diff --git a/src/connection.coffee b/src/connection.coffee
index fa2dcb729..8fb82dafd 100644
--- a/src/connection.coffee
+++ b/src/connection.coffee
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter
     @config.options.useColumnNames ?= false
     @config.options.connectionIsolationLevel ||= ISOLATION_LEVEL.READ_COMMITTED
     @config.options.readOnlyIntent ?= false
+    @config.options.enableAnsiNullDefault ?= true
 
     if !@config.options.port && !@config.options.instanceName
       @config.options.port = DEFAULT_PORT
@@ -675,6 +676,7 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter
 
   getInitialSql: ->
     xact_abort = if @config.options.abortTransactionOnError then 'on' else 'off'
+    enableAnsiNullDefault = if @config.options.enableAnsiNullDefault then 'on' else 'off'
     """set textsize #{@config.options.textsize}
 set quoted_identifier on
 set arithabort off
@@ -682,6 +684,7 @@ set numeric_roundabort off
 set ansi_warnings on
 set ansi_padding on
 set ansi_nulls on
+set ansi_null_dflt_on #{enableAnsiNullDefault}
 set concat_null_yields_null on
 set cursor_close_on_commit off
 set implicit_transactions off
diff --git a/test/integration/connection-test.coffee b/test/integration/connection-test.coffee
index 4bfbbd79a..a16dde592 100644
--- a/test/integration/connection-test.coffee
+++ b/test/integration/connection-test.coffee
@@ -915,3 +915,50 @@ exports.requestTimeout = (test) ->
   connection.on('debug', (text) ->
     #console.log(text)
   )
+
+runSqlBatch = (test, config, sql, requestCallback) ->
+  connection = new Connection(config)
+
+  request = new Request sql, ->
+    requestCallback.apply this, arguments
+    connection.close()
+
+  connection.on 'connect', (err) ->
+    test.ifError(err)
+    connection.execSqlBatch(request)
+
+  connection.on 'end', (info) ->
+    test.done()
+
+# Test that the default behavior allows adding null values to a
+# temporary table where the nullability is not explicitly declared.
+exports.testAnsiNullDefault = (test) ->
+    test.expect(2)
+
+    sql = """
+      create table #testAnsiNullDefault (id int);
+      insert #testAnsiNullDefault values (null);
+      drop table #testAnsiNullDefault;
+    """
+    
+    runSqlBatch test, getConfig(), sql, (err) ->
+        test.ifError(err)
+
+# Test that the default behavior can be overridden (so that temporary
+# table columns are non-nullable by default).
+exports.disableAnsiNullDefault = (test) ->
+    test.expect(3)
+
+    sql = """
+      create table #testAnsiNullDefaults (id int);
+      insert #testAnsiNullDefaults values (null);
+      drop table #testAnsiNullDefaults;
+    """
+
+    config = getConfig()
+    config.options.enableAnsiNullDefault = false
+    
+    runSqlBatch test, config, sql, (err) ->
+        test.ok(err instanceof Error)
+        test.strictEqual err?.number, 515 # Cannot insert the value NULL
+
diff --git a/test/integration/errors-test.coffee b/test/integration/errors-test.coffee
index f1a38d087..8bdb8ee71 100644
--- a/test/integration/errors-test.coffee
+++ b/test/integration/errors-test.coffee
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ exports.uniqueConstraint = (test) ->
     test.ok(err instanceof Error)
     test.strictEqual(err.number, 2627)
     
-exports.ansiNullDefaults = (test) ->
+exports.nullable = (test) ->
   sql = """
-  create table #testAnsiNullDefault (id int);
-  insert #testAnsiNullDefault values (null);
-  drop table #testAnsiNullDefault;
+  create table #testNullable (id int not null);
+  insert #testNullable values (null);
+  drop table #testNullable;
   """
 
   test.expect(3)