diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Lucene/Models/LuceneSearchHit.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Lucene/Models/LuceneSearchHit.cs
index ccbb0d5ee8..b823fc1b23 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Lucene/Models/LuceneSearchHit.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Lucene/Models/LuceneSearchHit.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public bool GetBoolean(string name)
         public string GetString(string name)
         {
             var field = _doc.GetField(name);
-            return field == null ? null : field.StringValue;
+            return field?.StringValue;
         }
 
         public DateTime GetDateTime(string name)
@@ -46,5 +46,11 @@ public DateTime GetDateTime(string name)
             var field = _doc.GetField(name);
             return field == null ? DateTime.MinValue : DateTools.StringToDate(field.StringValue);
         }
+
+        public DateTime? GetNullableDateTime(string name)
+        {
+            var field = _doc.GetField(name);
+            return field == null ? default(DateTime?) : DateTools.StringToDate(field.StringValue);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Indexing/ISearchHit.cs b/src/Orchard/Indexing/ISearchHit.cs
index be41b3087e..8fe53cf0f6 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Indexing/ISearchHit.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard/Indexing/ISearchHit.cs
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ public interface ISearchHit
         bool GetBoolean(string name);
         string GetString(string name);
         DateTime GetDateTime(string name);
+        DateTime? GetNullableDateTime(string name);
     }
 }