diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index cb8029e0e56..61d992c17ab 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ Bug Fixes
 * SOLR-13207: In dismax and edismax "minimum should match" queries, the < operator not followed by a number will now return
   an HTTP 400 error rather than 500, and the error message will explain that < must be followed by a number. (Chris Hennick)
 
+* SOLR-13762: Fix BinaryField support for non-binary wt's (Thomas Woeckinger via Jason Gerlowski)
+
 Other Changes
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/BinaryField.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/BinaryField.java
index 39b895a2416..a7eb64b2d72 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/BinaryField.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/schema/BinaryField.java
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ public class BinaryField extends FieldType  {
   public Object toNativeType(Object val) {
     if (val instanceof byte[]) {
       return ByteBuffer.wrap((byte[]) val);
+    } else if (val instanceof CharSequence) {
+      final CharSequence valAsCharSequence = (CharSequence) val;
+      return ByteBuffer.wrap(Base64.base64ToByteArray(valAsCharSequence.toString()));
     }
     return super.toNativeType(val);
   }
diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/update/processor/AbstractAtomicUpdatesMultivalueTestBase.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/update/processor/AbstractAtomicUpdatesMultivalueTestBase.java
index 05fd0e7e962..1bce4222385 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/update/processor/AbstractAtomicUpdatesMultivalueTestBase.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/update/processor/AbstractAtomicUpdatesMultivalueTestBase.java
@@ -209,7 +209,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractAtomicUpdatesMultivalueTestBase extends EmbeddedSo
   }
 
   @Test
-  @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-13762")
   public void testMultivalueBinaryField() throws SolrServerException, IOException {
     runTestForFieldWithoutQuery("binaryRemove",
         new byte[][] {new byte[] {0}, new byte[] {1}, new byte[] {2}, new byte[] {3}});