Query;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -176,6 +177,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractJPAQuery<Q extends AbstractJPAQuery<Q>> extends HQ
         logQuery(queryString);
         Query query = createQuery(queryString, null);
         reset();
-        return (RT) query.getSingleResult();
+        try{
+            return (RT) query.getSingleResult();    
+        }catch(NoResultException e){
+            logger.debug(e.getMessage(),e);
+            return null;            
+        }
+        
     }
 }
diff --git a/querydsl-hql/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/AbstractStandardTest.java b/querydsl-hql/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/AbstractStandardTest.java
index ea9a4a431..fb9b9660d 100644
--- a/querydsl-hql/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/AbstractStandardTest.java
+++ b/querydsl-hql/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/AbstractStandardTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 package com.mysema.query;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -308,5 +310,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractStandardTest {
         Param<String> name = new Param<String>(String.class,"name");
         assertEquals("Bob123",query().from(cat).where(cat.name.eq(name)).uniqueResult(cat.name));
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void null_as_uniqueResult(){
+        assertNull(query().from(cat).where(cat.name.eq(UUID.randomUUID().toString())).uniqueResult(cat));
+    }
 
 }