diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Column.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Column.java
index 625380809e..daf001d116 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Column.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Column.java
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ public boolean isCompatible(int type, String typeName, int size,
                     case Types.VARCHAR:
                     case Types.CLOB:
                     case Types.BLOB:
+                    case Types.SQLXML:
                         return true;
                      default:
                          return false;