diff --git a/null.go b/null.go
index d7fcbf2..bad6ac9 100644
--- a/null.go
+++ b/null.go
@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@ var jsonNull = []byte("null")
 // NullUUID implements the SQL driver.Scanner interface so
 // it can be used as a scan destination:
 //
-//  var u uuid.NullUUID
-//  err := db.QueryRow("SELECT name FROM foo WHERE id=?", id).Scan(&u)
-//  ...
-//  if u.Valid {
-//     // use u.UUID
-//  } else {
-//     // NULL value
-//  }
-//
+//	var u uuid.NullUUID
+//	err := db.QueryRow("SELECT name FROM foo WHERE id=?", id).Scan(&u)
+//	...
+//	if u.Valid {
+//	   // use u.UUID
+//	} else {
+//	   // NULL value
+//	}
 type NullUUID struct {
 	UUID  UUID
 	Valid bool // Valid is true if UUID is not NULL
@@ -116,3 +115,8 @@ func (nu *NullUUID) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 	nu.Valid = err == nil
 	return err
 }
+
+// IsZero determine whether the value is zero.
+func (nu NullUUID) IsZero() bool {
+	return !nu.Valid || nu.UUID.IsZero()
+}
diff --git a/null_test.go b/null_test.go
index fe0fe8d..e76260e 100644
--- a/null_test.go
+++ b/null_test.go
@@ -212,3 +212,35 @@ func TestNullUUIDUnmarshalJSON(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("expected nil when unmarshalling null, got %s", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestNullUUIDIsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		nullUUID NullUUID
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			nullUUID: NullUUID{},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			nullUUID: NullUUID{
+				Valid: true,
+				UUID:  UUID{},
+			},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			nullUUID: NullUUID{
+				Valid: true,
+				UUID:  New(),
+			},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		if test.nullUUID.IsZero() != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("expected %t, got %t", test.expected, test.nullUUID.IsZero())
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/uuid.go b/uuid.go
index dc75cee..abcdb1a 100644
--- a/uuid.go
+++ b/uuid.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var (
 	ErrInvalidBracketedFormat = errors.New("invalid bracketed UUID format")
 )
 
-type URNPrefixError struct { prefix string }
+type URNPrefixError struct{ prefix string }
 
 func (e URNPrefixError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("invalid urn prefix: %q", e.prefix)
@@ -215,10 +215,12 @@ func Must(uuid UUID, err error) UUID {
 }
 
 // Validate returns an error if s is not a properly formatted UUID in one of the following formats:
-//   xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
-//   urn:uuid:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
-//   xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-//   {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
+//
+//	xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+//	urn:uuid:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+//	xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+//	{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx}
+//
 // It returns an error if the format is invalid, otherwise nil.
 func Validate(s string) error {
 	switch len(s) {
@@ -315,6 +317,11 @@ func (uuid UUID) Version() Version {
 	return Version(uuid[6] >> 4)
 }
 
+// IsZero determine whether the value is zero.
+func (uuid UUID) IsZero() bool {
+	return uuid == Nil
+}
+
 func (v Version) String() string {
 	if v > 15 {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("BAD_VERSION_%d", v)
@@ -391,3 +398,8 @@ func (uuids UUIDs) Strings() []string {
 	}
 	return uuidStrs
 }
+
+// IsZero determine whether the value is zero.
+func (uuids UUIDs) IsZero() bool {
+	return len(uuids) == 0
+}
diff --git a/uuid_test.go b/uuid_test.go
index 906ecbe..1ccdea1 100644
--- a/uuid_test.go
+++ b/uuid_test.go
@@ -928,3 +928,47 @@ func TestVersion7MonotonicityStrict(t *testing.T) {
 		u1 = u2
 	}
 }
+
+func TestUUIDIsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		uuid     UUID
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			uuid:     UUID{},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			uuid:     New(),
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		if test.uuid.IsZero() != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("expected %t, got %t", test.expected, test.uuid.IsZero())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUUIDsIsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		uuids    UUIDs
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{
+			uuids:    UUIDs{},
+			expected: true,
+		},
+		{
+			uuids:    UUIDs{New()},
+			expected: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		if test.uuids.IsZero() != test.expected {
+			t.Errorf("expected %t, got %t", test.expected, test.uuids.IsZero())
+		}
+	}
+}