diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/CommandService.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/CommandService.cs
index 6ea2abcf3..0a9edb5b8 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/CommandService.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/CommandService.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 
 namespace Discord.Commands
 {
@@ -57,7 +56,10 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
 
             _defaultTypeReaders = new ConcurrentDictionary<Type, TypeReader>();
             foreach (var type in PrimitiveParsers.SupportedTypes)
+            {
                 _defaultTypeReaders[type] = PrimitiveTypeReader.Create(type);
+                _defaultTypeReaders[typeof(Nullable<>).MakeGenericType(type)] = NullableTypeReader.Create(type, _defaultTypeReaders[type]);
+            }
 
             _defaultTypeReaders[typeof(string)] =
                 new PrimitiveTypeReader<string>((string x, out string y) => { y = x; return true; }, 0);
@@ -190,17 +192,35 @@ namespace Discord.Commands
             return true;
         }
 
-        //Type Readers
+        //Type Readers 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a custom <see cref="TypeReader"/> to this <see cref="CommandService"/> for the supplied object type. 
+        /// If <typeparamref name="T"/> is a <see cref="ValueType"/>, a <see cref="NullableTypeReader{T}"/> will also be added.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <typeparam name="T">The object type to be read by the <see cref="TypeReader"/>.</typeparam>
+        /// <param name="reader">An instance of the <see cref="TypeReader"/> to be added.</param>
         public void AddTypeReader<T>(TypeReader reader)
-        {
-            var readers = _typeReaders.GetOrAdd(typeof(T), x => new ConcurrentDictionary<Type, TypeReader>());
-            readers[reader.GetType()] = reader;
-        }
+            => AddTypeReader(typeof(T), reader);
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a custom <see cref="TypeReader"/> to this <see cref="CommandService"/> for the supplied object type. 
+        /// If <paramref name="type"/> is a <see cref="ValueType"/>, a <see cref="NullableTypeReader{T}"/> for the value type will also be added. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="type">A <see cref="Type"/> instance for the type to be read.</param>
+        /// <param name="reader">An instance of the <see cref="TypeReader"/> to be added.</param>
         public void AddTypeReader(Type type, TypeReader reader)
         {
             var readers = _typeReaders.GetOrAdd(type, x => new ConcurrentDictionary<Type, TypeReader>());
             readers[reader.GetType()] = reader;
+
+            if (type.GetTypeInfo().IsValueType)
+                AddNullableTypeReader(type, reader);
         }
+        internal void AddNullableTypeReader(Type valueType, TypeReader valueTypeReader)
+        {
+            var readers = _typeReaders.GetOrAdd(typeof(Nullable<>).MakeGenericType(valueType), x => new ConcurrentDictionary<Type, TypeReader>());
+            var nullableReader = NullableTypeReader.Create(valueType, valueTypeReader);
+            readers[nullableReader.GetType()] = nullableReader;
+        }  
         internal IDictionary<Type, TypeReader> GetTypeReaders(Type type)
         {
             if (_typeReaders.TryGetValue(type, out var definedTypeReaders))
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Readers/NullableTypeReader.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Readers/NullableTypeReader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..07976fb69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Commands/Readers/NullableTypeReader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Discord.Commands
+{
+    internal static class NullableTypeReader
+    {
+        public static TypeReader Create(Type type, TypeReader reader)
+        {
+            var constructor = typeof(NullableTypeReader<>).MakeGenericType(type).GetTypeInfo().DeclaredConstructors.First();
+            return (TypeReader)constructor.Invoke(new object[] { reader });
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal class NullableTypeReader<T> : TypeReader
+        where T : struct
+    {
+        private readonly TypeReader _baseTypeReader;
+
+        public NullableTypeReader(TypeReader baseTypeReader)
+        {
+            _baseTypeReader = baseTypeReader;
+        }
+
+        public override async Task<TypeReaderResult> Read(ICommandContext context, string input, IServiceProvider services)
+        {
+            if (string.Equals(input, "null", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) || string.Equals(input, "nothing", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                return TypeReaderResult.FromSuccess(new T?());
+            return await _baseTypeReader.Read(context, input, services); ;
+        }
+    }
+}