diff --git a/src/interfaces/python/pgdb.py b/src/interfaces/python/pgdb.py
index 68cd64cc220..85ff7656c69 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/python/pgdb.py
+++ b/src/interfaces/python/pgdb.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class pgdbType:
 			return -1
 
 STRING = pgdbType(
-	'char', 'name', 'text', 'varchar'
+	'char', 'bpchar', 'name', 'text', 'varchar'
 )
 
 # BLOB support is pg specific