diff --git a/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ByteBuffer.cs b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ByteBuffer.cs
index 741d48d..8dae44f 100644
--- a/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ByteBuffer.cs
+++ b/src/ArtemisNetCoreClient/ByteBuffer.cs
@@ -118,6 +118,28 @@ public long ReadLong()
         _ = _memoryStream.Read(buffer);
         return BinaryPrimitives.ReadInt64BigEndian(buffer);
     }
+
+    public void WriteNullableLong(long? value)
+    {
+        WriteBool(value.HasValue);
+        if (value.HasValue)
+        {
+            WriteLong(value.Value);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    public long? ReadNullableLong()
+    {
+        var isNotNull = ReadBool();
+        if (isNotNull)
+        {
+            return ReadLong();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
     
     public void WriteNullableString(string? value)
     {
diff --git a/test/ArtemisNetCoreClient.Tests/ByteBufferTests.cs b/test/ArtemisNetCoreClient.Tests/ByteBufferTests.cs
index 50e54d9..b93f6d2 100644
--- a/test/ArtemisNetCoreClient.Tests/ByteBufferTests.cs
+++ b/test/ArtemisNetCoreClient.Tests/ByteBufferTests.cs
@@ -187,6 +187,34 @@ public void should_decode_long()
         Assert.That(value, Is.EqualTo(long.MaxValue));
     }
 
+    [TestCase(280, new byte[] { unchecked((byte)-1), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 24 })]
+    [TestCase(null, new byte[] { 0 })]
+    public void should_encode_nullable_long(long? value, byte[] encoded)
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var byteBuffer = new ByteBuffer();
+
+        // Act
+        byteBuffer.WriteNullableLong(value);
+
+        // Assert
+        CollectionAssert.AreEqual(encoded, byteBuffer.GetBuffer().ToArray());
+    }
+
+    [TestCase(new byte[] { unchecked((byte)-1), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 24 }, 280)]
+    [TestCase(new byte[] { 0 }, null)]
+    public void should_decode_nullable_long(byte[] encoded, long? expected)
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        var byteBuffer = new ByteBuffer(encoded);
+
+        // Act
+        var value = byteBuffer.ReadNullableLong();
+
+        // Assert
+        Assert.That(expected, Is.EqualTo(value));
+    }    
+
     [Test]
     public void should_encode_short_string()
     {