diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/GenericFactoryDeserializerResolver.scala b/src/main/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/GenericFactoryDeserializerResolver.scala
index 5548b2ffe..3ff9d58f4 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/GenericFactoryDeserializerResolver.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/GenericFactoryDeserializerResolver.scala
@@ -76,9 +76,15 @@ abstract class GenericFactoryDeserializerResolver[CC[_], CF[X[_]]] extends Deser
 
     override def getContentDeserializer: JsonDeserializer[AnyRef] = containerDeserializer.getContentDeserializer
 
-    override def deserialize(jp: JsonParser, ctxt: DeserializationContext): CC[_] =
+    override def deserialize(jp: JsonParser, ctxt: DeserializationContext): CC[_] = {
       containerDeserializer.deserialize(jp, ctxt) match {
         case wrapper: BuilderWrapper[_] => wrapper.builder.result()
       }
+    }
+
+    override def getEmptyValue(ctxt: DeserializationContext): Object = {
+      val bw = containerDeserializer.getValueInstantiator.createUsingDefault(ctxt).asInstanceOf[BuilderWrapper[AnyRef]]
+      bw.builder.result().asInstanceOf[Object]
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/SeqDeserializerTest.scala b/src/test/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/SeqDeserializerTest.scala
index f165ef70b..218d55927 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/SeqDeserializerTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/com/fasterxml/jackson/module/scala/deser/SeqDeserializerTest.scala
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@ package com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.deser
 
 import java.util.UUID
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.{JsonSetter, Nulls}
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidFormatException
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.JacksonModule
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.module.scala.{DefaultScalaModule, JacksonModule}
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith
 import org.scalatestplus.junit.JUnitRunner
 
 import scala.collection.{immutable, mutable}
 
+case class JavaListWrapper(s: java.util.ArrayList[String])
+case class SeqWrapper(s: Seq[String])
+
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnitRunner])
 class SeqDeserializerTest extends DeserializerTest {
 
@@ -180,6 +185,17 @@ class SeqDeserializerTest extends DeserializerTest {
     exceptionPath should equal (List(1))
   }
 
+  it should "handle AS_NULL" in {
+    val mapper = new ObjectMapper
+    mapper.registerModule(new DefaultScalaModule)
+    mapper.setDefaultSetterInfo(JsonSetter.Value.forValueNulls(Nulls.AS_EMPTY))
+    val json = """{"s": null}"""
+    val result1 = mapper.readValue(json, classOf[JavaListWrapper])
+    result1 shouldEqual JavaListWrapper(new java.util.ArrayList[String]())
+    val result2 = mapper.readValue(json, classOf[SeqWrapper])
+    result2 shouldEqual SeqWrapper(Seq.empty)
+  }
+
   val listJson =  "[1,2,3,4,5,6]"
   val listScala: Range.Inclusive = 1 to 6
 }