diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b3f79dde7..c89c462ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * Adding watchOS support, CocoaPods only (Cœur, #1363)
 * Updating CocoaLumberjack for 3.x support (LaurentiuUngur, #1352)
 * Fix date format parsing when local isn't US (Cœur, #964)
+* Importing 'NSNull' for relationship sets its value to 'nil' instead of ignoring it. (burczyk, #1194)
 * Fix honouring multiple sort flags (deanWombourne, #1251)
 * CGFloat precision for `MR_colorFromString()` (Cœur, #1324)
 * To allow custom options like Data Protection level on the Core Data store files, we expose `MR_coordinatorWithSqliteStoreNamed:withOptions:` and `MR_coordinatorWithAutoMigratingSqliteStoreNamed:withOptions:` (leslie-lei, #1185)
diff --git a/MagicalRecord.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/MagicalRecord.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 498d26b53..20725006e 100644
--- a/MagicalRecord.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/MagicalRecord.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -829,6 +829,9 @@
 		37CA2607229FEB7000EAB9F6 /* MagicalRecord.framework */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = wrapper.framework; includeInIndex = 0; path = MagicalRecord.framework; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
 		37CA260F229FEB7000EAB9F6 /* MagicalRecord for tvOS Tests.xctest */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = wrapper.cfbundle; includeInIndex = 0; path = "MagicalRecord for tvOS Tests.xctest"; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
 		37CA2616229FEB7000EAB9F6 /* MagicalRecordTests-tvOS-Info.plist */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = text.plist.xml; path = "MagicalRecordTests-tvOS-Info.plist"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		37CF3EAD22BDFEFE00705F72 /* CONTRIBUTING.md */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = net.daringfireball.markdown; path = CONTRIBUTING.md; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
+		37CF3EAE22BDFEFE00705F72 /* CHANGELOG.md */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = net.daringfireball.markdown; path = CHANGELOG.md; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
+		37CF3EAF22BDFEFE00705F72 /* README.md */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = net.daringfireball.markdown; path = README.md; sourceTree = SOURCE_ROOT; };
 		581ECBEB187F63FF00084FEE /* ImportMultipleEntitiesWithNoPrimaryKeyTests.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = ImportMultipleEntitiesWithNoPrimaryKeyTests.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		581ECBF6187F660B00084FEE /* MultipleEntitiesWithNoPrimaryKey.json */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = text.json; name = MultipleEntitiesWithNoPrimaryKey.json; path = Fixtures/MultipleEntitiesWithNoPrimaryKey.json; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		9004F5211A94CBCF00A61312 /* MagicalRecord for iOS Tests.xctest */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; explicitFileType = wrapper.cfbundle; includeInIndex = 0; path = "MagicalRecord for iOS Tests.xctest"; sourceTree = BUILT_PRODUCTS_DIR; };
@@ -1096,6 +1099,9 @@
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
 				90A0DE051C50D59300CF5A5A /* MagicalRecord.podspec */,
+				37CF3EAE22BDFEFE00705F72 /* CHANGELOG.md */,
+				37CF3EAD22BDFEFE00705F72 /* CONTRIBUTING.md */,
+				37CF3EAF22BDFEFE00705F72 /* README.md */,
 				905D07C91A63DFED0076B54E /* Info.plist */,
 			);
 			path = Support;
diff --git a/MagicalRecord/Categories/NSManagedObject/NSManagedObject+MagicalDataImport.m b/MagicalRecord/Categories/NSManagedObject/NSManagedObject+MagicalDataImport.m
index f1f9047be..fc0e89421 100644
--- a/MagicalRecord/Categories/NSManagedObject/NSManagedObject+MagicalDataImport.m
+++ b/MagicalRecord/Categories/NSManagedObject/NSManagedObject+MagicalDataImport.m
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ - (void)MR_setRelationships:(NSDictionary *)relationships forKeysWithObject:(id)
         }
         @finally
         {
-            if (relatedObjectData == nil || [relatedObjectData isEqual:[NSNull null]])
+            if (relatedObjectData == nil)
             {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -210,6 +210,12 @@ - (void)MR_setRelationships:(NSDictionary *)relationships forKeysWithObject:(id)
             continue;
         }
 
+        if ([relatedObjectData isEqual:[NSNull null]])
+        {
+            [self setValue:nil forKey:relationshipName];
+            continue;
+        }
+        
         if ([relationshipInfo isToMany] && [relatedObjectData isKindOfClass:[NSArray class]])
         {
             for (id singleRelatedObjectData in relatedObjectData)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92ec8501d..99866bd6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ In software engineering, the active record pattern is a design pattern found in
 
 >	Active record is an approach to accessing data in a database. A database table or view is wrapped into a class; thus an object instance is tied to a single row in the table. After creation of an object, a new row is added to the table upon save. Any object loaded gets its information from the database; when an object is updated, the corresponding row in the table is also updated. The	wrapper class implements accessor methods or properties for each column in the table or view.
 
->	*- [Wikipedia]("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_record_pattern")*
+>	*- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_record_pattern)*
 
 MagicalRecord was inspired by the ease of Ruby on Rails' Active Record fetching. The goals of this code are:
 
diff --git a/Tests/DataImport/ImportSingleEntityRelatedToManyMappedEntitiesUsingMappedPrimaryKeyTests.m b/Tests/DataImport/ImportSingleEntityRelatedToManyMappedEntitiesUsingMappedPrimaryKeyTests.m
index 3f929c96f..199e45ebb 100644
--- a/Tests/DataImport/ImportSingleEntityRelatedToManyMappedEntitiesUsingMappedPrimaryKeyTests.m
+++ b/Tests/DataImport/ImportSingleEntityRelatedToManyMappedEntitiesUsingMappedPrimaryKeyTests.m
@@ -40,4 +40,23 @@ - (void)testImportData
     }];
 }
 
+- (void)testImportNilData
+{
+    SingleEntityRelatedToManyMappedEntitiesUsingMappedPrimaryKey *entity = [[self testEntityClass] MR_importFromObject:self.testEntityData inContext:[NSManagedObjectContext MR_defaultContext]];
+    
+    XCTAssertNotNil(entity, @"Entity should not be nil");
+    
+    [entity.managedObjectContext performBlockAndWait:^{
+        // testing that importing nothing will not change the relationship
+        [entity MR_importValuesForKeysWithObject:@{}];
+        NSUInteger mappedEntitiesCount = entity.mappedEntities.count;
+        XCTAssertEqual(mappedEntitiesCount, (NSUInteger)4, @"Expected 4 mapped entities, received %zd", mappedEntitiesCount);
+        
+        // testing that importing `null` will nullify the relationship
+        [entity MR_importValuesForKeysWithObject:@{@"mappedEntities":[NSNull null]}];
+        mappedEntitiesCount = entity.mappedEntities.count;
+        XCTAssertEqual(mappedEntitiesCount, (NSUInteger)0, @"Expected 0 mapped entities, received %zd", mappedEntitiesCount);
+    }];
+}
+
 @end