diff --git a/include/sqlpp11/text.h b/include/sqlpp11/text.h
index 6cce5aea..9fff0b77 100644
--- a/include/sqlpp11/text.h
+++ b/include/sqlpp11/text.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ namespace sqlpp
 	}
 
 	using text = detail::text;
+	using blob = detail::text;
 	using varchar = detail::text;
 	using char_ = detail::text;
 
diff --git a/scripts/ddl2cpp b/scripts/ddl2cpp
index 13011825..e65cf233 100755
--- a/scripts/ddl2cpp
+++ b/scripts/ddl2cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ types = {
     'char': 'char_',
     'varchar': 'varchar',
     'text': 'text',
+    'tinyblob': 'blob',
+    'blob': 'blob',
+    'mediumblob': 'blob',
+    'longblob': 'blob',
     'bool': 'boolean',
     'double': 'floating_point',
     'float': 'floating_point',