diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h
index 2e33df4..98d0494 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/gtest-printers.h
@@ -742,6 +742,14 @@
   }
 };
 
+template <>
+class UniversalPrinter<decltype(Nullopt())> {
+ public:
+  static void Print(decltype(Nullopt()), ::std::ostream* os) {
+    *os << "(nullopt)";
+  }
+};
+
 #endif  // GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_OPTIONAL
 
 #if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_VARIANT
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
index 0b42dde..790fdd8 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
@@ -2325,6 +2325,7 @@
 namespace internal {
 template <typename T>
 using Optional = ::absl::optional<T>;
+inline ::absl::nullopt_t Nullopt() { return ::absl::nullopt; }
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace testing
 #else
@@ -2338,6 +2339,7 @@
 namespace internal {
 template <typename T>
 using Optional = ::std::optional<T>;
+inline ::std::nullopt_t Nullopt() { return ::std::nullopt; }
 }  // namespace internal
 }  // namespace testing
 // The case where absl is configured NOT to alias std::optional is not
diff --git a/googletest/test/googletest-printers-test.cc b/googletest/test/googletest-printers-test.cc
index e1e8e1c..9c9a223 100644
--- a/googletest/test/googletest-printers-test.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/googletest-printers-test.cc
@@ -1873,6 +1873,7 @@
 
 #if GTEST_INTERNAL_HAS_OPTIONAL
 TEST(PrintOptionalTest, Basic) {
+  EXPECT_EQ("(nullopt)", PrintToString(internal::Nullopt()));
   internal::Optional<int> value;
   EXPECT_EQ("(nullopt)", PrintToString(value));
   value = {7};