diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 617cc011d3..8ec9c6db8e 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-jpa-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.4.x-GH-1280-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data JPA Parent</name>
diff --git a/spring-data-envers/pom.xml b/spring-data-envers/pom.xml
index 8b836ae2f3..aa3483e6e1 100755
--- a/spring-data-envers/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-envers/pom.xml
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-envers</artifactId>
-	<version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.4.x-GH-1280-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-jpa-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.4.x-GH-1280-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa-distribution/pom.xml b/spring-data-jpa-distribution/pom.xml
index a90c1f7282..ac5fbd4ddd 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-jpa-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-jpa-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.4.x-GH-1280-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa-performance/pom.xml b/spring-data-jpa-performance/pom.xml
index 38f130983e..a405ee7cc5 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa-performance/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-jpa-performance/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-jpa-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.4.x-GH-1280-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
index 3006702796..eeebb6f825 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
-	<version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>3.4.x-GH-1280-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Spring Data JPA</name>
 	<description>Spring Data module for JPA repositories.</description>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-jpa-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<version>3.4.x-GH-1280-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/antlr4/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/Jpql.g4 b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/antlr4/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/Jpql.g4
index a7f319b793..e87d523b12 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/antlr4/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/Jpql.g4
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/antlr4/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/Jpql.g4
@@ -236,7 +236,11 @@ orderby_clause
 
 // TODO Error in spec BNF, correctly shown elsewhere in spec.
 orderby_item
-    : (state_field_path_expression | general_identification_variable | result_variable ) (ASC | DESC)?
+    : (state_field_path_expression | general_identification_variable | result_variable ) (ASC | DESC)? nullsPrecedence?
+    ;
+
+nullsPrecedence
+    : NULLS (FIRST | LAST)
     ;
 
 subquery
@@ -879,6 +883,7 @@ EXP                         : E X P;
 EXTRACT                     : E X T R A C T;
 FALSE                       : F A L S E;
 FETCH                       : F E T C H;
+FIRST                       : F I R S T;
 FLOOR                       : F L O O R;
 FROM                        : F R O M;
 FUNCTION                    : F U N C T I O N;
@@ -890,6 +895,7 @@ INNER                       : I N N E R;
 IS                          : I S;
 JOIN                        : J O I N;
 KEY                         : K E Y;
+LAST                        : L A S T;
 LEADING                     : L E A D I N G;
 LEFT                        : L E F T;
 LENGTH                      : L E N G T H;
@@ -906,6 +912,7 @@ NEW                         : N E W;
 NOT                         : N O T;
 NULL                        : N U L L;
 NULLIF                      : N U L L I F;
+NULLS                       : N U L L S;
 OBJECT                      : O B J E C T;
 OF                          : O F;
 ON                          : O N;
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpaQueryTransformerSupport.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpaQueryTransformerSupport.java
index c5e4cacba4..8e47f30df6 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpaQueryTransformerSupport.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpaQueryTransformerSupport.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.NullHandling;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.JpaSort;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
@@ -76,6 +77,12 @@ List<QueryToken> orderBy(String primaryFromAlias, Sort sort) {
 
 			builder.append(order.isDescending() ? TOKEN_DESC : TOKEN_ASC);
 
+			if(order.getNullHandling() == NullHandling.NULLS_FIRST) {
+				builder.append(" NULLS FIRST");
+			} else if (order.getNullHandling() == NullHandling.NULLS_LAST) {
+				builder.append(" NULLS LAST");
+			}
+
 			if (!tokens.isEmpty()) {
 				tokens.add(TOKEN_COMMA);
 			}
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpqlQueryRenderer.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpqlQueryRenderer.java
index fe8fac1bfa..de53a63600 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpqlQueryRenderer.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpqlQueryRenderer.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.ParseTree;
 
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.JpqlParser.NullsPrecedenceContext;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.JpqlParser.Reserved_wordContext;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.QueryRenderer.QueryRendererBuilder;
 
@@ -795,9 +796,19 @@ public QueryTokenStream visitOrderby_item(JpqlParser.Orderby_itemContext ctx) {
 			builder.append(QueryTokens.expression(ctx.DESC()));
 		}
 
+		if(ctx.nullsPrecedence() != null) {
+			builder.append(visit(ctx.nullsPrecedence()));
+		}
+
 		return builder;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public QueryTokenStream visitNullsPrecedence(NullsPrecedenceContext ctx) {
+//		return QueryTokenStream.concat(ctx.children, it-> QueryRendererBuilder.from(QueryTokens.token(it.getText())), TOKEN_SPACE);
+		return QueryTokenStream.justAs(ctx.children, it-> QueryTokens.token(it.getText()));
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public QueryTokenStream visitSubquery(JpqlParser.SubqueryContext ctx) {
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryTokenStream.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryTokenStream.java
index 4c554ed571..233711d797 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryTokenStream.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/QueryTokenStream.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.query.QueryRenderer.QueryRendererBuilder;
 import org.springframework.data.util.Streamable;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ static <T> QueryTokenStream concat(Collection<T> elements, Function<T, QueryToke
 		return concat(elements, visitor, QueryRenderer::inline, separator);
 	}
 
+	static <T> QueryTokenStream justAs(Collection<T> elements, Function<T, QueryToken> converter) {
+		return concat(elements, it-> QueryRendererBuilder.from(converter.apply(it)), QueryRenderer::inline, QueryTokens.TOKEN_SPACE);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Compose a {@link QueryTokenStream} from a collection of expression elements.
 	 *
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlQueryTransformerTests.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlQueryTransformerTests.java
index 52bdcd82d1..82f4274998 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlQueryTransformerTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/EqlQueryTransformerTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Order;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.JpaSort;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
@@ -71,6 +72,23 @@ void applyingSortShouldCreateAdditionalOrderByCriteria() {
 		assertThat(results).contains("ORDER BY e.role, e.hire_date, e.first_name asc, e.last_name asc");
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-1280
+	void nullFirstLastSorting() {
+
+		// given
+		var original = "SELECT e FROM Employee e where e.name = :name ORDER BY e.first_name asc NULLS FIRST";
+
+		assertThat(createQueryFor(original, Sort.unsorted())).isEqualTo(original);
+
+		assertThat(createQueryFor(original, Sort.by(Order.desc("lastName").nullsLast())))
+			.startsWith(original)
+			.endsWithIgnoringCase("e.lastName DESC NULLS LAST");
+
+		assertThat(createQueryFor(original, Sort.by(Order.desc("lastName").nullsFirst())))
+			.startsWith(original)
+			.endsWithIgnoringCase("e.lastName DESC NULLS FIRST");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void applyCountToSimpleQuery() {
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryTransformerTests.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryTransformerTests.java
index b4ce21db0a..fe3f0e0463 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryTransformerTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/HqlQueryTransformerTests.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Order;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.JpaSort;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
@@ -73,6 +74,23 @@ void applyingSortShouldCreateAdditionalOrderByCriteria() {
 		assertThat(results).contains("ORDER BY e.role, e.hire_date, e.first_name asc, e.last_name asc");
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-1280
+	void nullFirstLastSorting() {
+
+		// given
+		var original = "SELECT e FROM Employee e where e.name = :name ORDER BY e.first_name asc NULLS FIRST";
+
+		assertThat(createQueryFor(original, Sort.unsorted())).isEqualTo(original);
+
+		assertThat(createQueryFor(original, Sort.by(Order.desc("lastName").nullsLast())))
+			.startsWith(original)
+			.endsWithIgnoringCase("e.lastName DESC NULLS LAST");
+
+		assertThat(createQueryFor(original, Sort.by(Order.desc("lastName").nullsFirst())))
+			.startsWith(original)
+			.endsWithIgnoringCase("e.lastName DESC NULLS FIRST");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void applyCountToSimpleQuery() {
 
diff --git a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpqlQueryTransformerTests.java b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpqlQueryTransformerTests.java
index eb04b8de07..4b9a9e6dc6 100644
--- a/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpqlQueryTransformerTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-jpa/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/JpqlQueryTransformerTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Order;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.JpaSort;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 
@@ -72,6 +73,23 @@ void applyingSortShouldCreateAdditionalOrderByCriteria() {
 		assertThat(results).contains("ORDER BY e.role, e.hire_date, e.first_name asc, e.last_name asc");
 	}
 
+	@Test // GH-1280
+	void nullFirstLastSorting() {
+
+		// given
+		var original = "SELECT e FROM Employee e where e.name = :name ORDER BY e.first_name asc NULLS FIRST";
+
+		assertThat(createQueryFor(original, Sort.unsorted())).isEqualTo(original);
+
+		assertThat(createQueryFor(original, Sort.by(Order.desc("lastName").nullsLast())))
+			.startsWith(original)
+			.endsWithIgnoringCase("e.lastName DESC NULLS LAST");
+
+		assertThat(createQueryFor(original, Sort.by(Order.desc("lastName").nullsFirst())))
+			.startsWith(original)
+			.endsWithIgnoringCase("e.lastName DESC NULLS FIRST");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void applyCountToSimpleQuery() {