diff --git a/src/eosjs-api.ts b/src/eosjs-api.ts
index d4fa2a3ad..28fd097e6 100644
--- a/src/eosjs-api.ts
+++ b/src/eosjs-api.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
     ReadOnlyTransactResult,
 } from './eosjs-rpc-interfaces';
 import * as ser from './eosjs-serialize';
+import { abiEosioNull } from './static-abi';
 
 export class Api {
     /** Issues RPC calls */
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export class Api {
     public contracts = new Map<string, ser.Contract>();
 
     /** Fetched abis */
-    public cachedAbis = new Map<string, CachedAbi>();
+    public cachedAbis = new Map<string, CachedAbi>([abiEosioNull]);
 
     /**
      * @param args
diff --git a/src/static-abi/eosio.null.ts b/src/static-abi/eosio.null.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..deb2b85fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/static-abi/eosio.null.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import type { CachedAbi } from "../eosjs-api-interfaces";
+
+export const accountName = "eosio.null";
+export const value: CachedAbi = {
+  rawAbi: new Uint8Array(),
+  abi: {
+    version: "eosio::abi/1.0",
+    types: [],
+    structs: [
+      {
+        name: "nonce",
+        base: "",
+        fields: [{ name: "value", type: "string" }],
+      },
+    ],
+    actions: [
+      {
+        name: "nonce",
+        type: "nonce",
+        ricardian_contract: "",
+      },
+    ],
+    tables: [],
+    ricardian_clauses: [],
+    abi_extensions: [],
+    error_messages: [],
+  },
+};
+export const abi = [accountName, value] as const;
diff --git a/src/static-abi/index.ts b/src/static-abi/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98bad261f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/static-abi/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { abi as abiEosioNull } from "./eosio.null";