diff --git a/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py b/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py
index 2ef49652..c7f000a3 100644
--- a/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py
+++ b/pyhive/sqlalchemy_hive.py
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ def visit_CLOB(self, type_):
     def visit_BLOB(self, type_):
         return 'BINARY'
 
+    def visit_BINARY(self, type_):
+        return 'BINARY'
+
+    def visit_VARBINARY(self, type_):
+        return self.visit_BINARY(type_)
+
     def visit_TIME(self, type_):
         return 'TIMESTAMP'