diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Service/Orm/Doctrine.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Service/Orm/Doctrine.php
index d04282537b..d40d417105 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Service/Orm/Doctrine.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Core/Service/Orm/Doctrine.php
@@ -273,10 +273,16 @@ class Doctrine extends ServiceAbstract implements ServiceInterface
       Type::addType('varbinary', 'Types\VarBinary');
     }
 
+    if (!Type::hasType('binary'))
+    {
+      Type::addType('binary', 'Types\Binary');
+    }
+
     $platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('enum', 'enum');
     $platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('blob', 'blob');
     $platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('longblob', 'longblob');
     $platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('varbinary', 'varbinary');
+    $platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('binary', 'binary');
 
     return;
   }
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/Types/Binary.php b/lib/Doctrine/Types/Binary.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17debee9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/Types/Binary.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Phraseanet
+ *
+ * (c) 2005-2010 Alchemy
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @package
+ * @license     http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-3.0 GPLv3
+ * @link        www.phraseanet.com
+ */
+
+namespace Types;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
+
+class Binary extends Type
+{
+  const BINARY = 'binary';
+
+  public function getName()
+  {
+    return static::BINARY;
+  }
+
+  public function getSQLDeclaration(array $fieldDeclaration, AbstractPlatform $platform)
+  {
+    return $platform->getDoctrineTypeMapping('BINARY');
+  }
+
+}