diff --git a/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/common/ParameterConstants.java b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/common/ParameterConstants.java
index 7cf5174a53..3324be7055 100644
--- a/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/common/ParameterConstants.java
+++ b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/common/ParameterConstants.java
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ private ParameterConstants() {
     public final static String AUTO_RESOLVE_FOREIGN_KEY_VIOLATION_REVERSE = "auto.resolve.foreign.key.violation.reverse";
     public final static String AUTO_RESOLVE_FOREIGN_KEY_VIOLATION_REVERSE_PEERS = "auto.resolve.foreign.key.violation.reverse.peers";
     public final static String AUTO_RESOLVE_FOREIGN_KEY_VIOLATION_REVERSE_RELOAD = "auto.resolve.foreign.key.violation.reverse.reload";
+    public final static String AUTO_RESOLVE_UNIQUE_INDEX_IGNORE_NULL_VALUES = "auto.resolve.unique.index.ignore.null.values";
     public final static String AUTO_INSERT_REG_SVR_IF_NOT_FOUND = "auto.insert.registration.svr.if.not.found";
     public final static String AUTO_SYNC_CONFIGURATION = "auto.sync.configuration";
     public final static String AUTO_SYNC_CONFIGURATION_ON_INCOMING = "auto.sync.configuration.on.incoming";
diff --git a/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/load/AbstractDataLoaderFactory.java b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/load/AbstractDataLoaderFactory.java
index 024c36807c..3f0dde78ff 100644
--- a/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/load/AbstractDataLoaderFactory.java
+++ b/symmetric-core/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/load/AbstractDataLoaderFactory.java
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public DatabaseWriterSettings buildParameterDatabaseWriterSettings(List<? extend
         settings.setSaveCurrentValueOnError(
                 parameterService.is(ParameterConstants.DATA_LOADER_ERROR_RECORD_CUR_VAL, false));
         settings.setFitToColumn(parameterService.is(ParameterConstants.DATA_LOADER_FIT_TO_COLUMN, false));
+        settings.setAutoResolveUniqueIndexIgnoreNullValues(
+                parameterService.is(ParameterConstants.AUTO_RESOLVE_UNIQUE_INDEX_IGNORE_NULL_VALUES, true));
         settings.setLogConflictResolution(parameterService.is(ParameterConstants.LOG_CONFLICT_RESOLUTION));
         settings.setTextColumnExpression(
                 parameterService.getString(ParameterConstants.DATA_LOADER_TEXT_COLUMN_EXPRESSION));
diff --git a/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties b/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
index 587f4bac85..c861b97f56 100644
--- a/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
+++ b/symmetric-core/src/main/resources/symmetric-default.properties
@@ -1091,6 +1091,15 @@ auto.resolve.foreign.key.violation.reverse=false
 # Type: boolean
 auto.resolve.foreign.key.violation.reverse.peers=false
 
+# If this is true, when a batch receives a unique index violation,
+# the blocking rows for each unique index will only be deleted
+# if the unique index has a value that is not null.
+#
+# DatabaseOverridable: false
+# Tags: load
+# Type: boolean
+auto.resolve.unique.index.ignore.null.values=true
+
 # If this is true, when a reload batch receives a foreign key violation,
 # the missing data will be automatically sent to resolve it.
 # The resolution is done at the target node by sending a script
diff --git a/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DatabaseWriterSettings.java b/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DatabaseWriterSettings.java
index 709a0c6688..0a67b794d2 100644
--- a/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DatabaseWriterSettings.java
+++ b/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DatabaseWriterSettings.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class DatabaseWriterSettings {
     protected boolean ignoreMissingTables = true;
     protected boolean saveCurrentValueOnError = false;
     protected boolean fitToColumn = false;
+    protected boolean autoResolveUniqueIndexIgnoreNullValues = true;
     protected boolean logConflictResolution = false;
     protected boolean logSqlParamsOnError = true;
     protected boolean loadOnlyNode = false;
@@ -266,6 +267,14 @@ public boolean isFitToColumn() {
         return fitToColumn;
     }
 
+    public boolean isAutoResolveUniqueIndexIgnoreNullValues() {
+        return autoResolveUniqueIndexIgnoreNullValues;
+    }
+
+    public void setAutoResolveUniqueIndexIgnoreNullValues(boolean autoResolveUniqueIndexIgnoreNullValues) {
+        this.autoResolveUniqueIndexIgnoreNullValues = autoResolveUniqueIndexIgnoreNullValues;
+    }
+
     public void setLogConflictResolution(boolean logConflictResolution) {
         this.logConflictResolution = logConflictResolution;
     }
diff --git a/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DefaultDatabaseWriterConflictResolver.java b/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DefaultDatabaseWriterConflictResolver.java
index 9667499d4c..20fb0c6bdd 100644
--- a/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DefaultDatabaseWriterConflictResolver.java
+++ b/symmetric-io/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/io/data/writer/DefaultDatabaseWriterConflictResolver.java
@@ -515,9 +515,17 @@ protected int deleteUniqueConstraintRow(IDatabasePlatform platform, ISqlTemplate
         Map<String, String> values = data.toColumnNameValuePairs(databaseWriter.getSourceTable().getColumnNames(), CsvData.ROW_DATA);
         List<Column> whereColumns = new ArrayList<Column>();
         List<String> whereValues = new ArrayList<String>();
+        boolean hasNotNullValue = false;
         for (IndexColumn indexColumn : uniqueIndex.getColumns()) {
             whereColumns.add(targetTable.getColumnWithName(indexColumn.getName()));
-            whereValues.add(values.get(indexColumn.getName()));
+            String value = values.get(indexColumn.getName());
+            whereValues.add(value);
+            hasNotNullValue = hasNotNullValue || (value != null);
+        }
+        if (!hasNotNullValue && databaseWriter.getWriterSettings().isAutoResolveUniqueIndexIgnoreNullValues()) {
+            log.debug("Did not issue correction for possible violation of unique index {} on table {} during {} with batch {} because null values are ignored",
+                    uniqueIndex.getName(), targetTable.getName(), data.getDataEventType().toString(), databaseWriter.getContext().getBatch().getNodeBatchId());
+            return 0;
         }
         return deleteRow(platform, sqlTemplate, databaseWriter, targetTable, whereColumns, whereValues, true);
     }