diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_bignum.function b/tests/suites/test_suite_bignum.function
index c90f1bbbb..2305f488c 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_bignum.function
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_bignum.function
@@ -143,6 +143,26 @@ exit:
 }
 /* END_CASE */
 
+/* BEGIN_CASE */
+void mpi_zero_length_buffer_is_null()
+{
+    mbedtls_mpi X;
+    size_t olen;
+
+    mbedtls_mpi_init(&X);
+
+    /* Simply test that the following functions do not crash when a NULL buffer
+     * pointer and 0 length is passed. We don't care much about the return value. */
+    TEST_EQUAL(mbedtls_mpi_read_binary(&X, NULL, 0), 0);
+    TEST_EQUAL(mbedtls_mpi_read_binary_le(&X, NULL, 0), 0);
+    TEST_EQUAL(mbedtls_mpi_write_string(&X, 16, NULL, 0, &olen), MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL);
+    TEST_EQUAL(mbedtls_mpi_write_binary(&X, NULL, 0), 0);
+
+exit:
+    mbedtls_mpi_free(&X);
+}
+/* END_CASE */
+
 /* BEGIN_CASE */
 void mpi_read_binary(data_t *buf, char *input_A)
 {
diff --git a/tests/suites/test_suite_bignum.misc.data b/tests/suites/test_suite_bignum.misc.data
index 9d068f146..c53e42a8f 100644
--- a/tests/suites/test_suite_bignum.misc.data
+++ b/tests/suites/test_suite_bignum.misc.data
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ mpi_read_write_string:16:"":2:"0":4:0:0
 Test mpi_write_string #10 (Negative hex with odd number of digits)
 mpi_read_write_string:16:"-1":16:"":3:0:MBEDTLS_ERR_MPI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL
 
+Provide NULL buffer with 0 length
+mpi_zero_length_buffer_is_null
+
 Base test mbedtls_mpi_read_binary #1
 mpi_read_binary:"0941379d00fed1491fe15df284dfde4a142f68aa8d412023195cee66883e6290ffe703f4ea5963bf212713cee46b107c09182b5edcd955adac418bf4918e2889af48e1099d513830cec85c26ac1e158b52620e33ba8692f893efbb2f958b4424":"0941379D00FED1491FE15DF284DFDE4A142F68AA8D412023195CEE66883E6290FFE703F4EA5963BF212713CEE46B107C09182B5EDCD955ADAC418BF4918E2889AF48E1099D513830CEC85C26AC1E158B52620E33BA8692F893EFBB2F958B4424"