diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLTest.java
index 83a7cc252..b74daffe7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/XMLTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.json.XML;
+import org.json.XMLParserConfiguration;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
@@ -856,4 +857,27 @@ public void testUnescape() {
 
    }
 
+    /**
+     * test passes when xsi:nil="true" converting to null (JSON specification-like nil conversion enabled)
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testToJsonWithNullWhenNilConversionEnabled() {
+        final String originalXml = "<root><id xsi:nil=\"true\"/></root>";
+        final String expectedJsonString = "{\"root\":{\"id\":null}}";
+
+        final JSONObject json = XML.toJSONObject(originalXml, new XMLParserConfiguration(false, "content", true));
+        assertEquals(expectedJsonString, json.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * test passes when xsi:nil="true" not converting to null (JSON specification-like nil conversion disabled)
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testToJsonWithNullWhenNilConversionDisabled() {
+        final String originalXml = "<root><id xsi:nil=\"true\"/></root>";
+        final String expectedJsonString = "{\"root\":{\"id\":{\"xsi:nil\":true}}}";
+
+        final JSONObject json = XML.toJSONObject(originalXml, new XMLParserConfiguration());
+        assertEquals(expectedJsonString, json.toString());
+    }
 }
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