diff --git a/src/serialize.ts b/src/serialize.ts
index 0908459..3bb0d00 100644
--- a/src/serialize.ts
+++ b/src/serialize.ts
@@ -218,15 +218,20 @@ function serializeArray(arr: ReadonlyArray<unknown>): string {
  * Because the engine binds the value (never interpolates it into SQL), there is
  * no escaping/injection surface here at all.
  *
- * @throws ChdbBindError on null/undefined (use a typed NULL in SQL instead),
- *   non-finite or unsafe-integer numbers, invalid Dates, or unsupported types.
+ * A top-level `null`/`undefined` becomes the TSV null marker `\N`, byte-for-byte
+ * matching @clickhouse/client-common's `formatQueryParams` (which emits `\N`
+ * when `printNullAsKeyword` is false — the default at the top level). The engine
+ * binds `\N` as SQL NULL for a Nullable placeholder (verified against
+ * Nullable(String) and Nullable(Int64)); binding it to a non-Nullable
+ * placeholder is rejected by the ENGINE, exactly as the HTTP client + server
+ * would. A `null` NESTED inside an Array/Map keeps the `NULL` keyword form (see
+ * serializeValue) — again matching the reference client.
+ *
+ * @throws ChdbBindError on non-finite or unsafe-integer numbers, invalid Dates,
+ *   or unsupported types.
  */
 export function formatParamValue(value: unknown): string {
-  if (value === null || value === undefined) {
-    throw new ChdbBindError(
-      'null/undefined parameter values are not supported; omit the parameter or use a typed NULL in SQL',
-    )
-  }
+  if (value === null || value === undefined) return '\\N'
   if (typeof value === 'string') return tsvEscape(value) // TSV/Escaped — engine binds as declared type
   if (value instanceof Date) return formatDateTimeUTC(value) // 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS' (no TSV-special chars)
   // numbers / bigint / boolean / Array / TypedArray / Map / object: the
diff --git a/test/v3/querybind.test.ts b/test/v3/querybind.test.ts
index cf152be..0da88f0 100644
--- a/test/v3/querybind.test.ts
+++ b/test/v3/querybind.test.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('queryBind path A (server-side chdb_query_with_params)', () => {
     }
   })
 
-  it('rejects unsafe-integer / null params with a typed ChdbBindError', () => {
+  it('rejects unsafe-integer params with a typed ChdbBindError', () => {
     try {
       queryBind('SELECT {n:Int64}', { n: 1e21 }, 'CSV')
       expect.unreachable('expected ChdbBindError')
@@ -45,11 +45,41 @@ describe('queryBind path A (server-side chdb_query_with_params)', () => {
       expect(e.name).toBe('ChdbBindError')
       expect(e.code).toBe('CHDB_BIND')
     }
+  })
+
+  it('binds a null param as SQL NULL against a Nullable placeholder (\\N, @clickhouse/client-compatible)', () => {
+    // null / undefined -> the TSV null marker \N, which the engine binds as NULL.
+    for (const nullish of [null, undefined]) {
+      const row = JSON.parse(
+        queryBind(
+          'SELECT {v:Nullable(String)} AS v, ({v:Nullable(String)} IS NULL) AS isNull',
+          { v: nullish },
+          'JSONEachRow',
+        ).trim(),
+      )
+      expect(row).toEqual({ v: null, isNull: 1 })
+    }
+    // Non-string Nullable columns bind \N as NULL too.
+    expect(t('SELECT {n:Nullable(Int64)} IS NULL', { n: null })).toBe('1')
+    // The literal string "NULL" is NOT coerced to null — only \N is the marker.
+    expect(t('SELECT {v:Nullable(String)} IS NULL', { v: 'NULL' })).toBe('0')
+    // A null NESTED in an Array uses the NULL keyword and round-trips element-wise.
+    const arr = JSON.parse(
+      queryBind('SELECT {xs:Array(Nullable(Int64))} AS xs', { xs: [1, null, 3] }, 'JSONEachRow').trim(),
+    )
+    expect(arr.xs).toEqual([1, null, 3])
+  })
+
+  it('lets the engine reject a null bound to a non-Nullable placeholder', () => {
+    // Matches the HTTP client + server: \N against a non-Nullable type is an
+    // ENGINE error, not a client-side bind throw.
     try {
       queryBind('SELECT {n:Int64}', { n: null }, 'CSV')
-      expect.unreachable('expected ChdbBindError')
+      expect.unreachable('expected an engine error')
     } catch (e: any) {
-      expect(e.name).toBe('ChdbBindError')
+      expect(e).toBeInstanceOf(Error)
+      expect(String(e.code)).toMatch(/^CHDB_/)
+      expect(e.name).not.toBe('ChdbBindError')
     }
   })
 
diff --git a/test/v3/robustness.test.ts b/test/v3/robustness.test.ts
index af4742d..892d35e 100644
Binary files a/test/v3/robustness.test.ts and b/test/v3/robustness.test.ts differ
diff --git a/test/v3/serialize.test.ts b/test/v3/serialize.test.ts
index 6aaec2e..e55e972 100644
--- a/test/v3/serialize.test.ts
+++ b/test/v3/serialize.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest'
-import { escapeStringLiteral, validateIdentifier, serializeValue } from '../../src/serialize'
+import {
+  escapeStringLiteral,
+  validateIdentifier,
+  serializeValue,
+  formatParamValue,
+} from '../../src/serialize'
 import { ChdbBindError } from '../../src/errors'
 // Round-trip literals through the REAL engine to prove correctness + injection safety.
 import { query } from '../../index.js'
@@ -96,6 +101,31 @@ describe('serializeValue (string assertions)', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('formatParamValue (server-side {name:Type} binding)', () => {
+  it('emits the TSV null marker \\N for a top-level null/undefined', () => {
+    // Byte-for-byte matches @clickhouse/client-common formatQueryParams
+    // (printNullAsKeyword=false at the top level) — was a ChdbBindError throw.
+    expect(formatParamValue(null)).toBe('\\N')
+    expect(formatParamValue(undefined)).toBe('\\N')
+  })
+
+  it('keeps the NULL keyword for a null nested inside an Array/Map', () => {
+    expect(formatParamValue([1, null, 3])).toBe('[1,NULL,3]')
+    expect(formatParamValue(new Map<string, unknown>([['k', null]]))).toBe("{'k':NULL}")
+  })
+
+  it('TSV-escapes a top-level string without SQL-quoting it', () => {
+    expect(formatParamValue('a\tb')).toBe('a\\tb')
+    expect(formatParamValue("no'quote")).toBe("no'quote")
+  })
+
+  it('still rejects non-finite / unsafe / unserializable values', () => {
+    expect(() => formatParamValue(NaN)).toThrow(ChdbBindError)
+    expect(() => formatParamValue(1e21)).toThrow(ChdbBindError)
+    expect(() => formatParamValue(Symbol('x'))).toThrow(ChdbBindError)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('serializeValue (real-engine round-trips)', () => {
   it('round-trips scalar literals exactly', () => {
     expect(tsv(`SELECT ${serializeValue(true)}`)).toBe('true')
diff --git a/tests/clickhouse-js/skip_list.json b/tests/clickhouse-js/skip_list.json
index d8eaec0..c7c0124 100644
--- a/tests/clickhouse-js/skip_list.json
+++ b/tests/clickhouse-js/skip_list.json
@@ -252,16 +252,6 @@
       "test": "select with query binding > handles maps with nullable values in a parametrized query",
       "reason": "chdb parameter-binding for Map(K, Nullable(V)) generates a serialization the engine parser rejects."
     },
-    {
-      "file": "packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/select_query_binding.test.ts",
-      "test": "select with query binding > NULL parameter binding > should work with nulls",
-      "reason": "chdb's `queryBindAsync` NULL substitution diverges from the server's `param_*` URL-binding semantics (server-side strict-NULL handling)."
-    },
-    {
-      "file": "packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/select_query_binding.test.ts",
-      "test": "select with query binding > NULL parameter binding > should with an explicit undefined",
-      "reason": "Same chdb NULL/undefined parameter-binding divergence."
-    },
     {
       "file": "packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/select_query_binding.test.ts",
       "test": "select with query binding > Nested boolean types > handles boolean in a tuple",