diff --git a/src/Phpro/SoapClient/CodeGenerator/Assembler/PropertyAssembler.php b/src/Phpro/SoapClient/CodeGenerator/Assembler/PropertyAssembler.php
index f488f6fc..6ebe0538 100644
--- a/src/Phpro/SoapClient/CodeGenerator/Assembler/PropertyAssembler.php
+++ b/src/Phpro/SoapClient/CodeGenerator/Assembler/PropertyAssembler.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use Phpro\SoapClient\Exception\AssemblerException;
 use Laminas\Code\Generator\PropertyGenerator;
 use Soap\Engine\Metadata\Model\TypeMeta;
+use Soap\WsdlReader\Metadata\Predicate\IsConsideredNullableType;
 
 /**
  * Class PropertyAssembler
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ public function assemble(ContextInterface $context)
             $propertyGenerator = PropertyGenerator::fromArray([
                 'name' => $property->getName(),
                 'visibility' => $this->options->visibility(),
-                'omitdefaultvalue' => !$this->options->useOptionalValue(),
+                'omitdefaultvalue' => !$this->options->useOptionalValue()
+                    && !(new IsConsideredNullableType())($property->getMeta()),
             ]);
 
             if ($this->options->useDocBlocks()) {
diff --git a/test/PhproTest/SoapClient/Unit/CodeGenerator/Assembler/PropertyAssemblerTest.php b/test/PhproTest/SoapClient/Unit/CodeGenerator/Assembler/PropertyAssemblerTest.php
index e3d92474..57def086 100644
--- a/test/PhproTest/SoapClient/Unit/CodeGenerator/Assembler/PropertyAssemblerTest.php
+++ b/test/PhproTest/SoapClient/Unit/CodeGenerator/Assembler/PropertyAssemblerTest.php
@@ -265,6 +265,35 @@ class MyType
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $code);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    function it_assembles_property_with_null()
+    {
+        $assembler = new PropertyAssembler(
+            PropertyAssemblerOptions::create()
+        );
+        $context = $this->createContextWithNullableType();
+        $assembler->assemble($context);
+        $code = $context->getClass()->generate();
+        $expected = <<<CODE
+namespace MyNamespace;
+
+class MyType
+{
+    /**
+     * Type specific docs
+     *
+     * @var null | string
+     */
+    private ?string \$prop1 = null;
+}
+
+CODE;
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $code);
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * @return PropertyContext
@@ -295,4 +324,19 @@ private function createContextWithLongType()
         ], new TypeMeta());
         return new PropertyContext($class, $type, $property);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return PropertyContext
+     */
+    private function createContextWithNullableType()
+    {
+        $class = new ClassGenerator('MyType', 'MyNamespace');
+        $type = new Type('MyNamespace', 'MyType', [
+            $property = Property::fromMetaData('ns1', new MetaProperty('prop1', XsdType::guess('string')->withMeta(
+                static fn (TypeMeta $meta): TypeMeta => $meta->withDocs('Type specific docs')->withIsNullable(true)
+            ))),
+        ], new TypeMeta());
+
+        return new PropertyContext($class, $type, $property);
+    }
 }