diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/querydsl/core/types/NullExpression.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/querydsl/core/types/NullExpression.java
index 58a7c6e27..6cc0d0eb4 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/querydsl/core/types/NullExpression.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/querydsl/core/types/NullExpression.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public final class NullExpression<T> extends TemplateExpressionImpl<T> {
      */
     public static final NullExpression<Object> DEFAULT = new NullExpression<Object>(Object.class);
 
-    private NullExpression(Class<? extends T> type) {
+    public NullExpression(Class<? extends T> type) {
         super(type, NULL_TEMPLATE, ImmutableList.of());
     }
 
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/querydsl/core/types/dsl/Expressions.java b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/querydsl/core/types/dsl/Expressions.java
index f7b86d4f5..3839d45c5 100644
--- a/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/querydsl/core/types/dsl/Expressions.java
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/main/java/com/querydsl/core/types/dsl/Expressions.java
@@ -15,11 +15,30 @@
 package com.querydsl.core.types.dsl;
 
 import java.sql.Time;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.querydsl.core.Tuple;
-import com.querydsl.core.types.*;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.CollectionExpression;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.ConstantImpl;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.Expression;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.ExpressionUtils;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.NullExpression;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.OperationImpl;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.Operator;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.Ops;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.Path;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.PathImpl;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.PathMetadata;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.PathMetadataFactory;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.PredicateOperation;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.PredicateTemplate;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.Template;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.TemplateExpressionImpl;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.TemplateFactory;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.Visitor;
 
 /**
  * Factory class for {@link Expression} creation.
@@ -1670,7 +1689,7 @@ public final class Expressions {
      * @return null expression
      */
     public static <T> NullExpression<T> nullExpression(Class<T> type) {
-        return nullExpression();
+        return new NullExpression<T>(type);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/querydsl/core/NullExpressionTest.java b/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/querydsl/core/NullExpressionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b27b9a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/querydsl-core/src/test/java/com/querydsl/core/NullExpressionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015, The Querydsl Team (http://www.querydsl.com/team)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.querydsl.core;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.time.LocalDate;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.querydsl.core.domain.Cat;
+import com.querydsl.core.domain.QCat;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.ExpressionException;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.Projections;
+import com.querydsl.core.types.dsl.Expressions;
+
+public class NullExpressionTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void withConstructor() {
+        Cat cat = Projections.constructor(Cat.class, Expressions.nullExpression(String.class), QCat.cat.id, QCat.cat.bodyWeight).newInstance(null, 1, 2.5);
+        assertNotNull(cat);
+    }
+
+
+    @Test(expected = ExpressionException.class)
+    public void withoutConstructor() {
+        Cat cat = Projections.constructor(Cat.class, Expressions.nullExpression(String.class), QCat.cat.id, QCat.cat.birthdate).newInstance(null, 1, LocalDate.now());
+        assertNotNull(cat);
+    }
+}