diff --git a/drift/lib/src/runtime/query_builder/components/order_by.dart b/drift/lib/src/runtime/query_builder/components/order_by.dart
index d27d7318..cc81cf9c 100644
--- a/drift/lib/src/runtime/query_builder/components/order_by.dart
+++ b/drift/lib/src/runtime/query_builder/components/order_by.dart
@@ -3,16 +3,28 @@ part of '../query_builder.dart';
 /// Describes how to order rows
 enum OrderingMode {
   /// Ascending ordering mode (lowest items first)
-  asc,
+  asc._('ASC'),
 
   /// Descending ordering mode (highest items first)
-  desc
+  desc._('DESC');
+
+  final String _mode;
+
+  const OrderingMode._(this._mode);
 }
 
-const _modeToString = {
-  OrderingMode.asc: 'ASC',
-  OrderingMode.desc: 'DESC',
-};
+/// Describes how to order nulls
+enum NullsOrder {
+  /// Place NULLs at the start
+  first._('NULLS FIRST'),
+
+  /// Place NULLs at the end
+  last._('NULLS LAST');
+
+  final String _order;
+
+  const NullsOrder._(this._order);
+}
 
 /// A single term in a [OrderBy] clause. The priority of this term is determined
 /// by its position in [OrderBy.terms].
@@ -23,18 +35,40 @@ class OrderingTerm extends Component {
   /// The ordering mode (ascending or descending).
   final OrderingMode mode;
 
-  /// Creates an ordering term by the [expression] and the [mode] (defaults to
-  /// ascending).
-  OrderingTerm({required this.expression, this.mode = OrderingMode.asc});
+  /// How to order NULLs.
+  /// When [nulls] is [null], then it's ignored.
+  ///
+  /// Note that this feature are only available in sqlite3 version `3.30.0` and
+  /// newer. When using `sqlite3_flutter_libs` or a web database, this is not
+  /// a problem.
+  final NullsOrder? nulls;
 
-  /// Creates an ordering term that sorts for ascending values of [expression].
-  factory OrderingTerm.asc(Expression expression) {
-    return OrderingTerm(expression: expression, mode: OrderingMode.asc);
+  /// Creates an ordering term by the [expression], the [mode] (defaults to
+  /// ascending) and the [nulls].
+  OrderingTerm({
+    required this.expression,
+    this.mode = OrderingMode.asc,
+    this.nulls,
+  });
+
+  /// Creates an ordering term that sorts for ascending values
+  /// of [expression] and the [nulls].
+  factory OrderingTerm.asc(Expression expression, [NullsOrder? nulls]) {
+    return OrderingTerm(
+      expression: expression,
+      mode: OrderingMode.asc,
+      nulls: nulls,
+    );
   }
 
-  /// Creates an ordering term that sorts for descending values of [expression].
-  factory OrderingTerm.desc(Expression expression) {
-    return OrderingTerm(expression: expression, mode: OrderingMode.desc);
+  /// Creates an ordering term that sorts for descending values
+  /// of [expression] and the [nulls].
+  factory OrderingTerm.desc(Expression expression, [NullsOrder? nulls]) {
+    return OrderingTerm(
+      expression: expression,
+      mode: OrderingMode.desc,
+      nulls: nulls,
+    );
   }
 
   /// Creates an ordering term  to get a number of random rows
@@ -47,7 +81,11 @@ class OrderingTerm extends Component {
   void writeInto(GenerationContext context) {
     expression.writeInto(context);
     context.writeWhitespace();
-    context.buffer.write(_modeToString[mode]);
+    context.buffer.write(mode._mode);
+    if (nulls != null) {
+      context.writeWhitespace();
+      context.buffer.write(nulls?._order);
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/drift/test/database/statements/order_by_test.dart b/drift/test/database/statements/order_by_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77ba9b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drift/test/database/statements/order_by_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import 'package:drift/drift.dart' hide isNull;
+import 'package:mockito/mockito.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+import '../../generated/todos.dart';
+import '../../test_utils/test_utils.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  late TodoDb db;
+  late MockExecutor executor;
+
+  setUp(() {
+    executor = MockExecutor();
+    db = TodoDb(executor);
+  });
+
+  test('when nullsOrder is null it ignored', () async {
+    final query = db.select(db.users);
+    query.orderBy([(tbl) => OrderingTerm(expression: tbl.name)]);
+    await query.get();
+    verify(executor.runSelect(
+      'SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY name ASC;',
+      argThat(isEmpty),
+    ));
+  });
+
+  test('nullsOrder is last', () async {
+    final query = db.select(db.users);
+    query.orderBy([
+      (tbl) => OrderingTerm(
+            expression: tbl.name,
+            nulls: NullsOrder.last,
+          ),
+    ]);
+    await query.get();
+    verify(executor.runSelect(
+      'SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY name ASC NULLS LAST;',
+      argThat(isEmpty),
+    ));
+  });
+
+  test('nullsOrder is first', () async {
+    final query = db.select(db.users);
+    query.orderBy([
+      (tbl) => OrderingTerm(
+            expression: tbl.name,
+            nulls: NullsOrder.first,
+          ),
+    ]);
+    await query.get();
+    verify(executor.runSelect(
+      'SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY name ASC NULLS FIRST;',
+      argThat(isEmpty),
+    ));
+  });
+
+  test('complex order by with different nullsOrder', () async {
+    final query = db.select(db.users);
+    query.orderBy([
+      (tbl) => OrderingTerm(
+            expression: tbl.name,
+            nulls: NullsOrder.first,
+          ),
+      (tbl) => OrderingTerm(
+            expression: tbl.creationTime,
+          ),
+      (tbl) => OrderingTerm(
+            expression: tbl.profilePicture,
+            nulls: NullsOrder.last,
+          ),
+    ]);
+    await query.get();
+    verify(executor.runSelect(
+      'SELECT * FROM users ORDER BY name ASC NULLS FIRST, creation_time ASC, profile_picture ASC NULLS LAST;',
+      argThat(isEmpty),
+    ));
+  });
+}