diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ArrayBlockingQueueDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ArrayBlockingQueueDeserializer.java
index 83c3766e28..0a616ed3ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ArrayBlockingQueueDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ArrayBlockingQueueDeserializer.java
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public Collection<Object> deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt
             Object value;
             
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-                value = null;
+                value = valueDes.getNullValue();
             } else if (typeDeser == null) {
                 value = valueDes.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
             } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/CollectionDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/CollectionDeserializer.java
index 47bf6648ec..3aa4ec2698 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/CollectionDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/CollectionDeserializer.java
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public Collection<Object> deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt
             try {
                 Object value;
                 if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-                    value = null;
+                    value = valueDes.getNullValue();
                 } else if (typeDeser == null) {
                     value = valueDes.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
                 } else {
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ protected final Collection<Object> handleNonArray(JsonParser jp, Deserialization
         Object value;
         
         if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-            value = null;
+            value = valueDes.getNullValue();
         } else if (typeDeser == null) {
             value = valueDes.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/EnumMapDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/EnumMapDeserializer.java
index ae3c52b862..552af529d6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/EnumMapDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/EnumMapDeserializer.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public EnumMap<?,?> deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) thro
             Object value;
             
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-                value = null;
+                value = valueDes.getNullValue();
             } else if (typeDeser == null) {
                 value =  valueDes.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
             } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/MapDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/MapDeserializer.java
index 7ea12aa450..b2c6ac7427 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/MapDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/MapDeserializer.java
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ protected final void _readAndBind(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt,
                 // Note: must handle null explicitly here; value deserializers won't
                 Object value;
                 if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-                    value = null;
+                    value = valueDes.getNullValue();
                 } else if (typeDeser == null) {
                     value = valueDes.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
                 } else {
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ protected final void _readAndBindStringMap(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext
                 // Note: must handle null explicitly here; value deserializers won't
                 Object value;
                 if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-                    value = null;
+                    value = valueDes.getNullValue();
                 } else if (typeDeser == null) {
                     value = valueDes.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
                 } else {
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ public Map<Object,Object> _deserializeUsingCreator(JsonParser jp, Deserializatio
             Object key = _keyDeserializer.deserializeKey(fieldName, ctxt);
             Object value;            
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-                value = null;
+                value = valueDes.getNullValue();
             } else if (typeDeser == null) {
                 value = valueDes.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
             } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ObjectArrayDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ObjectArrayDeserializer.java
index c56d792be7..ed5b264157 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ObjectArrayDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/ObjectArrayDeserializer.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public Object[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt)
             Object value;
             
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-                value = null;
+                value = _elementDeserializer.getNullValue();
             } else if (typeDeser == null) {
                 value = _elementDeserializer.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
             } else {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ private final Object[] handleNonArray(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt
         Object value;
         
         if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-            value = null;
+            value = _elementDeserializer.getNullValue();
         } else if (_elementTypeDeserializer == null) {
             value = _elementDeserializer.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringArrayDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringArrayDeserializer.java
index c0757eeb60..fdfeecb2ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringArrayDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringArrayDeserializer.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public String[] deserialize(JsonParser jp, DeserializationContext ctxt) throws I
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) {
                 value = jp.getText();
             } else if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-                value = null;
+                value = _elementDeserializer.getNullValue();
             } else {
                 value = _parseString(jp, ctxt);
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringCollectionDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringCollectionDeserializer.java
index 754f74af3e..ff0eec236b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringCollectionDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/StringCollectionDeserializer.java
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ private Collection<String> deserializeUsingCustom(JsonParser jp, Deserialization
             String value;
 
             if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-                value = null;
+                value = deser.getNullValue();
             } else {
                 value = deser.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
             }
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ private final Collection<String> handleNonArray(JsonParser jp, DeserializationCo
         String value;
         
         if (t == JsonToken.VALUE_NULL) {
-            value = null;
+            value = (valueDes == null) ? null : valueDes.getNullValue();
         } else {
             value = (valueDes == null) ? _parseString(jp, ctxt) : valueDes.deserialize(jp, ctxt);
         }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/TestNullHandling.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/TestNullHandling.java
index 89d684a41e..4dfc3a1476 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/TestNullHandling.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/TestNullHandling.java
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.deser;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.*;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
 
@@ -51,4 +55,52 @@ public void testCustomRootNulls() throws Exception
         assertNotNull(str);
         assertEquals("funny", str);
     }
+
+    // Test for [jackson-databind-407]
+    public void testListOfNulls() throws Exception
+    {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule("test", Version.unknownVersion());
+        module.addDeserializer(String.class, new FunnyNullDeserializer());
+        mapper.registerModule(module);
+
+        List<String> list = Arrays.asList("funny");
+        JavaType type = mapper.getTypeFactory().constructCollectionType(List.class, String.class);
+
+        // should get non-default null directly:
+        List deser = mapper.readValue("[null]", type);
+        assertNotNull(deser);
+        assertEquals(1, deser.size());
+        assertEquals(list.get(0), deser.get(0));
+
+        // as well as via ObjectReader
+        ObjectReader reader = mapper.reader(type);
+        deser = reader.readValue("[null]");
+        assertNotNull(deser);
+        assertEquals(1, deser.size());
+        assertEquals(list.get(0), deser.get(0));
+    }
+
+    // Test for [jackson-databind-407]
+    public void testMapOfNulls() throws Exception
+    {
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        SimpleModule module = new SimpleModule("test", Version.unknownVersion());
+        module.addDeserializer(String.class, new FunnyNullDeserializer());
+        mapper.registerModule(module);
+
+        JavaType type = mapper.getTypeFactory().constructMapType(Map.class, String.class, String.class);
+        // should get non-default null directly:
+        Map deser = mapper.readValue("{\"key\":null}", type);
+        assertNotNull(deser);
+        assertEquals(1, deser.size());
+        assertEquals("funny", deser.get("key"));
+
+        // as well as via ObjectReader
+        ObjectReader reader = mapper.reader(type);
+        deser = mapper.readValue("{\"key\":null}", type);
+        assertNotNull(deser);
+        assertEquals(1, deser.size());
+        assertEquals("funny", deser.get("key"));
+    }
 }