diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/write.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/write.cs
index c372985ecb..3518eabc39 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/write.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/write.cs
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands
         /// </summary>
         [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = true, ValueFromPipeline = true)]
         [Alias("Msg", "Message")]
+        [AllowNull]
         public object MessageData { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Stream.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Stream.Tests.ps1
index d0520124f2..19c23d90e6 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Stream.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Write-Stream.Tests.ps1
@@ -114,5 +114,12 @@ Describe "Stream writer tests" -Tags "CI" {
             $result.Count | Should -Be $returnCount
             (Compare-Object $result $returnValue -SyncWindow 0).length | Should -Be 0
         }
+
+        It "Write-Information accepts `$Null" {
+            $streamPath = Join-Path $testdrive information.txt
+            $null | Write-Information -Tags myTag -ErrorAction Stop -InformationAction SilentlyContinue -InformationVariable i
+            $i.Tags | Should -BeExactly "myTag"
+            $i.MessageData | Should -Be $null
+        }
     }
 }