diff --git a/json_test.go b/json_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1acf7d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestVersionJSONSerialization(t *testing.T) {
+	v := MustParse("v20.1.2-alpha.3-cloudonly.4")
+
+	blob, err := json.Marshal(v)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var parsed Version
+	err = json.Unmarshal(blob, &parsed)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, v, parsed)
+}
+
+func TestNullVersionJSONSerialization(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("valid", func(t *testing.T) {
+		v := MustParse("v20.1.2-alpha.3-cloudonly.4")
+		nv := NewNullVersion(v)
+
+		blob, err := json.Marshal(nv)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		var parsed NullVersion
+		err = json.Unmarshal(blob, &parsed)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		require.True(t, parsed.Valid)
+		require.Equal(t, v, parsed.Version)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("invalid", func(t *testing.T) {
+		v := NullVersion{Valid: false}
+
+		blob, err := json.Marshal(v)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		var parsed NullVersion
+		err = json.Unmarshal(blob, &parsed)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		require.False(t, parsed.Valid)
+		require.Equal(t, Version{}, parsed.Version)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/null_version.go b/null_version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f158ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/null_version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"database/sql/driver"
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
+)
+
+// Represents a NULLable version when stored in the database. The zero
+// value of NullVersion serializes as database NULL (and vice-versa).
+type NullVersion struct {
+	Valid   bool
+	Version Version
+}
+
+func NewNullVersion(v Version) NullVersion {
+	return NullVersion{
+		Valid:   !v.Empty(),
+		Version: v,
+	}
+}
+
+// Value is used when serializing a NullVersion for storage in the db.
+func (n NullVersion) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
+	if n.Valid {
+		return n.Version.String(), nil
+	} else {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// Scan implements sql.Scanner, and is used when deserializing a NullVersion from the db.
+func (n *NullVersion) Scan(value interface{}) error {
+	if value == nil {
+		*n = NullVersion{Valid: false, Version: Version{}}
+		return nil
+	}
+	err := n.Version.Scan(value)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	n.Valid = true
+	return nil
+}
+
+// We must implement json.Unmarshaler, because the invalid NullVersion stores an empty
+// string in the version field, and we don't want to make Version unmarshal successfully
+// from empty string (it should and does maintain the same behavior as Parse).
+func (n *NullVersion) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	var rawMap map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &rawMap); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if valid, ok := rawMap["Valid"].(bool); ok && !valid {
+		n.Valid = false
+		n.Version = Version{}
+		return nil
+	} else if ok && valid {
+		// then Version is a map like {"$raw": "vX.Y.Z"}
+		if versionMap, ok := rawMap["Version"].(map[string]interface{}); ok {
+			if rawVersion, ok := versionMap["$raw"].(string); ok {
+				parsed, err := Parse(rawVersion)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				n.Valid = true
+				n.Version = parsed
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return errors.Newf("cannot parse '%s' as NullVersion", data)
+}
diff --git a/sql_test.go b/sql_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d79d55c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package version
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestVersionScan(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("valid", func(t *testing.T) {
+		v := MustParse("v20.1.2-alpha.3-cloudonly.4")
+
+		var scanned Version
+		err := scanned.Scan(v.String())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, v, scanned)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var scanned Version
+		err := scanned.Scan("")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.True(t, scanned.Empty())
+	})
+}
+
+func TestNullVersionScan(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("valid", func(t *testing.T) {
+		v := MustParse("v20.1.2-alpha.3-cloudonly.4")
+		nv := NewNullVersion(v)
+
+		var scanned NullVersion
+		err := scanned.Scan(v.String())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, nv, scanned)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("null", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var scanned NullVersion
+		err := scanned.Scan(nil)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.False(t, scanned.Valid)
+		require.Equal(t, Version{}, scanned.Version)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var scanned NullVersion
+		err := scanned.Scan("")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.True(t, scanned.Valid)
+		require.True(t, scanned.Version.Empty())
+	})
+}