diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 8a2214984..629346349 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 
+- Added `Handle::is_null` to allow checking if a handle is a null handle (#694)
 - Update Vulkan-Headers to 1.3.238 (#688)
 
 ### Removed
diff --git a/ash/src/vk.rs b/ash/src/vk.rs
index 02a5e9c62..09b483ff7 100644
--- a/ash/src/vk.rs
+++ b/ash/src/vk.rs
@@ -49,4 +49,17 @@ pub trait Handle {
     const TYPE: ObjectType;
     fn as_raw(self) -> u64;
     fn from_raw(_: u64) -> Self;
+
+    /// Returns whether the handle is a null handle.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    /// Basic usage
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use ash::vk::{Handle, Instance};
+    ///
+    /// let instance = Instance::null();
+    /// assert!(instance.is_null());
+    /// ```
+    fn is_null(&self) -> bool;
 }
diff --git a/ash/src/vk/macros.rs b/ash/src/vk/macros.rs
index e986be312..601f6e714 100644
--- a/ash/src/vk/macros.rs
+++ b/ash/src/vk/macros.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ macro_rules! handle_nondispatchable {
             fn from_raw(x: u64) -> Self {
                 Self(x)
             }
+            fn is_null(&self) -> bool {
+                self.0 == 0
+            }
         }
         impl $name {
             pub const fn null() -> Self {
@@ -140,6 +143,9 @@ macro_rules! define_handle {
             fn from_raw(x: u64) -> Self {
                 Self(x as _)
             }
+            fn is_null(&self) -> bool {
+                self.0.is_null()
+            }
         }
         unsafe impl Send for $name {}
         unsafe impl Sync for $name {}