diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/PropertyTypeProvider.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/PropertyTypeProvider.php
index 02e1d40ec..af3052514 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/PropertyTypeProvider.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/PropertyTypeProvider.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 namespace Psalm\Internal\Provider;
 
 use Psalm\Context;
+use Psalm\Internal\Provider\PropertyTypeProvider\DomDocumentPropertyTypeProvider;
 use Psalm\Plugin\EventHandler\Event\PropertyTypeProviderEvent;
 use Psalm\Plugin\EventHandler\PropertyTypeProviderInterface;
 use Psalm\Plugin\Hook\PropertyTypeProviderInterface as LegacyPropertyTypeProviderInterface;
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ class PropertyTypeProvider
     {
         self::$handlers = [];
         self::$legacy_handlers = [];
+
+        $this->registerClass(DomDocumentPropertyTypeProvider::class);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/PropertyTypeProvider/DomDocumentPropertyTypeProvider.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/PropertyTypeProvider/DomDocumentPropertyTypeProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f49d952dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Provider/PropertyTypeProvider/DomDocumentPropertyTypeProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Psalm\Internal\Provider\PropertyTypeProvider;
+
+use Psalm\Plugin\EventHandler\Event\PropertyTypeProviderEvent;
+use Psalm\Plugin\EventHandler\PropertyTypeProviderInterface;
+use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TNamedObject;
+use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TNull;
+use Psalm\Type\Union;
+
+use function strtolower;
+
+class DomDocumentPropertyTypeProvider implements PropertyTypeProviderInterface
+{
+    public static function getPropertyType(PropertyTypeProviderEvent $event): ?Union
+    {
+        if (strtolower($event->getPropertyName()) === 'documentelement') {
+            $type = new Union([new TNamedObject('DOMElement'), new TNull()]);
+            $type->ignore_nullable_issues = true;
+
+            return $type;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public static function getClassLikeNames(): array
+    {
+        return ['domdocument'];
+    }
+}