diff --git a/sdk/data/azcosmos/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/data/azcosmos/CHANGELOG.md
index e110a9000af9..b95809c018a6 100644
--- a/sdk/data/azcosmos/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/data/azcosmos/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## 0.3.4 (Unreleased)
 
 ### Features Added
+* Added `NullPartitionKey` variable to create and query documents with null partition key in CosmosDB
 
 ### Breaking Changes
 
diff --git a/sdk/data/azcosmos/emulator_cosmos_item_test.go b/sdk/data/azcosmos/emulator_cosmos_item_test.go
index 3a402efc0cf6..1086f62d7366 100644
--- a/sdk/data/azcosmos/emulator_cosmos_item_test.go
+++ b/sdk/data/azcosmos/emulator_cosmos_item_test.go
@@ -188,6 +188,181 @@ func TestItemCRUD(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestItemCRUDforNullPartitionKey(t *testing.T) {
+	emulatorTests := newEmulatorTests(t)
+	client := emulatorTests.getClient(t)
+
+	database := emulatorTests.createDatabase(t, context.TODO(), client, "itemCRUD")
+	defer emulatorTests.deleteDatabase(t, context.TODO(), database)
+	properties := ContainerProperties{
+		ID: "aContainer",
+		PartitionKeyDefinition: PartitionKeyDefinition{
+			Paths: []string{"/partitionKey"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, err := database.CreateContainer(context.TODO(), properties, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create container: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	item := map[string]interface{}{
+		"partitionKey": nil,
+		"id":           "1",
+		"value":        "2",
+		"count":        3,
+		"description":  "4",
+	}
+
+	container, _ := database.NewContainer("aContainer")
+	pk := NullPartitionKey
+
+	marshalled, err := json.Marshal(item)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	itemResponse, err := container.CreateItem(context.TODO(), pk, marshalled, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create item: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if itemResponse.SessionToken == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Session token is empty")
+	}
+
+	// No content on write by default
+	if len(itemResponse.Value) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected empty response, got %v", itemResponse.Value)
+	}
+
+	itemResponse, err = container.ReadItem(context.TODO(), pk, "1", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to read item: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(itemResponse.Value) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected non-empty response, got %v", itemResponse.Value)
+	}
+
+	var itemResponseBody map[string]interface{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(itemResponse.Value, &itemResponseBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal item response: %v", err)
+	}
+	if itemResponseBody["id"] != "1" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected id to be 1, got %v", itemResponseBody["id"])
+	}
+	if itemResponseBody["value"] != "2" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected value to be 2, got %v", itemResponseBody["value"])
+	}
+
+	item["value"] = "3"
+	marshalled, err = json.Marshal(item)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	itemResponse, err = container.ReplaceItem(context.TODO(), pk, "1", marshalled, &ItemOptions{EnableContentResponseOnWrite: true})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to replace item: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Explicitly requesting body on write
+	if len(itemResponse.Value) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected non-empty response, got %v", itemResponse.Value)
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(itemResponse.Value, &itemResponseBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal item response: %v", err)
+	}
+	if itemResponseBody["id"] != "1" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected id to be 1, got %v", itemResponseBody["id"])
+	}
+	if itemResponseBody["value"] != "3" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected value to be 3, got %v", itemResponseBody["value"])
+	}
+
+	item["value"] = "4"
+	marshalled, err = json.Marshal(item)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	itemResponse, err = container.UpsertItem(context.TODO(), pk, marshalled, &ItemOptions{EnableContentResponseOnWrite: true})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to upsert item: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Explicitly requesting body on write
+	if len(itemResponse.Value) == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected non-empty response, got %v", itemResponse.Value)
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(itemResponse.Value, &itemResponseBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal item response: %v", err)
+	}
+	if itemResponseBody["id"] != "1" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected id to be 1, got %v", itemResponseBody["id"])
+	}
+	if itemResponseBody["value"] != "4" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected value to be 4, got %v", itemResponseBody["value"])
+	}
+
+	patchItem := PatchOperations{}
+	patchItem.AppendReplace("/value", "5")
+	patchItem.AppendSet("/hello", "world")
+	patchItem.AppendAdd("/foo", "bar")
+	patchItem.AppendRemove("/description")
+	patchItem.AppendIncrement("/count", 1)
+
+	itemResponse, err = container.PatchItem(context.TODO(), pk, "1", patchItem, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to patch item: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// No content on write by default
+	if len(itemResponse.Value) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected empty response, got %v", itemResponse.Value)
+	}
+
+	itemResponse, _ = container.ReadItem(context.TODO(), pk, "1", nil)
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(itemResponse.Value, &itemResponseBody)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to unmarshal item response: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if itemResponseBody["value"] != "5" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected value to be 5, got %v", itemResponseBody["id"])
+	}
+
+	if itemResponseBody["hello"] != "world" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected hello to be world, got %v", itemResponseBody["hello"])
+	}
+
+	if itemResponseBody["foo"] != "bar" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected foo to be bar, got %v", itemResponseBody["foo"])
+	}
+
+	if itemResponseBody["count"].(float64) != float64(4) {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected count to be 4, got %v", itemResponseBody["count"])
+	}
+
+	if itemResponseBody["toremove"] != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected toremove to be nil, got %v", itemResponseBody)
+	}
+
+	itemResponse, err = container.DeleteItem(context.TODO(), pk, "1", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to replace item: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(itemResponse.Value) != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected empty response, got %v", itemResponse.Value)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestItemIdEncodingRoutingGW(t *testing.T) {
 	emulatorTests := newEmulatorTests(t)
 	client := emulatorTests.getClient(t)
diff --git a/sdk/data/azcosmos/partition_key.go b/sdk/data/azcosmos/partition_key.go
index da0ac27763d0..ca61aec87ae2 100644
--- a/sdk/data/azcosmos/partition_key.go
+++ b/sdk/data/azcosmos/partition_key.go
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ type PartitionKey struct {
 	values []interface{}
 }
 
+// NullPartitionKey represents a partition key with a null value.
+var NullPartitionKey PartitionKey = PartitionKey{
+	values: []interface{}{nil},
+}
+
 // NewPartitionKeyString creates a partition key with a string value.
 func NewPartitionKeyString(value string) PartitionKey {
 	components := []interface{}{value}
diff --git a/sdk/data/azcosmos/partition_key_test.go b/sdk/data/azcosmos/partition_key_test.go
index 44096f5444c5..bd7e651aba29 100644
--- a/sdk/data/azcosmos/partition_key_test.go
+++ b/sdk/data/azcosmos/partition_key_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ func TestSerialization(t *testing.T) {
 		"[\"some string\"]": NewPartitionKeyString("some string"),
 		"[true]":            NewPartitionKeyBool(true),
 		"[false]":           NewPartitionKeyBool(false),
+		"[null]":            NullPartitionKey,
 	}
 
 	for expectedSerialization, pk := range validTypes {
@@ -68,4 +69,10 @@ func TestPartitionKeyEquality(t *testing.T) {
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(pk, pk2) {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %v to equal %v", pk, pk2)
 	}
+
+	pk = NullPartitionKey
+	pk2 = NullPartitionKey
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(pk, pk2) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v to equal %v", pk, pk2)
+	}
 }