diff --git a/basis/db/queries/queries.factor b/basis/db/queries/queries.factor
index 2730340bfc..c4aa47d383 100755
--- a/basis/db/queries/queries.factor
+++ b/basis/db/queries/queries.factor
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ USING: accessors kernel math namespaces make sequences random
 strings math.parser math.intervals combinators math.bitwise
 nmake db db.tuples db.types classes words shuffle arrays
 destructors continuations db.tuples.private prettyprint
-db.private ;
+db.private byte-arrays ;
 IN: db.queries
 
 GENERIC: where ( specs obj -- )
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ M: sequence where ( spec obj -- )
         [ " or " 0% ] [ dupd where ] interleave drop
     ] in-parens ;
 
+M: byte-array where ( spec obj -- )
+    over column-name>> 0% " = " 0% bind# ;
+
 M: NULL where ( spec obj -- )
     drop column-name>> 0% " is NULL" 0% ;
 
diff --git a/basis/db/tuples/tuples-tests.factor b/basis/db/tuples/tuples-tests.factor
index 50d7f044d1..d4a58fa4fc 100644
--- a/basis/db/tuples/tuples-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/db/tuples/tuples-tests.factor
@@ -634,3 +634,22 @@ compound-foo "COMPOUND_FOO"
 
 [ test-compound-primary-key ] test-sqlite
 [ test-compound-primary-key ] test-postgresql
+
+
+TUPLE: example id data ;
+
+example "EXAMPLE"
+{
+    { "id" "ID" +db-assigned-id+ }
+    { "data" "DATA" BLOB }
+} define-persistent
+
+: test-blob-select ( -- )
+    example ensure-table
+    [ ] [ example new B{ 1 2 3 4 5 } >>data insert-tuple ] unit-test
+    [
+        T{ example { id 1 } { data B{ 1 2 3 4 5 } } }
+    ] [ example new B{ 1 2 3 4 5 } >>data select-tuple ] unit-test ;
+
+[ test-blob-select ] test-sqlite
+[ test-blob-select ] test-postgresql