diff --git a/awx/main/fields.py b/awx/main/fields.py
index be70f47fd0..0cb8b0e1d4 100644
--- a/awx/main/fields.py
+++ b/awx/main/fields.py
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ class JSONField(upstream_JSONField):
 
 
 class JSONBField(upstream_JSONBField):
+    def get_prep_lookup(self, lookup_type, value):
+        if isinstance(value, basestring) and value == "null":
+            return 'null'
+        return super(JSONBField, self).get_prep_lookup(lookup_type, value)
+
     def get_db_prep_value(self, value, connection, prepared=False):
         if connection.vendor == 'sqlite':
             # sqlite (which we use for tests) does not support jsonb;
@@ -405,7 +410,7 @@ class DynamicFilterField(models.TextField):
             Note: we could have totally "ripped" them off earlier when we decided
             what type to convert the token to.
             '''
-            if type(v) is unicode and v.startswith('"') and v.endswith('"'):
+            if type(v) is unicode and v.startswith('"') and v.endswith('"') and v != u'"null"':
                 v = v[1:-1]
 
             if contains_count == 0:
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
index fc20dfcb1d..468a1d9145 100644
--- a/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
+++ b/awx/main/tests/unit/test_fields.py
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ class TestDynamicFilterFieldFilterStringToQ():
         q = DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
         assert unicode(q) == unicode(q_expected)
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("filter_string,q_expected", [
+        ('a__b__c=null', Q(**{u"a__b__c": u"null"})),
+        ('a__b__c="null"', Q(**{u"a__b__c": u"\"null\""})),
+    ])
+    def test_contains_query_generated_null(self, filter_string, q_expected):
+        q = DynamicFilterField.filter_string_to_q(filter_string)
+        assert unicode(q) == unicode(q_expected)
+
 
 '''
 #('"facts__quoted_val"="f\"oo"', 1),