diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DB2Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DB2Dialect.java
index abc69de950..02dbb40164 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DB2Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DB2Dialect.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public class DB2Dialect extends Dialect {
 		registerColumnType( Types.CLOB, "clob($l)" );
 		registerColumnType( Types.LONGVARCHAR, "long varchar" );
 		registerColumnType( Types.LONGVARBINARY, "long varchar for bit data" );
+		registerColumnType( Types.BINARY, "char($l) for bit data" );
         registerColumnType( Types.BOOLEAN, "smallint" );
 
 		registerFunction( "avg", new AvgWithArgumentCastFunction( "double" ) );