diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 5dee1af..47d7c1a 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ if(ENABLE_CJSON_TEST)
 
         set (cjson_utils_tests
             json_patch_tests
-            old_utils_tests)
+            old_utils_tests
+            misc_utils_tests)
 
         foreach (cjson_utils_test ${cjson_utils_tests})
             add_executable("${cjson_utils_test}" "${cjson_utils_test}.c")
diff --git a/tests/misc_utils_tests.c b/tests/misc_utils_tests.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d300bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/misc_utils_tests.c
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "unity/examples/unity_config.h"
+#include "unity/src/unity.h"
+#include "common.h"
+#include "../cJSON_Utils.h"
+
+static void cjson_utils_functions_shouldnt_crash_with_null_pointers(void)
+{
+    cJSON *item = cJSON_CreateString("item");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(item);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_GetPointer(item, NULL));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_GetPointer(NULL, "pointer"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_GetPointerCaseSensitive(NULL, "pointer"));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_GetPointerCaseSensitive(item, NULL));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_GeneratePatches(item, NULL));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_GeneratePatches(NULL, item));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_GeneratePatchesCaseSensitive(item, NULL));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_GeneratePatchesCaseSensitive(NULL, item));
+    cJSONUtils_AddPatchToArray(item, "path", "add", NULL);
+    cJSONUtils_AddPatchToArray(item, "path", NULL, item);
+    cJSONUtils_AddPatchToArray(item, NULL, "add", item);
+    cJSONUtils_AddPatchToArray(NULL, "path", "add", item);
+    cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches(item, NULL);
+    cJSONUtils_ApplyPatches(NULL, item);
+    cJSONUtils_ApplyPatchesCaseSensitive(item, NULL);
+    cJSONUtils_ApplyPatchesCaseSensitive(NULL, item);
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_MergePatch(item, NULL));
+    item = cJSON_CreateString("item");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_MergePatchCaseSensitive(item, NULL));
+    item = cJSON_CreateString("item");
+    /* these calls are actually valid */
+    /* cJSONUtils_MergePatch(NULL, item); */
+    /* cJSONUtils_MergePatchCaseSensitive(NULL, item);*/
+    /* cJSONUtils_GenerateMergePatch(item, NULL); */
+    /* cJSONUtils_GenerateMergePatch(NULL, item); */
+    /* cJSONUtils_GenerateMergePatchCaseSensitive(item, NULL); */
+    /* cJSONUtils_GenerateMergePatchCaseSensitive(NULL, item); */
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(item, NULL));
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL(cJSONUtils_FindPointerFromObjectTo(NULL, item));
+    cJSONUtils_SortObject(NULL);
+    cJSONUtils_SortObjectCaseSensitive(NULL);
+
+    cJSON_Delete(item);
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    UNITY_BEGIN();
+
+    RUN_TEST(cjson_utils_functions_shouldnt_crash_with_null_pointers);
+
+    return UNITY_END();
+}