diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/hql-sql.g b/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/hql-sql.g
index 7fecd6ef12..4a9ddde079 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/hql-sql.g
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/antlr/hql-sql.g
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ selectExpr
 	| functionCall
 	| count
 	| collectionFunction			// elements() or indices()
-	| literal
+	| constant
 	| arithmeticExpr
 	| logicalExpr
 	| query
diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/criteria/nulliteral/CriteriaLiteralInSelectExpressionTest.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/criteria/nulliteral/CriteriaLiteralInSelectExpressionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9f7094d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/criteria/nulliteral/CriteriaLiteralInSelectExpressionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,304 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.ejb.criteria.nulliteral;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import javax.persistence.Tuple;
+import javax.persistence.TypedQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.ejb.test.BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.FailureExpected;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.nullValue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+public class CriteriaLiteralInSelectExpressionTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] {MyEntity.class};
+	}
+
+	@Before
+	public void init() throws Exception {
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+			entityManager.persist( new MyEntity( "Fab", "A" ) );
+			entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			if ( entityManager.getTransaction().isActive() ) {
+				entityManager.getTransaction().rollback();
+			}
+			throw e;
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-10729")
+	@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-10729")
+	public void testBooleanLiteral() throws Exception {
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+
+			final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+			final CriteriaQuery<MyEntityDTO> query = criteriaBuilder.createQuery( MyEntityDTO.class );
+			final Root<MyEntity> entity = query.from( MyEntity.class );
+
+			query.multiselect( criteriaBuilder.literal( false ), entity.get( "name" ) );
+
+			final List<MyEntityDTO> dtos = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+
+			assertThat( dtos.size(), is( 1 ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).active, is( false ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).name, is( "Fab" ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).surname, nullValue() );
+
+			entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			if ( entityManager.getTransaction().isActive() ) {
+				entityManager.getTransaction().rollback();
+			}
+			throw e;
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-10861")
+	@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-10861")
+	public void testNullLiteral() throws Exception {
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+
+			final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+			final CriteriaQuery<MyEntityDTO> query = criteriaBuilder.createQuery( MyEntityDTO.class );
+			final Root<MyEntity> entity = query.from( MyEntity.class );
+
+			query.multiselect( criteriaBuilder.literal( false ), criteriaBuilder.nullLiteral( String.class ) );
+
+			final List<MyEntityDTO> dtos = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+
+			assertThat( dtos.size(), is( 1 ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).active, is( false ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).name, nullValue() );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).surname, nullValue() );
+
+			entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			if ( entityManager.getTransaction().isActive() ) {
+				entityManager.getTransaction().rollback();
+			}
+			throw e;
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-10861")
+	@FailureExpected(jiraKey = "HHH-10861")
+	public void testNullLiteralFirst() throws Exception {
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+
+			final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+			final CriteriaQuery<MyEntityDTO> query = criteriaBuilder.createQuery( MyEntityDTO.class );
+			final Root<MyEntity> entity = query.from( MyEntity.class );
+
+			query.multiselect( criteriaBuilder.nullLiteral( String.class ), entity.get( "surname" ) );
+
+			final List<MyEntityDTO> dtos = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+
+			assertThat( dtos.size(), is( 1 ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).name, nullValue() );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).surname, is( "A" ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).active, is( false ) );
+
+			entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			if ( entityManager.getTransaction().isActive() ) {
+				entityManager.getTransaction().rollback();
+			}
+			throw e;
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-10729")
+	public void testStringLiteral() throws Exception {
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+
+			final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+			final CriteriaQuery<MyEntityDTO> query = criteriaBuilder.createQuery( MyEntityDTO.class );
+			final Root<MyEntity> entity = query.from( MyEntity.class );
+
+			query.multiselect( criteriaBuilder.literal( "Leo" ), entity.get( "surname" ) );
+
+			final List<MyEntityDTO> dtos = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+
+			assertThat( dtos.size(), is( 1 ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).name, is( "Leo" ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).surname, is( "A" ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).active, is( false ) );
+
+			entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			if ( entityManager.getTransaction().isActive() ) {
+				entityManager.getTransaction().rollback();
+			}
+			throw e;
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-9021")
+	public void testStringLiteral2() {
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			final CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+			final CriteriaQuery<Tuple> criteriaQuery = builder.createQuery( Tuple.class );
+			criteriaQuery.from( MyEntity.class );
+			criteriaQuery.multiselect( builder.equal( builder.literal( 1 ), builder.literal( 2 ) ) );
+
+			final TypedQuery<Tuple> typedQuery = entityManager.createQuery( criteriaQuery );
+
+			final List<Tuple> results = typedQuery.getResultList();
+
+			assertThat( results.size(), is( 1 ) );
+			assertThat( results.get( 0 ).getElements().size(), is( 1 ) );
+			assertThat( ( (Boolean) results.get( 0 ).get( 0 ) ), is( false ) );
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-9021")
+	public void testIntegerLiteral() throws Exception {
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+
+			final CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+			final CriteriaQuery<MyEntityDTO> query = criteriaBuilder.createQuery( MyEntityDTO.class );
+			final Root<MyEntity> entity = query.from( MyEntity.class );
+
+			query.multiselect( criteriaBuilder.literal( 1 ), entity.get( "surname" ) );
+
+			final List<MyEntityDTO> dtos = entityManager.createQuery( query ).getResultList();
+
+			assertThat( dtos.size(), is( 1 ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).age, is( 1 ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).surname, is( "A" ) );
+			assertThat( dtos.get( 0 ).active, is( false ) );
+
+			entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			if ( entityManager.getTransaction().isActive() ) {
+				entityManager.getTransaction().rollback();
+			}
+			throw e;
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "MyEntity")
+	@Table(name = "MY_ENTITY")
+	public static class MyEntity implements Serializable {
+		@Id
+		@Column(name = "id")
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private Integer id;
+		private String name;
+		private String surname;
+
+		public MyEntity() {
+		}
+
+		public MyEntity(String name, String surname) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.surname = surname;
+		}
+
+		public MyEntity(String name, boolean surname) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static class MyEntityDTO {
+		private String name;
+		private String surname;
+		private boolean active;
+		private int age;
+
+		public MyEntityDTO() {
+		}
+
+		public MyEntityDTO(String name, String surname) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.surname = surname;
+			this.age = 0;
+		}
+
+		public MyEntityDTO(boolean active, String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.active = active;
+			this.age = 0;
+		}
+		public MyEntityDTO(int age, String surname) {
+			this.surname = surname;
+			this.active = false;
+			this.age = age;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/test/query/QueryWithLiteralsInSelectExpressionTest.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/test/query/QueryWithLiteralsInSelectExpressionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6ccd0bab5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/ejb/test/query/QueryWithLiteralsInSelectExpressionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.ejb.test.query;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.ejb.test.BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+public class QueryWithLiteralsInSelectExpressionTest extends BaseEntityManagerFunctionalTestCase {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?>[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+		return new Class[] {MyEntity.class};
+	}
+
+	@Before
+	public void init() throws Exception{
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			entityManager.getTransaction().begin();
+			entityManager.persist( new MyEntity( "Fab", "A" ) );
+			entityManager.getTransaction().commit();
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			if ( entityManager.getTransaction().isActive() ) {
+				entityManager.getTransaction().rollback();
+			}
+			throw e;
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-10230")
+	public void testSelectLiterals() {
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			final List<Object[]> elements = entityManager.createQuery(
+					"SELECT true, false, e.name FROM MyEntity e",
+					Object[].class
+			).getResultList();
+			Assert.assertEquals( 1, elements.size() );
+			Assert.assertEquals( 3, elements.get( 0 ).length );
+			Assert.assertEquals( true, elements.get( 0 )[ 0 ] );
+			Assert.assertEquals( false, elements.get( 0 )[ 1 ] );
+			Assert.assertEquals( "Fab", elements.get( 0 )[ 2 ] );
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-10230")
+	public void testSelectNullLiterals() {
+		final EntityManager entityManager = getOrCreateEntityManager();
+		try {
+			final List<Object[]> elements = entityManager.createQuery(
+					"SELECT cast(null as boolean), false, e.name FROM MyEntity e",
+					Object[].class
+			).getResultList();
+			Assert.assertEquals( 1, elements.size() );
+			Assert.assertEquals( 3, elements.get( 0 ).length );
+			Assert.assertEquals( null, elements.get( 0 )[ 0 ] );
+			Assert.assertEquals( false, elements.get( 0 )[ 1 ] );
+			Assert.assertEquals( "Fab", elements.get( 0 )[ 2 ] );
+		}
+		finally {
+			entityManager.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity(name = "MyEntity")
+	@Table(name = "MY_ENTITY")
+	public static class MyEntity implements Serializable {
+		@Id
+		@Column(name = "id")
+		@GeneratedValue
+		private Integer id;
+		private String name;
+		private String surname;
+
+		public MyEntity() {
+		}
+
+		public MyEntity(String name, String surname) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.surname = surname;
+		}
+
+		public MyEntity(String name, boolean surname) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static class MyEntityDTO {
+		private String name;
+		private String surname;
+		private boolean active;
+
+		public MyEntityDTO() {
+		}
+
+		public MyEntityDTO(String name, String surname) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.surname = surname;
+		}
+
+		public MyEntityDTO(String name, boolean active) {
+			this.name = name;
+			this.active = active;
+		}
+	}
+
+}