diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/GenericDatabaseDialect.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/GenericDatabaseDialect.java
index 9dbde25b0..f617acd55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/GenericDatabaseDialect.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/GenericDatabaseDialect.java
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ public DatabaseDialect create(AbstractConfig config) {
   protected final String jdbcUrl;
   protected final DatabaseDialectProvider.JdbcUrlInfo jdbcUrlInfo;
   protected final QuoteMethod quoteSqlIdentifiers;
+  protected boolean enabledSinkNullKeyProtection;
   private final IdentifierRules defaultIdentifierRules;
   private final AtomicReference<IdentifierRules> identifierRules = new AtomicReference<>();
   private final Queue<Connection> connections = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ protected GenericDatabaseDialect(
       quoteSqlIdentifiers = QuoteMethod.get(
           config.getString(JdbcSinkConfig.QUOTE_SQL_IDENTIFIERS_CONFIG)
       );
+      enabledSinkNullKeyProtection = config.getBoolean(JdbcSinkConfig.ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION);
     } else {
       catalogPattern = config.getString(JdbcSourceTaskConfig.CATALOG_PATTERN_CONFIG);
       schemaPattern = config.getString(JdbcSourceTaskConfig.SCHEMA_PATTERN_CONFIG);
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/OracleDatabaseDialect.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/OracleDatabaseDialect.java
index 21618e09b..1f2185006 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/OracleDatabaseDialect.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/OracleDatabaseDialect.java
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ public String buildUpsertQueryStatement(
       Collection<ColumnId> keyColumns,
       Collection<ColumnId> nonKeyColumns
   ) {
+
     // https://blogs.oracle.com/cmar/entry/using_merge_to_do_an
     final Transform<ColumnId> transform = (builder, col) -> {
       builder.append(table)
@@ -323,6 +324,25 @@ public String buildUpsertQueryStatement(
              .appendColumnName(col.name());
     };
 
+    final Transform<ColumnId> nullableKeyTransform = (builder, col) -> {
+      builder
+          .append("(")
+          .append(table)
+          .append(".")
+          .appendColumnName(col.name())
+          .append("=incoming.")
+          .appendColumnName(col.name())
+          .append(" OR (")
+          .append(table)
+          .append(".")
+          .appendColumnName(col.name())
+          .append(" IS NULL AND ")
+          .append("incoming.")
+          .appendColumnName(col.name())
+          .append(" IS NULL))")
+      ;
+    };
+
     ExpressionBuilder builder = expressionBuilder();
     builder.append("merge into ");
     builder.append(table);
@@ -334,7 +354,7 @@ public String buildUpsertQueryStatement(
     builder.append(" FROM dual) incoming on(");
     builder.appendList()
            .delimitedBy(" and ")
-           .transformedBy(transform)
+           .transformedBy(enabledSinkNullKeyProtection ? nullableKeyTransform : transform)
            .of(keyColumns);
     builder.append(")");
     if (nonKeyColumns != null && !nonKeyColumns.isEmpty()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/sink/JdbcSinkConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/sink/JdbcSinkConfig.java
index 81f078622..89a4c0f35 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/sink/JdbcSinkConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/sink/JdbcSinkConfig.java
@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ public enum PrimaryKeyMode {
       + "the connector, e.g. ``UPDATE``.";
   private static final String INSERT_MODE_DISPLAY = "Insert Mode";
 
+  public static final String ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION = "enable.null.key.protection";
+  private static final String ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION_DEFAULT = "false";
+  private static final String ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION_DOC =
+      "If upsert mode is enabled (Only in OracleDialect), the system will protect \n"
+          + "<table.column>=<incoming.column> to prevent 0 row results in nullable keys.";
+  private static final String ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION_DISPLAY = "Enable Null Key Protection";
+
   public static final String PK_FIELDS = "pk.fields";
   private static final String PK_FIELDS_DEFAULT = "";
   private static final String PK_FIELDS_DOC =
@@ -388,6 +395,17 @@ public enum PrimaryKeyMode {
             ConfigDef.Width.MEDIUM,
             TABLE_TYPES_DISPLAY
         )
+        .define(
+            ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION,
+            ConfigDef.Type.BOOLEAN,
+            ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION_DEFAULT,
+            ConfigDef.Importance.MEDIUM,
+            ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION_DOC,
+            WRITES_GROUP,
+            5,
+            ConfigDef.Width.MEDIUM,
+            ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION_DISPLAY
+        )
         // Data Mapping
         .define(
             TABLE_NAME_FORMAT,
@@ -545,6 +563,7 @@ public enum PrimaryKeyMode {
   public final boolean useHoldlockInMerge;
 
   public final boolean trimSensitiveLogsEnabled;
+  public final boolean enableNullKeyProtection;
 
   public JdbcSinkConfig(Map<?, ?> props) {
     super(CONFIG_DEF, props);
@@ -575,6 +594,7 @@ public JdbcSinkConfig(Map<?, ?> props) {
           "Primary key mode must be 'record_key' when delete support is enabled");
     }
     tableTypes = TableType.parse(getList(TABLE_TYPES_CONFIG));
+    enableNullKeyProtection = getBoolean(ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION);
   }
 
   private String getPasswordValue(String key) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/OracleDatabaseDialectTest.java b/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/OracleDatabaseDialectTest.java
index 447e403f1..a178284da 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/OracleDatabaseDialectTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/confluent/connect/jdbc/dialect/OracleDatabaseDialectTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 package io.confluent.connect.jdbc.dialect;
 
+import io.confluent.connect.jdbc.sink.JdbcSinkConfig;
 import io.confluent.connect.jdbc.util.ColumnDefinition;
 import io.confluent.connect.jdbc.util.DateTimeUtils;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ public void bindFieldBytesValue() throws SQLException {
     verifyBindField(++index, Schema.BYTES_SCHEMA, ByteBuffer.wrap(new byte[]{42})).setBlob(eq(index), any(ByteArrayInputStream.class));
   }
 
+  protected OracleDatabaseDialect createSinkDialect(String... propertyPairs) {
+    return new OracleDatabaseDialect(sinkConfigWithUrl("jdbc:oracle:thin://something", propertyPairs));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void shouldMapPrimitiveSchemaTypeToSqlTypes() {
     assertPrimitiveMapping(Type.INT8, "NUMBER(3,0)");
@@ -256,6 +261,26 @@ public void upsert() {
     assertEquals(expected, actual);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void protectedNullKeyUpsert() {
+    TableId article = tableId("ARTICLE");
+    String expected = "merge into \"ARTICLE\" " +
+        "using (select ? \"title\", ? \"author\", ? \"body\" FROM dual) incoming on" +
+        "((\"ARTICLE\".\"title\"=incoming.\"title\" OR (\"ARTICLE\".\"title\" IS " +
+        "NULL AND incoming.\"title\" IS NULL)) and (\"ARTICLE\"" +
+        ".\"author\"=incoming.\"author\" OR (\"ARTICLE\".\"author\" IS NULL AND " +
+        "incoming.\"author\" IS NULL))) " +
+        "when matched then update set \"ARTICLE\".\"body\"=incoming.\"body\" " +
+        "when not matched then insert(\"ARTICLE\".\"body\",\"ARTICLE\".\"title\"," +
+        "\"ARTICLE\".\"author\") " +
+        "values(incoming.\"body\",incoming.\"title\",incoming.\"author\")";
+
+    OracleDatabaseDialect protectedSinkDialect = createSinkDialect(JdbcSinkConfig.ENABLE_NULL_KEY_PROTECTION, "true");
+    String actual = protectedSinkDialect.buildUpsertQueryStatement(article, columns(article, "title", "author"),
+        columns(article, "body"));
+    assertEquals(expected, actual);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void shouldSanitizeUrlWithCredentialsInHosts() {
     assertSanitizedUrl(