diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp
index 1bcbbb4c0..ef8dcb160 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/builder.hpp
@@ -262,10 +262,8 @@ class builder
             }
             if (c != '\\')
             {
-                if (NulIsEnd && c == 0)
-                {
-                    return failed(error_code::string_missing_quote, p);
-                }
+                // (a NUL before the end of the input is a control character, as
+                // for json::parse, also where a NUL ends the input between values)
                 return failed(c < 0x20 ? error_code::string_control_character : error_code::string_utf8, p);
             }
             ++p;
diff --git a/tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp b/tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp
index ad44e9bc3..065bf0cee 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-json_view_builder.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,18 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view builder")
 
     SECTION("NUL, BOM, and whitespace")
     {
+        // a NUL inside a string is a control character, as for json::parse
+        // (where a NUL ends the input, it does so only between values)
+        for (const bool sentinel :
+                {
+                    true, false
+                })
+        {
+            const built b = build(std::string("[\"ab\0cd\"]", 9), false, false, sentinel);
+            CHECK(!b.ok);
+            CHECK(b.failure.code == nlohmann::detail::view::error_code::string_control_character);
+            CHECK(b.failure.offset == 4);
+        }
         check_same(std::string("[1]\0garbage", 11));
         check_same(std::string("[1\0]", 4));
         check_same(std::string("[1, // c\0\n2]", 12));