diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/list/ordered-list-constructor_03.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/list/ordered-list-constructor_03.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81eaf8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/list/ordered-list-constructor_03.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+write output to nc1:"rttest/list_ordered-list-constructor_03.adm";
+
+[ null, null, null ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/list/unordered-list-constructor_03.aql b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/list/unordered-list-constructor_03.aql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8b119e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries/list/unordered-list-constructor_03.aql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+drop dataverse test if exists;
+create dataverse test;
+use dataverse test;
+
+write output to nc1:"rttest/list_unordered-list-constructor_03.adm";
+
+{{ null, null, null }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/ordered-list-constructor_03.adm b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/ordered-list-constructor_03.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c06d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/ordered-list-constructor_03.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[ null, null, null ]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/unordered-list-constructor_03.adm b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/unordered-list-constructor_03.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ffe6e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/list/unordered-list-constructor_03.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{ null, null, null }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/builders/OrderedListBuilder.java b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/builders/OrderedListBuilder.java
index 18cec15..a336841 100644
--- a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/builders/OrderedListBuilder.java
+++ b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/builders/OrderedListBuilder.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     public void addItem(IValueReference item) throws HyracksDataException {
         if (!fixedSize)
             this.offsets.add((short) outputStream.size());
-        if (itemTypeTag == ATypeTag.ANY) {
+        if (itemTypeTag == ATypeTag.ANY || item.getByteArray()[0] == serNullTypeTag) {
             this.numberOfItems++;
             this.outputStream.write(item.getByteArray(), item.getStartOffset(), item.getLength());
         } else if (item.getByteArray()[0] != serNullTypeTag) {
diff --git a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/builders/UnorderedListBuilder.java b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/builders/UnorderedListBuilder.java
index e8dbc29..d4fd029 100644
--- a/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/builders/UnorderedListBuilder.java
+++ b/asterix-om/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/builders/UnorderedListBuilder.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     public void addItem(IValueReference item) throws HyracksDataException {
         if (!fixedSize)
             this.offsets.add((short) outputStream.size());
-        if (itemTypeTag == ATypeTag.ANY) {
+        if (itemTypeTag == ATypeTag.ANY || item.getByteArray()[0] == serNullTypeTag) {
             this.numberOfItems++;
             this.outputStream.write(item.getByteArray(), item.getStartOffset(), item.getLength());
         } else if (item.getByteArray()[0] != serNullTypeTag) {