diff --git a/src/com/google/gwtorm/schema/sql/SqlCharTypeInfo.java b/src/com/google/gwtorm/schema/sql/SqlCharTypeInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c73596c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/google/gwtorm/schema/sql/SqlCharTypeInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package com.google.gwtorm.schema.sql;
+
+import com.google.gwtorm.jdbc.gen.CodeGenSupport;
+import com.google.gwtorm.schema.ColumnModel;
+
+import org.objectweb.asm.Opcodes;
+import org.objectweb.asm.Type;
+
+import java.sql.Types;
+
+public class SqlCharTypeInfo extends SqlTypeInfo {
+  @Override
+  public String getSqlType(final ColumnModel column) {
+    final StringBuilder r = new StringBuilder();
+    r.append("CHAR(1)");
+    r.append(" DEFAULT ' '");
+    r.append(" NOT NULL");
+    return r.toString();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getJavaSqlTypeAlias() {
+    return "String";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected int getSqlTypeConstant() {
+    return Types.CHAR;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void generatePreparedStatementSet(final CodeGenSupport cgs) {
+    cgs.pushSqlHandle();
+    cgs.pushColumnIndex();
+    cgs.pushFieldValue();
+    cgs.mv.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKESTATIC, Type
+        .getInternalName(Character.class), "toString", Type
+        .getMethodDescriptor(Type.getType(String.class),
+            new Type[] {Type.CHAR_TYPE}));
+    cgs.invokePreparedStatementSet(getJavaSqlTypeAlias());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void generateResultSetGet(final CodeGenSupport cgs) {
+    cgs.fieldSetBegin();
+    cgs.pushSqlHandle();
+    cgs.pushColumnIndex();
+    cgs.invokeResultSetGet(getJavaSqlTypeAlias());
+    cgs.push(0);
+    cgs.mv.visitMethodInsn(Opcodes.INVOKEVIRTUAL, Type
+        .getInternalName(String.class), "charAt", Type.getMethodDescriptor(
+        Type.CHAR_TYPE, new Type[] {Type.INT_TYPE}));
+    cgs.fieldSetEnd();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/com/google/gwtorm/schema/sql/SqlDialect.java b/src/com/google/gwtorm/schema/sql/SqlDialect.java
index 35034ab..325e9c2 100644
--- a/src/com/google/gwtorm/schema/sql/SqlDialect.java
+++ b/src/com/google/gwtorm/schema/sql/SqlDialect.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     types.put(Short.TYPE, new SqlShortTypeInfo());
     types.put(Integer.TYPE, new SqlIntTypeInfo());
     types.put(Long.TYPE, new SqlLongTypeInfo());
+    types.put(Character.TYPE, new SqlCharTypeInfo());
     types.put(String.class, new SqlStringTypeInfo());
     types.put(java.sql.Date.class, new SqlDateTypeInfo());
     types.put(java.sql.Timestamp.class, new SqlTimestampTypeInfo());