diff --git a/src/terminal.c b/src/terminal.c
index 07b69c6..648fc78 100644
--- a/src/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal.c
@@ -6171,8 +6171,16 @@
     buf = term_get_buf(argvars, "term_getjob()");
     if (buf == NULL)
     {
-	rettv->v_type = VAR_SPECIAL;
-	rettv->vval.v_number = VVAL_NULL;
+	if (in_vim9script())
+	{
+	    rettv->v_type = VAR_JOB;
+	    rettv->vval.v_job = NULL;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	    rettv->v_type = VAR_SPECIAL;
+	    rettv->vval.v_number = VVAL_NULL;
+	}
 	return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_vim9_builtin.vim b/src/testdir/test_vim9_builtin.vim
index 3200b73..6b1a50d 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_vim9_builtin.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_vim9_builtin.vim
@@ -4557,6 +4557,7 @@
 def Test_term_getjob()
   CheckRunVimInTerminal
   v9.CheckSourceDefAndScriptFailure(['term_getjob(0z10)'], ['E1013: Argument 1: type mismatch, expected string but got blob', 'E1220: String or Number required for argument 1'])
+  v9.CheckSourceDefAndScriptSuccess(['assert_true(term_getjob(0) == null_job)'])
 enddef
 
 def Test_term_getline()
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 89ba9fc..1360d1c 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -705,6 +705,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    481,
+/**/
     480,
 /**/
     479,