diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/FactoryExpressionBase.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/FactoryExpressionBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe24da58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/FactoryExpressionBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package com.mysema.query.types;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Common superclass for FactoryExpression implementations
+ *
+ * @param <T>
+ */
+public abstract class FactoryExpressionBase<T> extends ExpressionBase<T> implements FactoryExpression<T> {
+
+    private static class FactoryExpressionWrapper<T> extends ExpressionBase<T> implements FactoryExpression<T> {
+        private final FactoryExpression<T> expr;
+
+        public FactoryExpressionWrapper(FactoryExpression<T> expr) {
+            super(expr.getType());
+            this.expr = expr;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<Expression<?>> getArgs() {
+            return expr.getArgs();
+        }
+
+        @Nullable
+        @Override
+        public T newInstance(Object... args) {
+            if (args != null) {
+                for (Object arg : args) {
+                    if (arg != null) {
+                        return expr.newInstance(args);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Nullable
+        @Override
+        public <R, C> R accept(Visitor<R, C> v, @Nullable C context) {
+            return expr.accept(v, context);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            return expr.equals(o);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public FactoryExpressionBase(Class<? extends T> type) {
+        super(type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns a wrapper expression which returns null if all arguments to newInstance are null
+     *
+     * @return
+     */
+    public FactoryExpression<T> skipNulls() {
+        return new FactoryExpressionWrapper<T>(this);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QBean.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QBean.java
index 958249023..085b93eb8 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QBean.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QBean.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import com.google.common.primitives.Primitives;
  *
  * @param <T> bean type
  */
-public class QBean<T> extends ExpressionBase<T> implements FactoryExpression<T> {
+public class QBean<T> extends FactoryExpressionBase<T> implements FactoryExpression<T> {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -8210214512730989778L;
 
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QList.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QList.java
index 94fd5284b..f17f2d49c 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QList.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QList.java
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
  */
 package com.mysema.query.types;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 
 /**
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
  * @author tiwe
  *
  */
-public class QList extends ExpressionBase<List<?>> implements FactoryExpression<List<?>> {
+public class QList extends FactoryExpressionBase<List<?>> implements FactoryExpression<List<?>> {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -7545994090073480810L;
 
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QMap.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QMap.java
index f5d837f3e..9a8159ad8 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QMap.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QMap.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
  * @author tiwe
  *
  */
-public class QMap extends ExpressionBase<Map<Expression<?>,?>> implements FactoryExpression<Map<Expression<?>,?>>{
+public class QMap extends FactoryExpressionBase<Map<Expression<?>,?>> implements FactoryExpression<Map<Expression<?>,?>>{
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -7545994090073480810L;
 
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QTuple.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QTuple.java
index 6a994fc65..4c7526828 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QTuple.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/mysema/query/types/QTuple.java
@@ -13,13 +13,12 @@
  */
 package com.mysema.query.types;
 
+import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
-
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@ import com.mysema.query.Tuple;
  *
  */
 @Immutable
-public class QTuple extends ExpressionBase<Tuple> implements FactoryExpression<Tuple> {
+public class QTuple extends FactoryExpressionBase<Tuple> implements FactoryExpression<Tuple> {
 
     private static ImmutableMap<Expression<?>, Integer> createBindings(List<Expression<?>> exprs) {
         Map<Expression<?>, Integer> map = Maps.newHashMap();
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/types/QTupleTest.java b/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/types/QTupleTest.java
index 7266e3898..a48a8d06c 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/types/QTupleTest.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/mysema/query/types/QTupleTest.java
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@
  */
 package com.mysema.query.types;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
-import org.junit.Ignore;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.mysema.query.Tuple;
 import com.mysema.query.types.path.StringPath;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
 public class QTupleTest {
 
@@ -108,4 +108,10 @@ public class QTupleTest {
         assertEquals(1, expr.getArgs().size());
         assertEquals(str1, expr.getArgs().get(0));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void NewInstance() {
+        assertNotNull(new QTuple(str1, str1).newInstance(null, null));
+        assertNull(new QTuple(str1, str1).skipNulls().newInstance(null, null));
+    }
 }