diff --git a/test/rfl/server/types.rfl b/test/rfl/server/types.rfl
index b9a93f0..06e0ce5 100644
--- a/test/rfl/server/types.rfl
+++ b/test/rfl/server/types.rfl
@@ -43,10 +43,11 @@
 
 ;; typed nulls (i64 / i32 / f64 / symbol). Note: rayforce dicts have no wire
 ;; encode path (q.c only decodes q dicts), so dict-result payloads are not
-;; round-tripped here.
+;; round-tripped here. Rayfall has no `0Ns` literal (it parses as a name), so
+;; the null symbol is written as the empty symbol `(as 'sym "")`.
 (.q.send h "0Nl") -- 0Nl
 (.q.send h "0Ni") -- 0Ni
 (.q.send h "0Nf") -- 0Nf
-(.q.send h "0Ns") -- 0Ns
+(.q.send h "(as 'sym \"\")") -- (as 'sym "")
 
 (.q.close h)
diff --git a/test/run.sh b/test/run.sh
index 0c458f8..e56d067 100755
--- a/test/run.sh
+++ b/test/run.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ T["table";       ([] a:1 2 3; b:`x`y`z)~h"(table [a b] (list [1 2 3] ['x 'y 'z])
 T["null i64";    0N~h"0Nl"]
 T["null i32";    0Ni~h"0Ni"]
 T["null f64";    0n~h"0Nf"]
-T["null sym";    (`)~h"0Ns"]
+T["null sym";    (`)~h"(as 'sym \"\")"]
 / server-side parse error comes back as a Q error frame
 T["parse err";   @[h;"(+ 1 2";{x like "*parse*"}]]
 hclose h