diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index df15b32f00..1b5ea7fe95 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -38064,6 +38064,15 @@ static int AddPSKtoPreMasterSecret(WOLFSSL* ssl)
                 }
             }
 
+            if (!matchNo) {
+                WOLFSSL_MSG("Compression list missing null");
+#ifdef WOLFSSL_EXTRA_ALERTS
+                SendAlert(ssl, alert_fatal, illegal_parameter);
+#endif
+                ret = COMPRESSION_ERROR;
+                goto out;
+            }
+
             if (ssl->options.usingCompression == 0 && matchNo) {
                 WOLFSSL_MSG("Matched No Compression");
             } else if (ssl->options.usingCompression && matchZlib) {
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls.c b/tests/api/test_tls.c
index d1ad441910..f2919672c9 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls.c
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls.c
@@ -666,3 +666,60 @@ int test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg(void)
     return EXPECT_RESULT();
 }
 
+int test_tls12_no_null_compression(void)
+{
+    EXPECT_DECLS;
+#if defined(HAVE_MANUAL_MEMIO_TESTS_DEPENDENCIES) && !defined(WOLFSSL_NO_TLS12)
+    /* ClientHello with compression list missing the required null method (RFC
+     * 5246 7.4.1.2: the list MUST include the null compression method). */
+    const byte badClientHello[] = {
+        /* record header */
+        0x16, 0x03, 0x03, 0x00, 0x2d,
+        /* handshake header: ClientHello, length 41 */
+        0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x29,
+        /* client version: TLS 1.2 */
+        0x03, 0x03,
+        /* random: 32 bytes */
+        0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07,
+        0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f,
+        0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17,
+        0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f,
+        /* session id length: 0 */
+        0x00,
+        /* cipher suites length: 2, TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA */
+        0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x2f,
+        /* compression methods: 1 entry, ZLIB only (null is absent) */
+        0x01, 0xdd,
+    };
+    WOLFSSL_CTX *ctx_s = NULL;
+    WOLFSSL *ssl_s = NULL;
+    struct test_memio_ctx test_ctx;
+
+    XMEMSET(&test_ctx, 0, sizeof(test_ctx));
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_inject_message(&test_ctx, 0,
+            (const char*)badClientHello, sizeof(badClientHello)), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(test_memio_setup(&test_ctx, NULL, &ctx_s, NULL, &ssl_s,
+                    NULL, wolfTLSv1_2_server_method), 0);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_accept(ssl_s), WOLFSSL_FATAL_ERROR);
+    ExpectIntEQ(wolfSSL_get_error(ssl_s, WOLFSSL_FATAL_ERROR),
+            WC_NO_ERR_TRACE(COMPRESSION_ERROR));
+#ifdef WOLFSSL_EXTRA_ALERTS
+    {
+        const byte illegalParamAlert[] = {
+            0x15,             /* alert content type */
+            0x03, 0x03,       /* version: TLS 1.2 */
+            0x00, 0x02,       /* length: 2 */
+            0x02,             /* level: fatal */
+            0x2f,             /* description: illegal_parameter (47) */
+        };
+        ExpectIntEQ(test_ctx.c_len, (int)sizeof(illegalParamAlert));
+        ExpectBufEQ(test_ctx.c_buff, illegalParamAlert,
+                sizeof(illegalParamAlert));
+    }
+#endif
+    wolfSSL_free(ssl_s);
+    wolfSSL_CTX_free(ctx_s);
+#endif
+    return EXPECT_RESULT();
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/api/test_tls.h b/tests/api/test_tls.h
index 404c2726b9..e295ba0533 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_tls.h
+++ b/tests/api/test_tls.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ int test_tls12_curve_intersection(void);
 int test_tls13_curve_intersection(void);
 int test_tls_certreq_order(void);
 int test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg(void);
+int test_tls12_no_null_compression(void);
 
 #define TEST_TLS_DECLS                                                         \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_utils_memio_move_message),                 \
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ int test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg(void);
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_curve_intersection),                 \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls13_curve_intersection),                 \
         TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls_certreq_order),                        \
-        TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg)
+        TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_bad_cv_sig_alg),                     \
+        TEST_DECL_GROUP("tls", test_tls12_no_null_compression)
 
 #endif /* TESTS_API_TEST_TLS_H */