diff --git a/cpp/include/cudf/io/json.hpp b/cpp/include/cudf/io/json.hpp
index b662b660557..7c1d2c8fd9a 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cudf/io/json.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cudf/io/json.hpp
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ class json_reader_options {
   // Normalize unquoted spaces and tabs
   bool _normalize_whitespace = false;
 
+  bool _nullify_empty_lines = false;
+
   // Whether to recover after an invalid JSON line
   json_recovery_mode_t _recovery_mode = json_recovery_mode_t::FAIL;
 
@@ -313,6 +315,13 @@ class json_reader_options {
    */
   [[nodiscard]] bool is_enabled_normalize_whitespace() const { return _normalize_whitespace; }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Whether the reader should nullify empty lines for json lines format with recovery mode
+   *
+   * @returns true if the reader should nullify empty lines, false otherwise
+   */
+  [[nodiscard]] bool is_nullify_empty_lines() const { return _nullify_empty_lines; }
+
   /**
    * @brief Queries the JSON reader's behavior on invalid JSON lines.
    *
@@ -412,13 +421,15 @@ class json_reader_options {
   void set_byte_range_size(size_t size) { _byte_range_size = size; }
 
   /**
-   * @brief Set delimiter separating records in JSON lines
+   * @brief Function to decide if passed argument is a valid delimiter
    *
-   * @param delimiter Delimiter separating records in JSON lines
+   * @param c Character to test as valid delimiter
+   * @return Boolean value indicating if passed character can be used as delimiter
    */
-  void set_delimiter(char delimiter)
+  static constexpr bool can_be_delimiter(char c)
   {
-    switch (delimiter) {
+    // The character list below is from `json_reader_options.set_delimiter`.
+    switch (c) {
       case '{':
       case '[':
       case '}':
@@ -430,8 +441,20 @@ class json_reader_options {
       case '\\':
       case ' ':
       case '\t':
-      case '\r': CUDF_FAIL("Unsupported delimiter character.", std::invalid_argument); break;
+      case '\r': return false;
+      default: return true;
     }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @brief Set delimiter separating records in JSON lines
+   *
+   * @param delimiter Delimiter separating records in JSON lines
+   */
+  void set_delimiter(char delimiter)
+  {
+    CUDF_EXPECTS(
+      can_be_delimiter(delimiter), "Unsupported delimiter character", std::invalid_argument);
     _delimiter = delimiter;
   }
 
@@ -502,6 +525,14 @@ class json_reader_options {
    */
   void enable_normalize_whitespace(bool val) { _normalize_whitespace = val; }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Set whether the reader should nullify empty lines for json lines format with recovery
+   * mode
+   *
+   * @param val Boolean value to indicate whether the reader should nullify empty lines
+   */
+  void nullify_empty_lines(bool val) { _nullify_empty_lines = val; }
+
   /**
    * @brief Specifies the JSON reader's behavior on invalid JSON lines.
    *
@@ -779,6 +810,19 @@ class json_reader_options_builder {
     return *this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief Set whether the reader should nullify empty lines for json lines format with recovery
+   * mode
+   *
+   * @param val Boolean value to indicate whether the reader should nullify empty lines
+   * @return this for chaining
+   */
+  json_reader_options_builder& nullify_empty_lines(bool val)
+  {
+    options._nullify_empty_lines = val;
+    return *this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @brief Specifies the JSON reader's behavior on invalid JSON lines.
    *
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/json/nested_json.hpp b/cpp/src/io/json/nested_json.hpp
index f6be4539d7f..48bf558a182 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/json/nested_json.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/json/nested_json.hpp
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ void get_stack_context(device_span<SymbolT const> json_in,
  *
  * @param tokens The tokens to be post-processed
  * @param token_indices The tokens' corresponding indices that are post-processed
+ * @param nullify_empty_lines Whether to nullify empty lines
  * @param stream The cuda stream to dispatch GPU kernels to
  * @return Returns the post-processed token stream
  */
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@ CUDF_EXPORT
 std::pair<rmm::device_uvector<PdaTokenT>, rmm::device_uvector<SymbolOffsetT>> process_token_stream(
   device_span<PdaTokenT const> tokens,
   device_span<SymbolOffsetT const> token_indices,
+  bool nullify_empty_lines,
   rmm::cuda_stream_view stream);
 
 /**
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/json/nested_json_gpu.cu b/cpp/src/io/json/nested_json_gpu.cu
index 534b30a6089..84823b18665 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/json/nested_json_gpu.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/json/nested_json_gpu.cu
@@ -195,11 +195,12 @@ using SymbolGroupT = uint8_t;
 /**
  * @brief Definition of the DFA's states
  */
-enum class dfa_states : StateT { VALID, INVALID, NUM_STATES };
+enum class dfa_states : StateT { START, VALID, INVALID, NUM_STATES };
 
 // Aliases for readability of the transition table
-constexpr auto TT_INV = dfa_states::INVALID;
-constexpr auto TT_VLD = dfa_states::VALID;
+constexpr auto TT_START = dfa_states::START;
+constexpr auto TT_INV   = dfa_states::INVALID;
+constexpr auto TT_VLD   = dfa_states::VALID;
 
 /**
  * @brief Definition of the symbol groups
@@ -238,14 +239,17 @@ struct UnwrapTokenFromSymbolOp {
  * invalid lines.
  */
 struct TransduceToken {
+  bool nullify_empty_lines;
   template <typename RelativeOffsetT, typename SymbolT>
   constexpr CUDF_HOST_DEVICE SymbolT operator()(StateT const state_id,
                                                 SymbolGroupT const match_id,
                                                 RelativeOffsetT const relative_offset,
                                                 SymbolT const read_symbol) const
   {
+    bool const is_empty_invalid =
+      (nullify_empty_lines && state_id == static_cast<StateT>(TT_START));
     bool const is_end_of_invalid_line =
-      (state_id == static_cast<StateT>(TT_INV) &&
+      ((state_id == static_cast<StateT>(TT_INV) or is_empty_invalid) &&
        match_id == static_cast<SymbolGroupT>(dfa_symbol_group_id::DELIMITER));
 
     if (is_end_of_invalid_line) {
@@ -265,14 +269,17 @@ struct TransduceToken {
     constexpr int32_t num_inv_tokens = 2;
 
     bool const is_delimiter = match_id == static_cast<SymbolGroupT>(dfa_symbol_group_id::DELIMITER);
+    bool const is_empty_invalid =
+      (nullify_empty_lines && state_id == static_cast<StateT>(TT_START));
 
     // If state is either invalid or we're entering an invalid state, we discard tokens
     bool const is_part_of_invalid_line =
       (match_id != static_cast<SymbolGroupT>(dfa_symbol_group_id::ERROR) &&
-       state_id == static_cast<StateT>(TT_VLD));
+       (state_id == static_cast<StateT>(TT_VLD) or state_id == static_cast<StateT>(TT_START)));
 
     // Indicates whether we transition from an invalid line to a potentially valid line
-    bool const is_end_of_invalid_line = (state_id == static_cast<StateT>(TT_INV) && is_delimiter);
+    bool const is_end_of_invalid_line =
+      ((state_id == static_cast<StateT>(TT_INV) or is_empty_invalid) && is_delimiter);
 
     int32_t const emit_count =
       is_end_of_invalid_line ? num_inv_tokens : (is_part_of_invalid_line && !is_delimiter ? 1 : 0);
@@ -283,11 +290,12 @@ struct TransduceToken {
 // Transition table
 std::array<std::array<dfa_states, NUM_SYMBOL_GROUPS>, TT_NUM_STATES> const transition_table{
   {/* IN_STATE      ERROR   DELIM   OTHER */
-   /* VALID    */ {{TT_INV, TT_VLD, TT_VLD}},
-   /* INVALID  */ {{TT_INV, TT_VLD, TT_INV}}}};
+   /* START    */ {{TT_INV, TT_START, TT_VLD}},
+   /* VALID    */ {{TT_INV, TT_START, TT_VLD}},
+   /* INVALID  */ {{TT_INV, TT_START, TT_INV}}}};
 
 // The DFA's starting state
-constexpr auto start_state = static_cast<StateT>(TT_VLD);
+constexpr auto start_state = static_cast<StateT>(TT_START);
 }  // namespace token_filter
 
 // JSON to stack operator DFA (Deterministic Finite Automata)
@@ -1506,17 +1514,19 @@ void get_stack_context(device_span<SymbolT const> json_in,
 std::pair<rmm::device_uvector<PdaTokenT>, rmm::device_uvector<SymbolOffsetT>> process_token_stream(
   device_span<PdaTokenT const> tokens,
   device_span<SymbolOffsetT const> token_indices,
+  bool nullify_empty_lines,
   rmm::cuda_stream_view stream)
 {
   // Instantiate FST for post-processing the token stream to remove all tokens that belong to an
   // invalid JSON line
   token_filter::UnwrapTokenFromSymbolOp sgid_op{};
-  using symbol_t  = thrust::tuple<PdaTokenT, SymbolOffsetT>;
-  auto filter_fst = fst::detail::make_fst(
-    fst::detail::make_symbol_group_lut(token_filter::symbol_groups, sgid_op),
-    fst::detail::make_transition_table(token_filter::transition_table),
-    fst::detail::make_translation_functor<symbol_t, 0, 2>(token_filter::TransduceToken{}),
-    stream);
+  using symbol_t = thrust::tuple<PdaTokenT, SymbolOffsetT>;
+  auto filter_fst =
+    fst::detail::make_fst(fst::detail::make_symbol_group_lut(token_filter::symbol_groups, sgid_op),
+                          fst::detail::make_transition_table(token_filter::transition_table),
+                          fst::detail::make_translation_functor<symbol_t, 0, 2>(
+                            token_filter::TransduceToken{nullify_empty_lines}),
+                          stream);
 
   auto const mr = cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref();
   cudf::detail::device_scalar<SymbolOffsetT> d_num_selected_tokens(stream, mr);
@@ -1663,7 +1673,7 @@ std::pair<rmm::device_uvector<PdaTokenT>, rmm::device_uvector<SymbolOffsetT>> ge
     tokens.set_element(0, token_t::LineEnd, stream);
     validate_token_stream(json_in, tokens, tokens_indices, options, stream);
     auto [filtered_tokens, filtered_tokens_indices] =
-      process_token_stream(tokens, tokens_indices, stream);
+      process_token_stream(tokens, tokens_indices, options.is_nullify_empty_lines(), stream);
     tokens         = std::move(filtered_tokens);
     tokens_indices = std::move(filtered_tokens_indices);
   }
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.cu b/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.cu
index c424d2b3b62..ffd95cab084 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.cu
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@
 #include "io/json/nested_json.hpp"
 #include "read_json.hpp"
 
+#include <cudf/column/column_device_view.cuh>
 #include <cudf/concatenate.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/nvtx/ranges.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/utilities/integer_utils.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/utilities/stream_pool.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/utilities/vector_factories.hpp>
 #include <cudf/io/detail/json.hpp>
+#include <cudf/strings/strings_column_view.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/error.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/memory_resource.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/span.hpp>
@@ -31,8 +33,11 @@
 #include <rmm/device_uvector.hpp>
 #include <rmm/exec_policy.hpp>
 
+#include <cub/device/device_copy.cuh>
+#include <cub/device/device_histogram.cuh>
 #include <thrust/distance.h>
 #include <thrust/iterator/constant_iterator.h>
+#include <thrust/iterator/transform_output_iterator.h>
 #include <thrust/scatter.h>
 
 #include <numeric>
@@ -442,4 +447,118 @@ table_with_metadata read_json(host_span<std::unique_ptr<datasource>> sources,
                              {partial_tables[0].metadata.schema_info}};
 }
 
+std::tuple<rmm::device_buffer, char> preprocess(cudf::strings_column_view const& input,
+                                                rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
+                                                rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr)
+{
+  auto constexpr num_levels  = 256;
+  auto constexpr lower_level = std::numeric_limits<char>::min();
+  auto constexpr upper_level = std::numeric_limits<char>::max();
+  auto const num_chars       = input.chars_size(stream);
+
+  char delimiter;
+  {
+    auto histogram =
+      cudf::detail::make_zeroed_device_uvector_async<uint32_t>(num_levels, stream, mr);
+    size_t temp_storage_bytes = 0;
+    cub::DeviceHistogram::HistogramEven(nullptr,
+                                        temp_storage_bytes,
+                                        input.chars_begin(stream),
+                                        histogram.begin(),
+                                        num_levels,
+                                        lower_level,
+                                        upper_level,
+                                        num_chars,
+                                        stream.value());
+    rmm::device_buffer d_temp(temp_storage_bytes, stream);
+    cub::DeviceHistogram::HistogramEven(d_temp.data(),
+                                        temp_storage_bytes,
+                                        input.chars_begin(stream),
+                                        histogram.begin(),
+                                        num_levels,
+                                        lower_level,
+                                        upper_level,
+                                        num_chars,
+                                        stream.value());
+
+    auto const zero_level_idx       = -lower_level;  // the bin storing count for character `\0`
+    auto const first_zero_count_pos = thrust::find_if(
+      rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream),
+      thrust::make_counting_iterator(0) + zero_level_idx,  // ignore the negative characters
+      thrust::make_counting_iterator(0) + num_levels,
+      [zero_level_idx, counts = histogram.begin()] __device__(auto idx) -> bool {
+        auto const count = counts[idx];
+        if (count > 0) { return false; }
+        auto const first_non_existing_char = static_cast<char>(idx - zero_level_idx);
+        return json_reader_options::can_be_delimiter(first_non_existing_char);
+      });
+
+    // This should never happen since the input should never cover the entire char range.
+    if (first_zero_count_pos == thrust::make_counting_iterator(0) + num_levels) {
+      throw std::logic_error(
+        "Cannot find any character suitable as delimiter during joining json strings.");
+    }
+    delimiter = static_cast<char>(
+      thrust::distance(thrust::make_counting_iterator(0) + zero_level_idx, first_zero_count_pos));
+  }
+
+  auto d_offsets_colview = input.offsets();
+  device_span<cudf::size_type const> d_offsets(d_offsets_colview.data<cudf::size_type>(),
+                                               d_offsets_colview.size());
+
+  rmm::device_buffer concatenated_buffer(num_chars + d_offsets.size() - 2, stream);
+
+  thrust::scatter(
+    rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream),
+    thrust::make_constant_iterator(delimiter),
+    thrust::make_constant_iterator(delimiter) + d_offsets.size() - 2,
+    thrust::make_transform_iterator(
+      thrust::make_counting_iterator(1),
+      cuda::proclaim_return_type<cudf::size_type>(
+        [d_offsets = d_offsets.begin()] __device__(cudf::size_type idx) -> cudf::size_type {
+          return d_offsets[idx] + idx - 1;
+        })),
+    reinterpret_cast<char*>(concatenated_buffer.data()));
+
+  {
+    // cub device batched copy
+    auto input_it = thrust::make_transform_iterator(
+      thrust::make_counting_iterator(0),
+      cuda::proclaim_return_type<char const*>(
+        [input = input.chars_begin(stream), d_offsets = d_offsets.begin()] __device__(
+          cudf::size_type idx) -> char const* { return input + d_offsets[idx]; }));
+    auto output_it = thrust::make_transform_iterator(
+      thrust::make_counting_iterator(0),
+      cuda::proclaim_return_type<char*>(
+        [output    = reinterpret_cast<char*>(concatenated_buffer.data()),
+         d_offsets = d_offsets.begin()] __device__(cudf::size_type idx) -> char* {
+          return output + d_offsets[idx] + idx;
+        }));
+    auto sizes_it = thrust::make_transform_iterator(
+      thrust::make_counting_iterator(0),
+      cuda::proclaim_return_type<cudf::size_type>(
+        [d_offsets = d_offsets.begin()] __device__(cudf::size_type idx) -> cudf::size_type {
+          return d_offsets[idx + 1] - d_offsets[idx];
+        }));
+    size_t temp_storage_bytes = 0;
+    cub::DeviceCopy::Batched(nullptr,
+                             temp_storage_bytes,
+                             input_it,
+                             output_it,
+                             sizes_it,
+                             static_cast<uint32_t>(d_offsets.size() - 1),
+                             stream.value());
+    rmm::device_buffer temp_storage(temp_storage_bytes, stream);
+    cub::DeviceCopy::Batched(temp_storage.data(),
+                             temp_storage_bytes,
+                             input_it,
+                             output_it,
+                             sizes_it,
+                             static_cast<uint32_t>(d_offsets.size() - 1),
+                             stream.value());
+  }
+
+  return std::tuple{std::move(concatenated_buffer), delimiter};
+}
+
 }  // namespace cudf::io::json::detail
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.hpp b/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.hpp
index 982190eecb5..72ca3848bcc 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/io/json/read_json.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <cudf/io/datasource.hpp>
 #include <cudf/io/json.hpp>
+#include <cudf/strings/strings_column_view.hpp>
 #include <cudf/types.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/export.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/memory_resource.hpp>
@@ -73,5 +74,9 @@ table_with_metadata read_json(host_span<std::unique_ptr<datasource>> sources,
                               rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
                               rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr);
 
+std::tuple<rmm::device_buffer, char> preprocess(cudf::strings_column_view const& input,
+                                                rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
+                                                rmm::device_async_resource_ref mr);
+
 }  // namespace io::json::detail
 }  // namespace CUDF_EXPORT cudf
diff --git a/cpp/tests/io/json/json_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/io/json/json_test.cpp
index cb6716f4a18..d8cac4c0579 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/io/json/json_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/io/json/json_test.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+#include "io/json/read_json.hpp"
+
 #include <cudf_test/base_fixture.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_utilities.hpp>
 #include <cudf_test/column_wrapper.hpp>
@@ -2975,4 +2977,53 @@ TEST_F(JsonReaderTest, JsonDtypeSchema)
                                  cudf::test::debug_output_level::ALL_ERRORS);
 }
 
+TEST_F(JsonReaderTest, PreprocessAndNullifyEmptyRows)
+{
+  // Test input
+  std::string const row_string = R"({"A":"TEST"})";
+  auto string_col              = cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper(
+                      {row_string, row_string, "", row_string, row_string, row_string, ""},
+                      {true, true, true, true, true, true, true})
+                      .release();
+  rmm::cuda_stream stream{};
+  rmm::cuda_stream_view stream_view(stream);
+  auto [processed_buffer, delim] = cudf::io::json::detail::preprocess(
+    cudf::strings_column_view(*string_col), stream_view, cudf::get_current_device_resource_ref());
+
+  /*
+  std::printf("delimiter = %d\n", delim);
+  std::string h_processed_buffer;
+  h_processed_buffer.resize(processed_buffer.size());
+  CUDF_CUDA_TRY(cudaMemcpyAsync(h_processed_buffer.data(),
+                                reinterpret_cast<char*>(processed_buffer.data()),
+                                processed_buffer.size() * sizeof(char),
+                                cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost,
+                                stream.value()));
+  std::cout << "processed_buffer = \n" << h_processed_buffer;
+  std::cout << std::endl;
+  */
+
+  cudf::io::json_reader_options input_options =
+    cudf::io::json_reader_options::builder(
+      cudf::io::source_info{reinterpret_cast<char const*>(processed_buffer.data()),
+                            processed_buffer.size()})
+      .lines(true)
+      .delimiter(delim)
+      .nullify_empty_lines(true)
+      .recovery_mode(cudf::io::json_recovery_mode_t::RECOVER_WITH_NULL);
+
+  cudf::io::table_with_metadata result = cudf::io::read_json(input_options);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(result.tbl->num_columns(), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(result.tbl->num_rows(), 7);
+  EXPECT_EQ(result.tbl->get_column(0).type().id(), cudf::type_id::STRING);
+  EXPECT_EQ(result.metadata.schema_info[0].name, "A");
+
+  CUDF_TEST_EXPECT_COLUMNS_EQUAL(
+    result.tbl->get_column(0),
+    cudf::test::strings_column_wrapper({"TEST", "TEST", "", "TEST", "TEST", "TEST", ""},
+                                       {true, true, false, true, true, true, false}),
+    cudf::test::debug_output_level::ALL_ERRORS);
+}
+
 CUDF_TEST_PROGRAM_MAIN()
diff --git a/cpp/tests/io/json/nested_json_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/io/json/nested_json_test.cpp
index f32aba0e632..8481cbb8483 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/io/json/nested_json_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/io/json/nested_json_test.cpp
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ TEST_F(JsonTest, PostProcessTokenStream)
 
   // Run system-under-test
   auto [d_filtered_tokens, d_filtered_indices] =
-    cuio_json::detail::process_token_stream(d_tokens, d_offsets, stream);
+    cuio_json::detail::process_token_stream(d_tokens, d_offsets, false, stream);
 
   auto const filtered_tokens  = cudf::detail::make_std_vector_async(d_filtered_tokens, stream);
   auto const filtered_indices = cudf::detail::make_std_vector_async(d_filtered_indices, stream);