diff --git a/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTestModels.cs b/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTestModels.cs
index f677545..6195dac 100644
--- a/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTestModels.cs
+++ b/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTestModels.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ public partial class MapifyEfCoreProjectionTests {
     private sealed class EfCoreMapifyContext(DbContextOptions<EfCoreMapifyContext> options) : DbContext(options) {
         public DbSet<EfCorePerson> People => Set<EfCorePerson>();
         public DbSet<EfCoreAddress> Addresses => Set<EfCoreAddress>();
+        public DbSet<EfCoreStreet> Streets => Set<EfCoreStreet>();
         public DbSet<EfCorePhone> Phones => Set<EfCorePhone>();
         public DbSet<EfCoreRecursiveNode> RecursiveNodes => Set<EfCoreRecursiveNode>();
         public DbSet<EfCoreProjectionIgnoreEntity> ProjectionIgnoreEntities => Set<EfCoreProjectionIgnoreEntity>();
@@ -42,6 +43,13 @@ private sealed class EfCorePerson {
     private sealed class EfCoreAddress {
         public int Id { get; set; }
         public string City { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+        public int? StreetId { get; set; }
+        public EfCoreStreet? Street { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class EfCoreStreet {
+        public int Id { get; set; }
+        public int Number { get; set; }
     }
 
     private sealed class EfCorePhone {
@@ -117,4 +125,12 @@ private sealed class EfCoreProjectionIgnoreDto {
     private sealed class EfCorePersonRuntimeParameterDto {
         public int AdjustedId { get; set; }
     }
+
+    private sealed class EfCorePersonStreetNumberDto {
+        public int StreetNumber { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class EfCorePersonStreetNullableNumberDto {
+        public int? StreetNumber { get; set; }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTestProfiles.cs b/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTestProfiles.cs
index eb6b8b4..9d23424 100644
--- a/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTestProfiles.cs
+++ b/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTestProfiles.cs
@@ -132,6 +132,22 @@ protected override void Configure() {
         }
     }
 
+    private sealed class EfCorePersonStreetNumberProfile : MapifyProfile {
+        protected override void Configure() {
+            CreateMap<EfCorePerson, EfCorePersonStreetNumberDto>(x => new EfCorePersonStreetNumberDto {
+                StreetNumber = x.HomeAddress.Street!.Number
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    private sealed class EfCorePersonStreetNullableNumberProfile : MapifyProfile {
+        protected override void Configure() {
+            CreateMap<EfCorePerson, EfCorePersonStreetNullableNumberDto>(x => new EfCorePersonStreetNullableNumberDto {
+                StreetNumber = x.HomeAddress.Street!.Number
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
     private sealed class EfCoreRecursiveNodeDefaultDepthProfile : MapifyProfile {
         protected override void Configure() {
             CreateMap<EfCoreRecursiveNode, EfCoreRecursiveNodeDto>(x => new EfCoreRecursiveNodeDto {
diff --git a/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTests.ProjectTo.cs b/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTests.ProjectTo.cs
index 3881159..6892592 100644
--- a/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTests.ProjectTo.cs
+++ b/Mapify.NET.Tests.EFCore/MapifyEfCoreProjectionTests.ProjectTo.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,65 @@ public void InstanceMapify_ProjectToWithParameters_ShouldWorkInEfCoreProjection(
         Assert.Equal(new[] { 51, 52 }, result.Select(x => x.AdjustedId).ToArray());
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void InstanceMapify_ProjectTo_ShouldApplyNestedNullFallback_ForNullableAndNonNullableTargets() {
+        var options = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<EfCoreMapifyContext>()
+            .UseSqlite("Data Source=:memory:")
+            .Options;
+
+        using var db = new EfCoreMapifyContext(options);
+        db.Database.OpenConnection();
+        db.Database.EnsureCreated();
+
+        db.People.AddRange(
+            new EfCorePerson {
+                FirstName = "Has",
+                LastName = "Street",
+                HomeAddress = new EfCoreAddress {
+                    City = "Paris",
+                    Street = new EfCoreStreet { Number = 77 }
+                }
+            },
+            new EfCorePerson {
+                FirstName = "No",
+                LastName = "Street",
+                HomeAddress = new EfCoreAddress {
+                    City = "Rome",
+                    Street = null
+                }
+            },
+            new EfCorePerson {
+                FirstName = "No",
+                LastName = "Address",
+                HomeAddress = null!
+            }
+        );
+
+        db.SaveChanges();
+
+        var mapify = new Mapify([
+            new EfCorePersonStreetNumberProfile(),
+            new EfCorePersonStreetNullableNumberProfile()
+        ]);
+
+        var nonNullableProjection = db.People
+            .OrderBy(x => x.Id)
+            .ProjectTo<EfCorePersonStreetNumberDto>(mapify)
+            .Select(x => x.StreetNumber)
+            .OrderBy(x => x)
+            .ToArray();
+
+        var nullableProjection = db.People
+            .OrderBy(x => x.Id)
+            .ProjectTo<EfCorePersonStreetNullableNumberDto>(mapify)
+            .Select(x => x.StreetNumber)
+            .OrderBy(x => x)
+            .ToArray();
+
+        Assert.Equal(new[] { 0, 0, 77 }, nonNullableProjection);
+        Assert.Equal(new int?[] { null, null, 77 }, nullableProjection);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void InstanceMapify_NestedNamedProjectToMarker_ShouldWorkInEfCoreProjection() {
         var options = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<EfCoreMapifyContext>()
diff --git a/Mapify.NET.Tests/MapifyInstanceTests.cs b/Mapify.NET.Tests/MapifyInstanceTests.cs
index 0c870a8..5536fe4 100644
--- a/Mapify.NET.Tests/MapifyInstanceTests.cs
+++ b/Mapify.NET.Tests/MapifyInstanceTests.cs
@@ -434,6 +434,36 @@ private class RecursiveNodeDepthElevenTarget {
         public RecursiveNodeDepthElevenTarget? Next { get; set; }
     }
 
+    private class NullSafeLeafSource {
+        public int Number { get; set; }
+        public int? OptionalNumber { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private class NullSafeStreetSource {
+        public NullSafeLeafSource? Leaf { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private class NullSafeAddressSource {
+        public NullSafeStreetSource? Street { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private class NullSafePersonSource {
+        public NullSafeAddressSource? Address { get; set; }
+        public NullSafeAddressSource? SecondaryAddress { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private class NullSafePersonTarget {
+        public int Number { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private class NullSafePersonNullableTarget {
+        public int? Number { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    private class NullSafePersonCoalesceTarget {
+        public int Number { get; set; }
+    }
+
     private enum FaultProfileMode {
         None,
         WhitespaceName,
@@ -1049,6 +1079,24 @@ protected override void Configure() {
         }
     }
 
+    private class NullSafeNestedMemberAccessProfile : MapifyProfile {
+        protected override void Configure() {
+            CreateMap<NullSafePersonSource, NullSafePersonTarget>(x => new NullSafePersonTarget {
+                Number = x.Address!.Street!.Leaf!.Number
+            });
+
+            CreateMap<NullSafePersonSource, NullSafePersonNullableTarget>(x => new NullSafePersonNullableTarget {
+                Number = x.Address!.Street!.Leaf!.Number
+            });
+
+            CreateMap<NullSafePersonSource, NullSafePersonCoalesceTarget>(x => new NullSafePersonCoalesceTarget {
+                Number = x.Address!.Street!.Leaf!.OptionalNumber
+                    ?? x.SecondaryAddress!.Street!.Leaf!.OptionalNumber
+                    ?? 0
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void Map_ToNewObject_ShouldWorkLikeStaticMapper() {
         var mapify = new Mapify();
@@ -1672,6 +1720,42 @@ public void Map_ShouldLiftNonNullableMap_ForAllNullableVariants() {
         Assert.Null(r4Null.Number);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void Map_ShouldApplyFallback_ForNullNestedMemberChain_WhenDestinationIsNonNullable() {
+        var mapify = new Mapify(new NullSafeNestedMemberAccessProfile());
+
+        var mapped = mapify.Map<NullSafePersonSource, NullSafePersonTarget>(new NullSafePersonSource {
+            Address = new NullSafeAddressSource {
+                Street = null
+            }
+        });
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, mapped.Number);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Map_ShouldApplyNull_ForNullNestedMemberChain_WhenDestinationIsNullable() {
+        var mapify = new Mapify(new NullSafeNestedMemberAccessProfile());
+
+        var mapped = mapify.Map<NullSafePersonSource, NullSafePersonNullableTarget>(new NullSafePersonSource {
+            Address = null
+        });
+
+        Assert.Null(mapped.Number);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Map_ShouldGuardNestedFallbackBranch_InCoalesceExpression() {
+        var mapify = new Mapify(new NullSafeNestedMemberAccessProfile());
+
+        var mapped = mapify.Map<NullSafePersonSource, NullSafePersonCoalesceTarget>(new NullSafePersonSource {
+            Address = null,
+            SecondaryAddress = null
+        });
+
+        Assert.Equal(0, mapped.Number);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void Map_ShouldBuildTransitiveDependencies_WhenProfilesAreUnordered() {
         // Registration order is reverse dependency order: root -> middle -> leaf.
diff --git a/Mapify/Mapify.MappingInternals.cs b/Mapify/Mapify.MappingInternals.cs
index 08a41d1..d6b2f20 100644
--- a/Mapify/Mapify.MappingInternals.cs
+++ b/Mapify/Mapify.MappingInternals.cs
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ private static PropertyInfo GetMapBuilderDestinationProperty<TSource, TDestinati
         isIgnored = false;
 
         var expr = destinationExpression;
+        var destinationProperty = destinationMember as PropertyInfo;
 
         if (TryResolveIgnoreMarker(destinationMember, expr, destinationType, out var ignoredBinding)) {
             isIgnored = true;
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ private static PropertyInfo GetMapBuilderDestinationProperty<TSource, TDestinati
             expr = Expression.Condition(test, value, binaryExpr.Right);
         }
 
-        if (tryMapExpressionToDestinationProperty && destinationMember is PropertyInfo destinationProperty) {
+        if (tryMapExpressionToDestinationProperty && destinationProperty != null) {
             if (!TryAdaptMappedResult(expr, destinationProperty.PropertyType, out var adaptedExpression)) {
                 if (existingMapResolver == null
                     || !TryBuildMappedExpression(expr, expr.Type, destinationProperty.PropertyType, existingMapResolver, null, out adaptedExpression, out var sourceNullCheck)) {
@@ -250,6 +251,8 @@ private static PropertyInfo GetMapBuilderDestinationProperty<TSource, TDestinati
             expr = adaptedExpression;
         }
 
+        expr = ApplyNestedNullSafety(expr, destinationProperty);
+
         return Expression.Bind(destinationMember, expr);
     }
 
@@ -1128,6 +1131,124 @@ private static bool TryAdaptMappedResult(Expression mappedBody, Type targetType,
     private static bool CanBeNull(Type type)
         => !type.IsValueType || Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(type) != null;
 
+    private static Expression? BuildNestedMemberAccessGuard(Expression expression) {
+        var collector = new NestedMemberAccessNullGuardCollector();
+        collector.Visit(expression);
+        return collector.BuildGuard();
+    }
+
+    private static Expression ApplyNestedNullSafety(Expression expression, PropertyInfo? destinationProperty) {
+        var fallback = CreateAssignmentFallbackExpression(expression.Type, destinationProperty);
+        return ApplyNestedNullSafetyCore(expression, fallback);
+    }
+
+    private static Expression ApplyNestedNullSafetyCore(Expression expression, Expression fallback) {
+        if (expression is ConditionalExpression conditionalExpression) {
+            var guardedTest = ApplyNestedNullSafetyToBooleanExpression(conditionalExpression.Test);
+            var guardedIfTrue = ApplyNestedNullSafetyCore(
+                conditionalExpression.IfTrue,
+                AdaptFallbackToType(fallback, conditionalExpression.IfTrue.Type)
+            );
+            var guardedIfFalse = ApplyNestedNullSafetyCore(
+                conditionalExpression.IfFalse,
+                AdaptFallbackToType(fallback, conditionalExpression.IfFalse.Type)
+            );
+
+            return Expression.Condition(guardedTest, guardedIfTrue, guardedIfFalse);
+        }
+
+        var guard = BuildNestedMemberAccessGuard(expression);
+        if (guard == null) {
+            return expression;
+        }
+
+        return Expression.Condition(guard, expression, AdaptFallbackToType(fallback, expression.Type));
+    }
+
+    private static Expression ApplyNestedNullSafetyToBooleanExpression(Expression testExpression) {
+        if (testExpression is ConditionalExpression conditionalExpression) {
+            var guardedTest = ApplyNestedNullSafetyToBooleanExpression(conditionalExpression.Test);
+            var guardedIfTrue = ApplyNestedNullSafetyToBooleanExpression(conditionalExpression.IfTrue);
+            var guardedIfFalse = ApplyNestedNullSafetyToBooleanExpression(conditionalExpression.IfFalse);
+            return Expression.Condition(guardedTest, guardedIfTrue, guardedIfFalse);
+        }
+
+        var guard = BuildNestedMemberAccessGuard(testExpression);
+        if (guard == null) {
+            return testExpression;
+        }
+
+        return Expression.Condition(guard, testExpression, Expression.Constant(false));
+    }
+
+    private static Expression CreateAssignmentFallbackExpression(Type targetType, PropertyInfo? destinationProperty) {
+        var fallback = destinationProperty != null
+            ? CreatePropertyDefaultValueExpression(destinationProperty)
+            : CreateDefaultValueExpression(targetType);
+
+        return AdaptFallbackToType(fallback, targetType);
+    }
+
+    private static Expression AdaptFallbackToType(Expression fallback, Type targetType) {
+        if (fallback.Type == targetType) {
+            return fallback;
+        }
+
+        if (TryAdaptMappedResult(fallback, targetType, out var adapted)) {
+            return adapted;
+        }
+
+        return CreateDefaultValueExpression(targetType);
+    }
+
+    private sealed class NestedMemberAccessNullGuardCollector : ExpressionVisitor {
+        private readonly List<Expression> _checks = [];
+
+        public Expression? BuildGuard() {
+            if (_checks.Count == 0) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            Expression combined = _checks[0];
+            for (var i = 1; i < _checks.Count; i++) {
+                combined = Expression.AndAlso(combined, _checks[i]);
+            }
+
+            return combined;
+        }
+
+        protected override Expression VisitMember(MemberExpression node) {
+            if (node.Expression != null) {
+                Visit(node.Expression);
+
+                if (RequiresNullCheck(node.Expression)) {
+                    _checks.Add(CreateHasValueCheck(node.Expression));
+                }
+            }
+
+            return node;
+        }
+
+        protected override Expression VisitMethodCall(MethodCallExpression node) {
+            if (node.Object != null) {
+                Visit(node.Object);
+
+                if (RequiresNullCheck(node.Object)) {
+                    _checks.Add(CreateHasValueCheck(node.Object));
+                }
+            }
+
+            foreach (var argument in node.Arguments) {
+                Visit(argument);
+            }
+
+            return node;
+        }
+
+        private static bool RequiresNullCheck(Expression expression)
+            => CanBeNull(expression.Type) && expression is not ParameterExpression;
+    }
+
     private static bool IsCollectionLikeType(Type type)
         => type != typeof(string)
            && typeof(System.Collections.IEnumerable).IsAssignableFrom(type)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d248c79..221bbf9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,6 +178,22 @@ Binding precedence is:
 
 DSL value expressions run through the same marker pipeline, so markers like `UseMap`, `Ignore`, and `Parameter` also work in `.Map(...)`.
 
+Nested member access is null-safe for both in-memory mapping and `IQueryable` projection.
+When an intermediate source member is `null`, Mapify emits a conditional expression:
+
+- destination member is nullable: result is `null`
+- destination member is non-nullable: result is the configured fallback/default value
+
+Example:
+
+```csharp
+CreateMap<Person, PersonDto>(p => new PersonDto {
+    // If Address, Address.Street, or Address.Street.Name is null,
+    // StreetName gets fallback based on destination nullability.
+    StreetName = p.Address.Street.Name
+});
+```
+
 Example with markers in DSL mappings:
 
 ```csharp