diff --git a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellParametersProtocol.c b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellParametersProtocol.c
index 3684f9c..58156a2 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellParametersProtocol.c
+++ b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellParametersProtocol.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   Member functions of EFI_SHELL_PARAMETERS_PROTOCOL and functions for creation,
   manipulation, and initialization of EFI_SHELL_PARAMETERS_PROTOCOL.
 
+  (C) Copyright 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP<BR>
   Copyright (C) 2014, Red Hat, Inc.
   (C) Copyright 2013 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.<BR>
   Copyright (c) 2009 - 2016, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
@@ -1174,7 +1175,7 @@
         if (TempHandle == NULL) {
           Status = EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
         } else {
-          if (StrStr(StdOutFileName, L"NUL")==StdOutFileName) {
+          if (gUnicodeCollation->MetaiMatch (gUnicodeCollation, StdOutFileName, L"NUL")) {
             //no-op
           } else if (!OutAppend && OutUnicode && !EFI_ERROR(Status)) {
             Status = WriteFileTag (TempHandle);
diff --git a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c
index 6f29250..fb7dd84 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c
+++ b/ShellPkg/Application/Shell/ShellProtocol.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   manipulation, and initialization of EFI_SHELL_PROTOCOL.
 
   (C) Copyright 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.<BR>
+  (C) Copyright 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP<BR>
   Copyright (c) 2009 - 2016, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
   This program and the accompanying materials
   are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
@@ -1287,9 +1288,10 @@
   }
 
   //
-  // Is this for NUL file
+  // Is this for NUL / NULL file
   //
-  if (StrCmp(FileName, L"NUL") == 0) {
+  if ((gUnicodeCollation->StriColl (gUnicodeCollation, (CHAR16*)FileName, L"NUL") == 0) ||
+      (gUnicodeCollation->StriColl (gUnicodeCollation, (CHAR16*)FileName, L"NULL") == 0)) {
     *FileHandle = &FileInterfaceNulFile;
     return (EFI_SUCCESS);
   }
diff --git a/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.c b/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.c
index 3dcdba6..e47d535 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.c
+++ b/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /** @file
   Provides interface to shell functionality for shell commands and applications.
 
+  (C) Copyright 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP<BR>
   Copyright 2016 Dell Inc.
   Copyright (c) 2006 - 2016, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
   This program and the accompanying materials
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
 EFI_SHELL_PARAMETERS_PROTOCOL *gEfiShellParametersProtocol;
 EFI_HANDLE                    mEfiShellEnvironment2Handle;
 FILE_HANDLE_FUNCTION_MAP      FileFunctionMap;
+EFI_UNICODE_COLLATION_PROTOCOL  *mUnicodeCollationProtocol;
 
 /**
   Check if a Unicode character is a hexadecimal character.
@@ -290,12 +292,19 @@
   IN EFI_SYSTEM_TABLE  *SystemTable
   )
 {
+  EFI_STATUS  Status;
+
   mEfiShellEnvironment2       = NULL;
   gEfiShellProtocol           = NULL;
   gEfiShellParametersProtocol = NULL;
   mEfiShellInterface          = NULL;
   mEfiShellEnvironment2Handle = NULL;
 
+  if (mUnicodeCollationProtocol == NULL) {
+    Status = gBS->LocateProtocol (&gEfiUnicodeCollation2ProtocolGuid, NULL, (VOID**)&mUnicodeCollationProtocol);
+    ASSERT_EFI_ERROR (Status);
+  }
+
   //
   // verify that auto initialize is not set false
   //
@@ -720,7 +729,10 @@
     Status = gEfiShellProtocol->OpenFileByName(FileName,
                                                FileHandle,
                                                OpenMode);
-    if (StrCmp(FileName, L"NUL") != 0 && !EFI_ERROR(Status) && ((OpenMode & EFI_FILE_MODE_CREATE) != 0)){
+
+    if ((mUnicodeCollationProtocol->StriColl (mUnicodeCollationProtocol, (CHAR16*)FileName, L"NUL") != 0) &&
+        (mUnicodeCollationProtocol->StriColl (mUnicodeCollationProtocol, (CHAR16*)FileName, L"NULL") != 0) &&
+         !EFI_ERROR(Status) && ((OpenMode & EFI_FILE_MODE_CREATE) != 0)){
       FileInfo = FileFunctionMap.GetFileInfo(*FileHandle);
       ASSERT(FileInfo != NULL);
       FileInfo->Attribute = Attributes;
diff --git a/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.h b/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.h
index 3596f7b..b323bcf 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.h
+++ b/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /** @file
   Provides interface to shell functionality for shell commands and applications.
 
+  (C) Copyright 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP<BR>
   Copyright (c) 2006 - 2014, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
   This program and the accompanying materials
   are licensed and made available under the terms and conditions of the BSD License
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <Protocol/EfiShellEnvironment2.h>
 #include <Protocol/EfiShell.h>
 #include <Protocol/EfiShellParameters.h>
+#include <Protocol/UnicodeCollation.h>
 
 #include <Library/UefiBootServicesTableLib.h>
 #include <Library/BaseLib.h>
diff --git a/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.inf b/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.inf
index 782649a..0be6828 100644
--- a/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.inf
+++ b/ShellPkg/Library/UefiShellLib/UefiShellLib.inf
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ##  @file
 # Provides interface to shell functionality for shell commands and applications.
 #
+# (C) Copyright 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP<BR>
 # Copyright (c) 2006 - 2015, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. <BR>
 #
 #  This program and the accompanying materials
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 
 [Protocols]
   gEfiSimpleFileSystemProtocolGuid              ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
+  gEfiUnicodeCollation2ProtocolGuid             ## CONSUMES
 
   # shell 2.0
   gEfiShellProtocolGuid                         ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES