diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cdancy/jenkins/rest/domain/queue/Task.java b/src/main/java/com/cdancy/jenkins/rest/domain/queue/Task.java
index 59212a17..fe411f34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cdancy/jenkins/rest/domain/queue/Task.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cdancy/jenkins/rest/domain/queue/Task.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package com.cdancy.jenkins.rest.domain.queue;
 
+import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.jclouds.json.SerializedNames;
 
 import com.google.auto.value.AutoValue;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 @AutoValue
 public abstract class Task {
 
+   @Nullable
    public abstract String name();
 
    public abstract String url();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/cdancy/jenkins/rest/features/QueueApiMockTest.java b/src/test/java/com/cdancy/jenkins/rest/features/QueueApiMockTest.java
index 11fc8c64..1b4a468a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/cdancy/jenkins/rest/features/QueueApiMockTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/cdancy/jenkins/rest/features/QueueApiMockTest.java
@@ -192,4 +192,23 @@ public void testCancelNonExistentQueueItem() throws Exception {
             server.shutdown();
         }
     }
+
+    public void testQueueItemNullTaskName() throws Exception {
+        MockWebServer server = mockWebServer();
+        String body = payloadFromResource("/queueItemNullTaskName.json");
+        server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setBody(body).setResponseCode(200));
+        JenkinsApi jenkinsApi = api(server.getUrl("/"));
+        int queueItemId = 143;
+        QueueItem queueItem = jenkinsApi.queueApi().queueItem(queueItemId);
+        try {
+            assertFalse(queueItem.cancelled());
+            assertEquals(queueItem.why(), "Build #9 is already in progress (ETA:15 sec)");
+            assertNull(queueItem.executable());
+            assertSent(server, "GET", "/queue/item/" + queueItemId + "/api/json");
+        } finally {
+            jenkinsApi.close();
+            server.shutdown();
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queueItemNullTaskName.json b/src/test/resources/queueItemNullTaskName.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..169d27c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queueItemNullTaskName.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  "_class" : "hudson.model.Queue$BlockedItem",
+  "actions" : [
+    {
+      "_class" : "hudson.model.ParametersAction",
+      "parameters" : [
+        {
+          "_class" : "hudson.model.StringParameterValue",
+          "name" : "a",
+          "value" : "4"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "_class" : "hudson.model.CauseAction",
+      "causes" : [
+        {
+          "_class" : "hudson.model.Cause$UserIdCause",
+          "shortDescription" : "Started by user martin",
+          "userId" : "martin",
+          "userName" : "martin"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "blocked" : true,
+  "buildable" : false,
+  "id" : 143,
+  "inQueueSince" : 1524074568030,
+  "params" : "\na=4",
+  "stuck" : false,
+  "task" : {
+    "_class" : "hudson.model.FreeStyleProject",
+    "name" : null,
+    "url" : "http://localhost:8082/job/test/",
+    "color" : "blue_anime"
+  },
+  "url" : "queue/item/143/",
+  "why" : "Build #9 is already in progress (ETA:15 sec)",
+  "buildableStartMilliseconds" : 1524074568030
+}