diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 87717b9da95..ab95f395407 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -578,6 +578,9 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 67. SOLR-1427: Fixed registry.jsp issue with MBeans (gsingers) 
 
+68. SOLR-1468: SolrJ's XML response parsing threw an exception for null
+     names, such as those produced when facet.missing=true (yonik)
+
 Other Changes
 ----------------------
  1. Upgraded to Lucene 2.4.0 (yonik)
diff --git a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/XMLResponseParser.java b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/XMLResponseParser.java
index 318048f93d5..77b6210e75b 100644
--- a/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/XMLResponseParser.java
+++ b/src/solrj/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/XMLResponseParser.java
@@ -227,10 +227,12 @@ public class XMLResponseParser extends ResponseParser
             break;
           }
         }
-        
+
+        /** The name in a NamedList can actually be null
         if( name == null ) {
           throw new XMLStreamException( "requires 'name' attribute: "+parser.getLocalName(), parser.getLocation() );
         }
+        **/
         
         if( !type.isLeaf ) {
           switch( type ) {