diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/AST/FromClause.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/AST/FromClause.php
index 5325ea795..83aa85ccb 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/AST/FromClause.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/AST/FromClause.php
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?php
 /*
- *  $Id$
- *
  * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
  * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
  * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
@@ -27,7 +25,6 @@ namespace Doctrine\ORM\Query\AST;
  * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php LGPL
  * @link    www.doctrine-project.org
  * @since   2.0
- * @version $Revision: 3938 $
  * @author  Guilherme Blanco <guilhermeblanco@hotmail.com>
  * @author  Jonathan Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>
  * @author  Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
index 791f765e9..20a5122e6 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/Parser.php
@@ -1644,6 +1644,10 @@ class Parser
             return $this->StateFieldPathExpression();
         } else if ($lookahead == Lexer::T_INTEGER || $lookahead == Lexer::T_FLOAT) {
             return $this->SimpleArithmeticExpression();
+        } else if ($lookahead == Lexer::T_CASE || $lookahead == Lexer::T_COALESCE || $lookahead == Lexer::T_NULLIF) {
+            // Since NULLIF and COALESCE can be identified as a function, 
+            // we need to check if before check for FunctionDeclaration
+            return $this->CaseExpression();
         } else if ($this->_isFunction() || $this->_isAggregateFunction($this->_lexer->lookahead['type'])) {
             // We may be in an ArithmeticExpression (find the matching ")" and inspect for Math operator)
             $this->_lexer->peek(); // "("
@@ -1665,8 +1669,6 @@ class Parser
         } else if ($lookahead == Lexer::T_TRUE || $lookahead == Lexer::T_FALSE) {
             $this->match($lookahead);
             return new AST\Literal(AST\Literal::BOOLEAN, $this->_lexer->token['value']);
-        } else if ($lookahead == Lexer::T_CASE || $lookahead == Lexer::T_COALESCE || $lookahead == Lexer::T_NULLIF) {
-            return $this->CaseExpression();
         } else {
             $this->syntaxError();
         }
@@ -1674,11 +1676,66 @@ class Parser
 
     public function CaseExpression()
     {
+        $lookahead = $this->_lexer->lookahead['type'];
+        
         // if "CASE" "WHEN" => GeneralCaseExpression
         // else if "CASE" => SimpleCaseExpression
-        // else if "COALESCE" => CoalesceExpression
-        // else if "NULLIF" => NullifExpression
-        $this->semanticalError('CaseExpression not yet supported.');
+        // [DONE] else if "COALESCE" => CoalesceExpression
+        // [DONE] else if "NULLIF" => NullifExpression
+        switch ($lookahead) {
+            case Lexer::T_NULLIF:
+                return $this->NullIfExpression();
+                
+            case Lexer::T_COALESCE:
+                return $this->CoalesceExpression();
+                
+            default:
+                $this->semanticalError('CaseExpression not yet supported.');
+                return null;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * CoalesceExpression ::= "COALESCE" "(" ScalarExpression {"," ScalarExpression}* ")"
+     * 
+     * @return Doctrine\ORM\Query\AST\CoalesceExpression 
+     */
+    public function CoalesceExpression()
+    {
+        $this->match(Lexer::T_COALESCE);
+        $this->match(Lexer::T_OPEN_PARENTHESIS);
+        
+        // Process ScalarExpressions (1..N)
+        $scalarExpressions = array();
+        $scalarExpressions[] = $this->ScalarExpression();
+
+        while ($this->_lexer->isNextToken(Lexer::T_COMMA)) {
+            $this->match(Lexer::T_COMMA);
+            $scalarExpressions[] = $this->ScalarExpression();
+        }
+        
+        $this->match(Lexer::T_CLOSE_PARENTHESIS);
+        
+        return new AST\CoalesceExpression($scalarExpressions);
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * NullIfExpression ::= "NULLIF" "(" ScalarExpression "," ScalarExpression ")"
+     * 
+     * @return Doctrine\ORM\Query\AST\ExistsExpression 
+     */
+    public function NullIfExpression()
+    {
+        $this->match(Lexer::T_NULLIF);
+        $this->match(Lexer::T_OPEN_PARENTHESIS);
+        
+        $firstExpression = $this->ScalarExpression();
+        $this->match(Lexer::T_COMMA);
+        $secondExpression = $this->ScalarExpression();
+        
+        $this->match(Lexer::T_CLOSE_PARENTHESIS);
+
+        return new AST\NullIfExpression($firstExpression, $secondExpression);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1717,12 +1774,16 @@ class Parser
             }
         } else if ($this->_isFunction()) {
             $this->_lexer->peek(); // "("
-            $beyond = $this->_peekBeyondClosingParenthesis();
-
+            
+            $lookaheadType = $this->_lexer->lookahead['type'];
+            $beyond        = $this->_peekBeyondClosingParenthesis();
+            
             if ($this->_isMathOperator($beyond)) {
                 $expression = $this->ScalarExpression();
             } else if ($this->_isAggregateFunction($this->_lexer->lookahead['type'])) {
                 $expression = $this->AggregateExpression();
+            } else if (in_array ($lookaheadType, array(Lexer::T_CASE, Lexer::T_COALESCE, Lexer::T_NULLIF))) {
+                $expression = $this->CaseExpression();
             } else {
                 // Shortcut: ScalarExpression => Function
                 $expression = $this->FunctionDeclaration();
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
index 270131ea2..f36e0ae8f 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Query/SqlWalker.php
@@ -873,6 +873,60 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
 
         return $sql;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Walks down a CoalesceExpression AST node and generates the corresponding SQL.
+     *
+     * @param CoalesceExpression $coalesceExpression
+     * @return string The SQL.
+     */
+    public function walkCoalesceExpression($coalesceExpression)
+    {
+        $sql = 'COALESCE(';
+        
+        $scalarExpressions = array();
+        
+        foreach ($coalesceExpression->scalarExpressions as $scalarExpression) {
+            $scalarExpressions[] = $this->walkSimpleArithmeticExpression($scalarExpression);
+        }
+        
+        $sql .= implode(', ', $scalarExpressions) . ')';
+        
+        return $sql;
+    }
+    
+    public function walkCaseExpression($expression)
+    {
+        switch (true) {
+            case ($expression instanceof AST\CoalesceExpression):
+                return $this->walkCoalesceExpression($expression);
+                
+            case ($expression instanceof AST\NullIfExpression):
+                return $this->walkNullIfExpression($expression);
+                
+            default:
+                return '';
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Walks down a NullIfExpression AST node and generates the corresponding SQL.
+     *
+     * @param NullIfExpression $nullIfExpression
+     * @return string The SQL.
+     */
+    public function walkNullIfExpression($nullIfExpression)
+    {
+        $firstExpression = is_string($nullIfExpression->firstExpression) 
+            ? $this->_conn->quote($nullIfExpression->firstExpression)
+            : $this->walkSimpleArithmeticExpression($nullIfExpression->firstExpression);
+        
+        $secondExpression = is_string($nullIfExpression->secondExpression) 
+            ? $this->_conn->quote($nullIfExpression->secondExpression)
+            : $this->walkSimpleArithmeticExpression($nullIfExpression->secondExpression);
+        
+        return 'NULLIF(' . $firstExpression . ', ' . $secondExpression . ')';
+    }
 
     /**
      * Walks down a SelectExpression AST node and generates the corresponding SQL.
@@ -956,8 +1010,7 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
 
             $columnAlias = $this->_platform->getSQLResultCasing($columnAlias);
             $this->_rsm->addScalarResult($columnAlias, $resultAlias);
-        }
-        else if (
+        } else if (
             $expr instanceof AST\SimpleArithmeticExpression ||
             $expr instanceof AST\ArithmeticTerm ||
             $expr instanceof AST\ArithmeticFactor ||
@@ -971,11 +1024,32 @@ class SqlWalker implements TreeWalker
             }
 
             $columnAlias = 'sclr' . $this->_aliasCounter++;
+            
             if ($expr instanceof AST\Literal) {
                 $sql .= $this->walkLiteral($expr) . ' AS ' .$columnAlias;
             } else {
                 $sql .= $this->walkSimpleArithmeticExpression($expr) . ' AS ' . $columnAlias;
             }
+            
+            $this->_scalarResultAliasMap[$resultAlias] = $columnAlias;
+
+            $columnAlias = $this->_platform->getSQLResultCasing($columnAlias);
+            $this->_rsm->addScalarResult($columnAlias, $resultAlias);
+        } else if (
+            $expr instanceof AST\NullIfExpression ||
+            $expr instanceof AST\CoalesceExpression ||
+            $expr instanceof AST\CaseExpression
+        ) {
+            if ( ! $selectExpression->fieldIdentificationVariable) {
+                $resultAlias = $this->_scalarResultCounter++;
+            } else {
+                $resultAlias = $selectExpression->fieldIdentificationVariable;
+            }
+
+            $columnAlias = 'sclr' . $this->_aliasCounter++;
+            
+            $sql .= $this->walkCaseExpression($expr) . ' AS ' . $columnAlias;
+            
             $this->_scalarResultAliasMap[$resultAlias] = $columnAlias;
 
             $columnAlias = $this->_platform->getSQLResultCasing($columnAlias);
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/LanguageRecognitionTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/LanguageRecognitionTest.php
index 2733d80f7..cf9575869 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/LanguageRecognitionTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/LanguageRecognitionTest.php
@@ -570,6 +570,16 @@ class LanguageRecognitionTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
     {
         $this->assertValidDQL("SELECT e, t FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\DDC117\DDC117Editor e JOIN e.reviewingTranslations t WHERE SIZE(e.reviewingTranslations) > 0");
     }
+    
+    public function testCaseSupportContainingNullIfExpression()
+    {
+        $this->assertValidDQL("SELECT u.id, NULLIF(u.name, u.name) AS shouldBeNull FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser u");
+    }
+    
+    public function testCaseSupportContainingCoalesceExpression()
+    {
+        $this->assertValidDQL("select COALESCE(NULLIF(u.name, ''), u.username) as Display FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser u");
+    }
 }
 
 /** @Entity */
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php
index 6652ad67a..deffb9232 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Query/SelectSqlGenerationTest.php
@@ -906,6 +906,22 @@ class SelectSqlGenerationTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmTestCase
             'SELECT c0_.id AS id0, c0_.name AS name1, count(c1_.id) AS sclr2 FROM cms_groups c0_ INNER JOIN cms_users_groups c2_ ON c0_.id = c2_.group_id INNER JOIN cms_users c1_ ON c1_.id = c2_.user_id GROUP BY c0_.id'
         );
     }
+    
+    public function testCaseContainingNullIf()
+    {
+        $this->assertSqlGeneration(
+            "SELECT NULLIF(g.id, g.name) AS NullIfEqual FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsGroup g",
+            'SELECT NULLIF(c0_.id, c0_.name) AS sclr0 FROM cms_groups c0_'
+        );
+    }
+    
+    public function testCaseContainingCoalesce()
+    {
+        $this->assertSqlGeneration(
+            "SELECT COALESCE(NULLIF(u.name, ''), u.username) as Display FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\CMS\CmsUser u",
+            "SELECT COALESCE(NULLIF(c0_.name, ''), c0_.username) AS sclr0 FROM cms_users c0_"
+        );
+    }
 }