diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
index 84349e6aad..b4114f2a4e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ public abstract class Dialect {
 		registerHibernateType( Types.BINARY, StandardBasicTypes.BINARY.getName() );
 		registerHibernateType( Types.BIT, StandardBasicTypes.BOOLEAN.getName() );
 		registerHibernateType( Types.CHAR, StandardBasicTypes.CHARACTER.getName() );
+        registerHibernateType( Types.CHAR, 1, StandardBasicTypes.CHARACTER.getName() );
+        registerHibernateType( Types.CHAR, 255, StandardBasicTypes.STRING.getName() );
 		registerHibernateType( Types.DATE, StandardBasicTypes.DATE.getName() );
 		registerHibernateType( Types.DOUBLE, StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE.getName() );
 		registerHibernateType( Types.FLOAT, StandardBasicTypes.FLOAT.getName() );
diff --git a/hibernate-testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/typedescriptor/CharInNativeQueryTest.java b/hibernate-testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/typedescriptor/CharInNativeQueryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4755a67ad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/typedescriptor/CharInNativeQueryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.typedescriptor;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit.functional.FunctionalTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @author Strong Liu
+ */
+public class CharInNativeQueryTest extends FunctionalTestCase {
+    public CharInNativeQueryTest(String string) {
+        super( string );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Class[] getAnnotatedClasses() {
+        return new Class[] { Issue.class };
+    }
+
+    public void testNativeQuery() {
+        Issue issue = new Issue();
+        issue.setIssueNumber( "HHH-2304" );
+        issue.setDescription( "Wrong type detection for sql type char(x) columns" );
+
+        Session session = openSession();
+        session.beginTransaction();
+        session.persist( issue );
+        session.getTransaction().commit();
+        session.close();
+
+        session = openSession();
+        session.beginTransaction();
+        Object issueNumber = session.createSQLQuery( "select issue.issueNumber from Issue issue" ).uniqueResult();
+        session.getTransaction().commit();
+        session.close();
+
+        assertNotNull( issueNumber );
+        assertTrue( issueNumber instanceof String );
+        assertEquals( "HHH-2304", issueNumber );
+
+
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/hibernate-testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/typedescriptor/Issue.java b/hibernate-testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/typedescriptor/Issue.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f162719f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/typedescriptor/Issue.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+ package org.hibernate.test.typedescriptor;
+ 
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+ /**
+  * @author Strong Liu
+  */
+@Entity
+ public class Issue {
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue
+    private Long id;
+    private String description;
+    @Column(columnDefinition = "char(8)")
+    private String issueNumber;
+
+
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getIssueNumber() {
+        return issueNumber;
+    }
+
+    public void setIssueNumber(String issueNumber) {
+        this.issueNumber = issueNumber;
+    }
+ }
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