diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/jscookie/javacookie/Cookies.java b/src/main/java/com/github/jscookie/javacookie/Cookies.java
index a8abe7f..f82f344 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/jscookie/javacookie/Cookies.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/jscookie/javacookie/Cookies.java
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ public synchronized String get( String name ) {
 	@Override
 	public <T> T get( String name, Class<T> dataType ) throws CookieParseException {
 		String value = get( name );
+		if ( value == null ) {
+			return null;
+		}
 		try {
 			return mapper.readValue( value, dataType );
 		} catch ( IOException e ) {
@@ -75,6 +78,9 @@ public <T> T get( String name, Class<T> dataType ) throws CookieParseException {
 	@Override
 	public <T> T get( String name, TypeReference<T> typeRef ) throws CookieParseException {
 		String value = get( name );
+		if ( value == null ) {
+			return null;
+		}
 		try {
 			return mapper.readValue( value, typeRef );
 		} catch ( IOException e ) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/jscookie/javacookie/test/unit/CookiesJSONReadTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/jscookie/javacookie/test/unit/CookiesJSONReadTest.java
index a4f7977..7b40866 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/jscookie/javacookie/test/unit/CookiesJSONReadTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/jscookie/javacookie/test/unit/CookiesJSONReadTest.java
@@ -102,6 +102,17 @@ public void read_custom_type_with_number_prop() throws CookieParseException {
 		Assert.assertEquals( expected2, actual2 );
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void read_missing_cookie() throws CookieParseException {
+		Mockito.when( request.getHeader( "cookie" ) ).thenReturn( null );
+
+		Assert.assertNull( cookies.get( "c" ) );
+		Assert.assertNull( cookies.get( "c", CustomTypeInteger.class ) );
+		Assert.assertNull( cookies.get( "c", CustomTypeBoolean.class ) );
+		Assert.assertNull( cookies.get( "c", CustomTypeString.class ) );
+		Assert.assertNull( cookies.get( "c", new TypeReference<List<String>>() {} ) );
+	}
+
 	private static class CustomTypeString {
 		private String property;
 		@JsonProperty( "property" )