2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/functional/eval/null_spec.lua b/test/functional/eval/null_spec.lua
index f72d05f2a3..3b361ceeda 100644
--- a/test/functional/eval/null_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/eval/null_spec.lua
@@ -130,4 +130,10 @@ describe('NULL', function()
     null_list_expr_test('is not not equal to itself', 'L != L', 0, 0)
     null_list_expr_test('counts correctly', 'count([L], L)', 0, 1)
   end)
+  describe('dict', function()
+    it('does not crash when indexing NULL dict', function()
+      eq('\nE716: Key not present in Dictionary: test\nE15: Invalid expression: v:_null_dict.test',
+         redir_exec('echo v:_null_dict.test'))
+    end)
+  end)
 end)
diff --git a/test/unit/eval/typval_spec.lua b/test/unit/eval/typval_spec.lua
index ebd53469e8..937869a7bc 100644
--- a/test/unit/eval/typval_spec.lua
+++ b/test/unit/eval/typval_spec.lua
@@ -1568,5 +1568,12 @@ describe('typval.c', function()
         end)
       end)
     end)
+    describe('indexing', function()
+      describe('find', function()
+        itp('works with NULL dict', function()
+          eq(nil, lib.tv_dict_find(nil, '', 0))
+        end)
+      end)
+    end)
   end)
 end)