diff --git a/jsonrpc2.go b/jsonrpc2.go
index 3c3fa76..9ec1297 100644
--- a/jsonrpc2.go
+++ b/jsonrpc2.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package jsonrpc2
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -540,15 +541,16 @@ func (m *anyMessage) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	// The presence of these fields distinguishes between the 2
 	// message types.
 	type msg struct {
-		Method *string     `json:"method"`
-		Result interface{} `json:"result"`
-		Error  interface{} `json:"error"`
+		ID     interface{}              `json:"id"`
+		Method *string                  `json:"method"`
+		Result anyValueWithExplicitNull `json:"result"`
+		Error  interface{}              `json:"error"`
 	}
 
 	var isRequest, isResponse bool
 	checkType := func(m *msg) error {
 		mIsRequest := m.Method != nil
-		mIsResponse := m.Result != nil || m.Error != nil
+		mIsResponse := m.Result.null || m.Result.value != nil || m.Error != nil
 		if (!mIsRequest && !mIsResponse) || (mIsRequest && mIsResponse) {
 			return errors.New("jsonrpc2: unable to determine message type (request or response)")
 		}
@@ -593,6 +595,27 @@ func (m *anyMessage) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	return json.Unmarshal(data, v)
 }
 
+// anyValueWithExplicitNull is used to distinguish {} from
+// {"result":null} by anyMessage's JSON unmarshaler.
+type anyValueWithExplicitNull struct {
+	null  bool // JSON "null"
+	value interface{}
+}
+
+func (v anyValueWithExplicitNull) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(v.value)
+}
+
+func (v *anyValueWithExplicitNull) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	data = bytes.TrimSpace(data)
+	if string(data) == "null" {
+		*v = anyValueWithExplicitNull{null: true}
+		return nil
+	}
+	*v = anyValueWithExplicitNull{}
+	return json.Unmarshal(data, &v.value)
+}
+
 var (
 	errInvalidRequestJSON  = errors.New("jsonrpc2: request must be either a JSON object or JSON array")
 	errInvalidResponseJSON = errors.New("jsonrpc2: response must be either a JSON object or JSON array")
diff --git a/jsonrpc2_test.go b/jsonrpc2_test.go
index ab36d8d..5aa826c 100644
--- a/jsonrpc2_test.go
+++ b/jsonrpc2_test.go
@@ -24,18 +24,19 @@ func TestRequest_MarshalJSON_jsonrpc(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if want := `"jsonrpc":"2.0"`; !strings.Contains(string(b), want) {
-		t.Errorf("got %s, want it to include the string %s", b, want)
+	if want := `{"method":"","id":0,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}`; string(b) != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", b, want)
 	}
 }
 
 func TestResponse_MarshalJSON_jsonrpc(t *testing.T) {
-	b, err := json.Marshal(&jsonrpc2.Response{})
+	null := json.RawMessage("null")
+	b, err := json.Marshal(&jsonrpc2.Response{Result: &null})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if want := `"jsonrpc":"2.0"`; !strings.Contains(string(b), want) {
-		t.Errorf("got %s, want it to include the string %s", b, want)
+	if want := `{"id":0,"result":null,"jsonrpc":"2.0"}`; string(b) != want {
+		t.Errorf("got %q, want %q", b, want)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/object_test.go b/object_test.go
index 593ceb2..8a90233 100644
--- a/object_test.go
+++ b/object_test.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ func TestAnyMessage(t *testing.T) {
 		`{"foo":"bar"}`:                        {},
 		`{"method":"m"}`:                       {request: true},
 		`{"result":123}`:                       {response: true},
+		`{"result":null}`:                      {response: true},
 		`{"error":{"code":456,"message":"m"}}`: {response: true},
 	}
 	for s, want := range tests {