diff --git a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index ac9d0897..48190c2a 100644
--- a/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -451,10 +451,9 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder(): TreeBuilder
             ->children()
                 ->scalarNode('type')
                     ->isRequired()
-                    ->treatNullLike('null')
                     ->beforeNormalization()
-                        ->always()
-                        ->then(function ($v) { return strtolower($v); })
+                        ->ifString()->then(function ($v) { return strtolower($v); })
+                        ->ifNull()->then(function ($v) { return 'null'; })
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
                 ->scalarNode('id')->end() // service & rollbar
diff --git a/tests/DependencyInjection/FixtureMonologExtensionTestCase.php b/tests/DependencyInjection/FixtureMonologExtensionTestCase.php
index 93c685ae..bccda2a8 100644
--- a/tests/DependencyInjection/FixtureMonologExtensionTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/DependencyInjection/FixtureMonologExtensionTestCase.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 use Monolog\Handler\FingersCrossed\ErrorLevelActivationStrategy;
 use Monolog\Handler\NoopHandler;
+use Monolog\Handler\NullHandler;
 use Monolog\Processor\PsrLogMessageProcessor;
 use Symfony\Bundle\MonologBundle\DependencyInjection\Compiler\LoggerChannelPass;
 use Symfony\Bundle\MonologBundle\DependencyInjection\MonologExtension;
@@ -312,6 +313,16 @@ public function testNativeMailer()
         $this->assertSame(['addHeader', [['Foo: bar', 'Baz: inga']]], $methodCalls[1]);
     }
 
+    public function testTypeNull()
+    {
+        $container = $this->getContainer('type_null');
+
+        $logger = $container->getDefinition('monolog.handler.null_handler');
+
+        $this->assertSame(NullHandler::class, $logger->getClass());
+        $this->assertSame('DEBUG', $logger->getArgument(0));
+    }
+
     protected function getContainer($fixture)
     {
         $container = new ContainerBuilder();
diff --git a/tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/type_null.xml b/tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/type_null.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d40106e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/xml/type_null.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:monolog="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
+        http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog http://symfony.com/schema/dic/monolog/monolog-1.0.xsd">
+
+    <monolog:config>
+        <monolog:handler
+            name="null_handler"
+            type="null" />
+    </monolog:config>
+</container>
diff --git a/tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/type_null.yml b/tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/type_null.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1992f1f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/DependencyInjection/Fixtures/yml/type_null.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+monolog:
+    handlers:
+        null_handler:
+            type: null