diff --git a/pg_conversion.c b/pg_conversion.c
index 8792e1ac..7f949066 100755
--- a/pg_conversion.c
+++ b/pg_conversion.c
@@ -629,6 +629,12 @@ pg_get_one_r(char *value, Oid typtype, SEXP *obj, int elnum)
 			else
 				LOGICAL_DATA(*obj)[elnum] = NA_LOGICAL;
 			break;
+		case BYTEAOID:
+			if (value)
+				SET_STRING_ELT(coerce_to_char(*obj), elnum, COPY_TO_USER_STRING(value));
+			else
+				SET_STRING_ELT(coerce_to_char(*obj), elnum, NA_STRING);
+			break;
 		default:
 			/* Everything else is defaulted to string */
 			if (value)