diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationUtil.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationUtil.java
index 009a462588..3b7c2a62a2 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationUtil.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationUtil.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class GenerationUtil {
         "long",
         "native",
         "new",
+        "null",
         "package",
         "private",
         "protected",