diff --git a/gcloud-java-resourcemanager/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/resourcemanager/Project.java b/gcloud-java-resourcemanager/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/resourcemanager/Project.java
index 1b79eb973da3..b0e3582e8606 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-resourcemanager/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/resourcemanager/Project.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-resourcemanager/src/main/java/com/google/gcloud/resourcemanager/Project.java
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ public Project(ResourceManager resourceManager, ProjectInfo projectInfo) {
   /**
    * Constructs a Project object that contains project information loaded from the server.
    *
-   * @return Project object containing the project's metadata
+   * @return Project object containing the project's metadata or {@code null} if not found
    * @throws ResourceManagerException upon failure
    */
   public static Project load(ResourceManager resourceManager, String projectId) {
     ProjectInfo projectInfo = resourceManager.get(projectId);
-    return new Project(resourceManager, projectInfo);
+    return projectInfo != null ? new Project(resourceManager, projectInfo) : null;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public ResourceManager resourceManager() {
   /**
    * Returns a Project object with updated project information.
    *
-   * @return Project object containing the project's updated metadata
+   * @return Project object containing the project's updated metadata or {@code null} if not found
    * @throws ResourceManagerException upon failure
    */
   public Project reload() {
diff --git a/gcloud-java-resourcemanager/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/resourcemanager/ProjectTest.java b/gcloud-java-resourcemanager/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/resourcemanager/ProjectTest.java
index 65bb37dbccf9..5d765d20c313 100644
--- a/gcloud-java-resourcemanager/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/resourcemanager/ProjectTest.java
+++ b/gcloud-java-resourcemanager/src/test/java/com/google/gcloud/resourcemanager/ProjectTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
 import static org.easymock.EasyMock.verify;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -78,6 +80,24 @@ public void testReload() {
     assertEquals(newInfo, newProject.info());
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testLoadNull() {
+    expect(resourceManager.get(PROJECT_INFO.projectId())).andReturn(null);
+    replay(resourceManager);
+    assertNull(Project.load(resourceManager, PROJECT_INFO.projectId()));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testReloadDeletedProject() {
+    expect(resourceManager.get(PROJECT_INFO.projectId())).andReturn(PROJECT_INFO);
+    expect(resourceManager.get(PROJECT_INFO.projectId())).andReturn(null);
+    replay(resourceManager);
+    Project loadedProject = Project.load(resourceManager, PROJECT_INFO.projectId());
+    assertNotNull(loadedProject);
+    Project reloadedProject = loadedProject.reload();
+    assertNull(reloadedProject);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testInfo() {
     replay(resourceManager);