diff --git a/docs/filtering.rst b/docs/filtering.rst
index da37edb7..000d63dd 100644
--- a/docs/filtering.rst
+++ b/docs/filtering.rst
@@ -119,6 +119,22 @@ You can also use boolean combination of operations:
     GET /user?filter=[{"name":"group.name","op":"ilike","val":"%admin%"},{"or":[{"not":{"name":"first_name","op":"eq","val":"John"}},{"and":[{"name":"first_name","op":"like","val":"%Jim%"},{"name":"date_create","op":"gt","val":"1990-01-01"}]}]}] HTTP/1.1
     Accept: application/vnd.api+json
 
+
+Filtering records by a field that is null
+
+.. sourcecode:: http
+
+    GET /user?filter=[{"name":"name","op":"is_","val":null}] HTTP/1.1
+    Accept: application/vnd.api+json
+
+Filtering records by a field that is not null
+
+.. sourcecode:: http
+
+    GET /user?filter=[{"name":"name","op":"isnot","val":null}] HTTP/1.1
+    Accept: application/vnd.api+json
+
+
 Common available operators:
 
 * any: used to filter on "to many" relationships
diff --git a/fastapi_jsonapi/data_layers/filtering/sqlalchemy.py b/fastapi_jsonapi/data_layers/filtering/sqlalchemy.py
index e676c021..93c7a61a 100644
--- a/fastapi_jsonapi/data_layers/filtering/sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/fastapi_jsonapi/data_layers/filtering/sqlalchemy.py
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ def __init__(self, model: Type[TypeModel], filter_: dict, schema: Type[TypeSchem
         self.filter_ = filter_
         self.schema = schema
 
+    def _check_can_be_none(self, fields: list[ModelField]) -> bool:
+        """
+        Return True if None is possible value for target field
+        """
+        return any(field_item.allow_none for field_item in fields)
+
     def _cast_value_with_scheme(self, field_types: List[ModelField], value: Any) -> Tuple[Any, List[str]]:
         errors: List[str] = []
         casted_value = cast_failed
@@ -109,6 +115,15 @@ def create_filter(self, schema_field: ModelField, model_column, operator, value)
             fields = list(schema_field.sub_fields)
         else:
             fields = [schema_field]
+
+        can_be_none = self._check_can_be_none(fields)
+
+        if value is None:
+            if can_be_none:
+                return getattr(model_column, self.operator)(value)
+
+            raise InvalidFilters(detail=f"The field `{schema_field.name}` can't be null")
+
         types = [i.type_ for i in fields]
         clear_value = None
         errors: List[str] = []
@@ -133,8 +148,9 @@ def create_filter(self, schema_field: ModelField, model_column, operator, value)
                 )
 
         # Если None, при этом поле обязательное (среди типов в аннотации нет None, то кидаем ошибку)
-        if clear_value is None and not any(not i_f.required for i_f in fields):
+        if clear_value is None and not can_be_none:
             raise InvalidType(detail=", ".join(errors))
+
         return getattr(model_column, self.operator)(clear_value)
 
     def _separate_types(self, types: List[Type]) -> Tuple[List[Type], List[Type]]:
diff --git a/tests/test_api/test_api_sqla_with_includes.py b/tests/test_api/test_api_sqla_with_includes.py
index 215a8e04..28bd2967 100644
--- a/tests/test_api/test_api_sqla_with_includes.py
+++ b/tests/test_api/test_api_sqla_with_includes.py
@@ -2025,6 +2025,89 @@ async def test_field_filters_with_values_from_different_models(
             "meta": {"count": 0, "totalPages": 1},
         }
 
+    @mark.parametrize(
+        ("filter_dict", "expected_email_is_null"),
+        [
+            param([{"name": "email", "op": "is_", "val": None}], True),
+            param([{"name": "email", "op": "isnot", "val": None}], False),
+        ],
+    )
+    async def test_filter_by_null(
+        self,
+        app: FastAPI,
+        async_session: AsyncSession,
+        client: AsyncClient,
+        user_1: User,
+        user_2: User,
+        filter_dict: dict,
+        expected_email_is_null: bool,
+    ):
+        user_2.email = None
+        await async_session.commit()
+
+        target_user = user_2 if expected_email_is_null else user_1
+
+        url = app.url_path_for("get_user_list")
+        params = {"filter": dumps(filter_dict)}
+
+        response = await client.get(url, params=params)
+        assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK, response.text
+
+        response_json = response.json()
+
+        assert len(data := response_json["data"]) == 1
+        assert data[0]["id"] == str(target_user.id)
+        assert data[0]["attributes"]["email"] == target_user.email
+
+    async def test_filter_by_null_error_when_null_is_not_possible_value(
+        self,
+        async_session: AsyncSession,
+        user_1: User,
+    ):
+        resource_type = "user_with_nullable_email"
+
+        class UserWithNotNullableEmailSchema(UserSchema):
+            email: str
+
+        app = build_app_custom(
+            model=User,
+            schema=UserWithNotNullableEmailSchema,
+            schema_in_post=UserWithNotNullableEmailSchema,
+            schema_in_patch=UserWithNotNullableEmailSchema,
+            resource_type=resource_type,
+        )
+        user_1.email = None
+        await async_session.commit()
+
+        url = app.url_path_for(f"get_{resource_type}_list")
+        params = {
+            "filter": dumps(
+                [
+                    {
+                        "name": "email",
+                        "op": "is_",
+                        "val": None,
+                    },
+                ],
+            ),
+        }
+
+        async with AsyncClient(app=app, base_url="http://test") as client:
+            response = await client.get(url, params=params)
+            assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST, response.text
+            assert response.json() == {
+                "detail": {
+                    "errors": [
+                        {
+                            "detail": "The field `email` can't be null",
+                            "source": {"parameter": "filters"},
+                            "status_code": status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST,
+                            "title": "Invalid filters querystring parameter.",
+                        },
+                    ],
+                },
+            }
+
     async def test_composite_filter_by_one_field(
         self,
         app: FastAPI,