diff --git a/BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok b/BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok
index dff4cec203c..48144e71863 100644
--- a/BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok
+++ b/BitKeeper/etc/logging_ok
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ peter@linux.local
 peter@mysql.com
 peterg@mysql.com
 pgulutzan@linux.local
+ram@gw.mysql.r18.ru
 ram@gw.udmsearch.izhnet.ru
 ram@mysql.r18.ru
 ram@ram.(none)
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/func_compress.result b/mysql-test/r/func_compress.result
index c4d2eacf363..57eef44b3bb 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/func_compress.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/func_compress.result
@@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ uncompress(compress(""))
 select uncompressed_length("");
 uncompressed_length("")
 0
+select compress(NULL);
+compress(NULL)
+NULL
+select uncompress(NULL);
+uncompress(NULL)
+NULL
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf1ef55ca69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqldump.result
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1), (2);
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<mysqldump>
+<database name="test">
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+LOCK TABLES t1 WRITE;
+	<table name="t1">
+	<row>
+		<field name="a">1</field>
+	</row>
+	<row>
+		<field name="a">2</field>
+	</row>
+	</table>
+UNLOCK TABLES;
+</database>
+</mysqldump>
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/func_compress.test b/mysql-test/t/func_compress.test
index 826721a4053..7462c020357 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/func_compress.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/func_compress.test
@@ -23,3 +23,9 @@ select uncompress("");
 select uncompress(compress(""));
 select uncompressed_length("");
 
+#
+# NULL (Bug #1333)
+#
+
+select compress(NULL);
+select uncompress(NULL);
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c98fd4050f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqldump.test
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--disable_warnings
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+--enable_warnings
+
+# XML output
+
+CREATE TABLE t1(a int);
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1), (2);
+--exec $MYSQL_DUMP -X test t1
+DROP TABLE t1;
diff --git a/sql/item_strfunc.cc b/sql/item_strfunc.cc
index bde1deea46e..98e8ee3914e 100644
--- a/sql/item_strfunc.cc
+++ b/sql/item_strfunc.cc
@@ -2539,6 +2539,11 @@ longlong Item_func_crc32::val_int()
 String *Item_func_compress::val_str(String *str)
 {
   String *res= args[0]->val_str(str);
+  if (!res)
+  {
+    null_value= 1;
+    return 0;
+  }
   if (res->is_empty()) return res;
 
   int err= Z_OK;
@@ -2589,6 +2594,11 @@ String *Item_func_compress::val_str(String *str)
 String *Item_func_uncompress::val_str(String *str)
 {
   String *res= args[0]->val_str(str);
+  if (!res)
+  {
+    null_value= 1;
+    return 0;
+  }
   if (res->is_empty()) return res;
 
   ulong new_size= uint4korr(res->c_ptr()) & 0x3FFFFFFF;