diff --git a/lib/eth/address.rb b/lib/eth/address.rb
index 9fc1f279..4a05d17e 100644
--- a/lib/eth/address.rb
+++ b/lib/eth/address.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module Eth
 
   # The {Eth::Address} class to handle checksummed Ethereum addresses.
   class Address
+    NULL = "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000"
 
     # Provides a special checksum error if EIP-55 is violated.
     class CheckSumError < StandardError; end
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@ def valid?
       end
     end
 
+    # Checks that the address is the null address.
+    # 
+    # @return [Boolean] true if the address is the null address.
+    def null?
+      address == NULL
+    end
+
     # Generate a checksummed address.
     #
     # @return [String] prefixed hexstring representing an checksummed address.
diff --git a/spec/eth/address_spec.rb b/spec/eth/address_spec.rb
index e28add1f..38cc9b1d 100644
--- a/spec/eth/address_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/eth/address_spec.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     subject(:bob) { Address.new "0x7291d3cd257053bac810ee2c55fd7c154bd455af" }
 
     it "generates functional addresses" do
-
       # generates a functional key for alice of type Address
       expect(alice).to be_an_instance_of Address
       expect(bob).to be_an_instance_of Address
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
     end
 
     it "prefixes an unprefixed address" do
-
       # ensure both addresses contains the 0x prefix
       # alice's address was initialized without 0x
       expect(alice.address).to start_with "0x"
@@ -125,6 +123,28 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe ".null?" do
+    let(:null) { Address::NULL }
+    let(:addresses) do
+      [
+        "0x5aaeb6053f3e94c9b9a09f33669435e7ef1beaed",
+        "0xfb6916095ca1df60bb79ce92ce3ea74c37c5d359",
+        "0xdbf03b407c01e7cd3cbea99509d93f8dddc8c6fb",
+        "0xd1220a0cf47c7b9be7a2e6ba89f429762e7b9adb",
+      ]
+    end
+
+    it "returns true for the null address" do
+      expect(Address.new(null)).to be_null
+    end
+
+    it "returns false for a valid address" do
+      addresses.each do |address|
+        expect(Address.new(address)).not_to be_null
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe ".checksummed" do
     let(:addresses) do
       [