diff --git a/types/null.go b/types/null.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d339e0e17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/null.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+)
+
+// Null represents a value of any type T that may be null.
+type Null[T any] struct {
+	value T
+	valid bool
+}
+
+// NullWithValue creates a new, valid Null[T].
+func NullWithValue[T any](value T) Null[T] {
+	return Null[T]{value: value, valid: true}
+}
+
+// Value returns the value of the Type[T] if set, otherwise it returns the provided default value or the zero value of T.
+func (n Null[T]) Value(defaultValue ...T) T {
+	if n.valid {
+		return n.value
+	}
+	if len(defaultValue) > 0 {
+		return defaultValue[0]
+	}
+	var zero T
+	return zero
+}
+
+// SetValue sets the value of the Type[T].
+func (n *Null[T]) SetValue(t T) {
+	n.value = t
+	n.valid = true
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON implements [json.Marshaler].
+func (n Null[T]) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	if n.valid {
+		return json.Marshal(n.value)
+	}
+	return []byte("null"), nil
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements [json.Unmarshaler].
+func (n *Null[T]) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	if string(data) != "null" {
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &n.value); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		n.valid = true
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/types/null_test.go b/types/null_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f99e722ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/null_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package types_test
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types"
+)
+
+func TestNull(t *testing.T) {
+	var s types.Null[string]
+	if val := s.Value(); val != "" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Value to return zero value '', got '%s'", val)
+	}
+
+	if val := s.Value("default"); val != "default" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Value to return default value 'default', got '%s'", val)
+	}
+
+	if bts, err := json.Marshal(s); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error during MarshalJSON: %v", err)
+	} else if want := "null"; string(bts) != want {
+		t.Errorf("expected marshaled JSON to be %s, got %s", want, string(bts))
+	}
+
+	s.SetValue("foo")
+	if val := s.Value(); val != "foo" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Value to return 'foo', got '%s'", val)
+	}
+
+	s = types.NullValue("bar")
+	if val := s.Value(); val != "bar" {
+		t.Errorf("expected Value to return 'bar', got '%s'", val)
+	}
+
+	if bts, err := json.Marshal(s); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error during MarshalJSON: %v", err)
+	} else if want := `"bar"`; string(bts) != want {
+		t.Errorf("expected marshaled JSON to be %s, got %s", want, string(bts))
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`null`), &s); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error during UnmarshalJSON: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`"baz"`), &s); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error during UnmarshalJSON: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`1.2345`), &s); err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error during UnmarshalJSON with invalid JSON, got nil")
+	}
+}