diff --git a/validat6.cpp b/validat6.cpp
index 06d26276..16df05ab 100644
--- a/validat6.cpp
+++ b/validat6.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ bool ValidateECP()
 	}
 
 	std::cout << "\nECP validation suite running...\n\n";
-	return ValidateECP_Agreement() && ValidateECP_Encrypt() && ValidateECP_Sign() && pass;
+	return ValidateECP_Agreement() && ValidateECP_Encrypt() && ValidateECP_NULLDigest_Encrypt() && ValidateECP_Sign() && pass;
 }
 
 bool ValidateEC2N()
diff --git a/validat8.cpp b/validat8.cpp
index c168a406..16d2daba 100644
--- a/validat8.cpp
+++ b/validat8.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,49 @@ bool ValidateECP_Encrypt()
 	return pass;
 }
 
+class NULLHash : public CryptoPP::IteratedHashWithStaticTransform
+    <CryptoPP::word32, CryptoPP::BigEndian, 32, 0, NULLHash, 0>
+{
+public:
+    static void InitState(HashWordType *state) {}
+    static void Transform(CryptoPP::word32 *digest, const CryptoPP::word32 *data) {}
+    static const char *StaticAlgorithmName() {return "NULL HASH";}
+};
+
+template <class EC, class HASH = SHA1, class COFACTOR_OPTION = NoCofactorMultiplication, bool DHAES_MODE = true, bool LABEL_OCTETS = false>
+struct ECIES_NULLDigest
+	: public DL_ES<
+		DL_Keys_EC<EC>,
+		DL_KeyAgreementAlgorithm_DH<typename EC::Point, COFACTOR_OPTION>,
+		DL_KeyDerivationAlgorithm_P1363<typename EC::Point, DHAES_MODE, P1363_KDF2<HASH> >,
+		DL_EncryptionAlgorithm_Xor<HMAC<NULLHash>, DHAES_MODE, LABEL_OCTETS>,
+		ECIES<EC> >
+{
+	// TODO: fix this after name is standardized
+	CRYPTOPP_STATIC_CONSTEXPR const char* CRYPTOPP_API StaticAlgorithmName() {return "ECIES NULLDigest";}
+};
+
+bool ValidateECP_NULLDigest_Encrypt()
+{
+	ECIES_NULLDigest<ECP>::Decryptor cpriv(GlobalRNG(), ASN1::secp256k1());
+	ECIES_NULLDigest<ECP>::Encryptor cpub(cpriv);
+	ByteQueue bq;
+	cpriv.GetKey().DEREncode(bq);
+	cpub.AccessKey().AccessGroupParameters().SetEncodeAsOID(true);
+	cpub.GetKey().DEREncode(bq);
+
+	cpub.AccessKey().Precompute();
+	cpriv.AccessKey().Precompute();
+	bool pass = CryptoSystemValidate(cpriv, cpub);
+
+	std::cout << "Turning on point compression..." << std::endl;
+	cpriv.AccessKey().AccessGroupParameters().SetPointCompression(true);
+	cpub.AccessKey().AccessGroupParameters().SetPointCompression(true);
+	pass = CryptoSystemValidate(cpriv, cpub) && pass;
+
+	return pass;
+}
+
 bool ValidateEC2N_Encrypt()
 {
 	// DEREncode() changed to Save() at Issue 569.
diff --git a/validate.h b/validate.h
index e95b2985..6c3ec6ac 100644
--- a/validate.h
+++ b/validate.h
@@ -372,6 +372,8 @@ bool ValidateECP_Agreement();
 bool ValidateECP_Encrypt();
 bool ValidateECP_Sign();
 
+bool ValidateECP_NULLDigest_Encrypt();
+
 bool ValidateEC2N();
 bool ValidateEC2N_Agreement();
 bool ValidateEC2N_Encrypt();