diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/OracleDictionary.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/OracleDictionary.java
index e4b24b43f..729d26889 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/OracleDictionary.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/OracleDictionary.java
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ public class OracleDictionary
         smallintTypeName = "NUMBER{0}";
         tinyintTypeName = "NUMBER{0}";
         longVarcharTypeName = "LONG";
+        binaryTypeName = "BLOB";
+        varbinaryTypeName = "BLOB";
+        longVarbinaryTypeName = "BLOB";
         timeTypeName = "DATE";
         varcharTypeName = "VARCHAR2{0}";
         fixedSizeTypeNameSet.addAll(Arrays.asList(new String[]{