diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/cache/CouchbaseCache.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/cache/CouchbaseCache.java
index dbb31bba..60ba4f5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/cache/CouchbaseCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/cache/CouchbaseCache.java
@@ -88,8 +88,12 @@ public class CouchbaseCache implements Cache {
    * @param value the Object to store.
    */
   public final void put(final Object key, final Object value) {
-    String documentId = key.toString();
-    client.set(documentId, 0, value);
+    if (value != null) {
+      String documentId = key.toString();
+      client.set(documentId, 0, value);
+    } else {
+      evict(key);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/cache/CouchbaseCacheTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/cache/CouchbaseCacheTests.java
index 27fd392c..a7b5f282 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/cache/CouchbaseCacheTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/couchbase/cache/CouchbaseCacheTests.java
@@ -97,4 +97,21 @@ public class CouchbaseCacheTests {
     assertNull(result);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Putting into cache on the same key not null value, and then null value,
+   * results in null object
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testSettingNullAndGetting() {
+    CouchbaseCache cache = new CouchbaseCache(cacheName, client);
+
+    String key = "couchbase-cache-test";
+    String value = "Hello World!";
+
+    cache.put(key, value);
+    cache.put(key, null);
+
+    assertNull(cache.get(key));
+  }
+
 }