diff --git a/include/ozo/binary_deserialization.h b/include/ozo/binary_deserialization.h
index 67d70f59c..a1ca41256 100644
--- a/include/ozo/binary_deserialization.h
+++ b/include/ozo/binary_deserialization.h
@@ -134,6 +134,14 @@ struct recv_impl<pg::name> {
     }
 };
 
+template <>
+struct recv_impl<pg::bytea> {
+    template <typename M>
+    static istream& apply(istream& in, int32_t size, const oid_map_t<M>& oid_map, pg::bytea& out) {
+        return recv_impl<std::vector<char>>::apply(in, size, oid_map, out);
+    }
+};
+
 template <typename T, typename M, typename Out>
 void recv(const value<T>& in, const oid_map_t<M>& oids, Out& out) {
     if (recv_null(in.is_null(), out)) {
diff --git a/include/ozo/binary_serialization.h b/include/ozo/binary_serialization.h
index 4bdb231ea..18e290062 100644
--- a/include/ozo/binary_serialization.h
+++ b/include/ozo/binary_serialization.h
@@ -48,4 +48,13 @@ struct send_impl<pg::name> {
     }
 };
 
+
+template <>
+struct send_impl<pg::bytea> {
+    template <typename M>
+    static ostream& apply(ostream& out, const oid_map_t<M>& map, const pg::name& in) {
+        return send_impl<std::vector<char>>::apply(out, map, in);
+    }
+};
+
 } // namespace ozo
diff --git a/include/ozo/type_traits.h b/include/ozo/type_traits.h
index 0811c39cb..7b4428ec2 100644
--- a/include/ozo/type_traits.h
+++ b/include/ozo/type_traits.h
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ constexpr auto size_of(const T& v) noexcept -> typename std::enable_if<
 namespace pg {
 
 BOOST_STRONG_TYPEDEF(std::string, name)
+BOOST_STRONG_TYPEDEF(std::vector<char>, bytea)
 
 } // namespace pg
 } // namespace ozo
@@ -456,9 +457,9 @@ OZO_PG_DEFINE_TYPE_AND_ARRAY(smtp::message, "code.message", null_oid, null_oid,
         >{};\
     }
 
-OZO_PG_DEFINE_TYPE(bool, "bool", BOOLOID, bytes<1>)
-OZO_PG_DEFINE_TYPE(char, "char", CHAROID, bytes<1>)
-OZO_PG_DEFINE_TYPE(std::vector<char>, "bytea", BYTEAOID, dynamic_size)
+OZO_PG_DEFINE_TYPE_AND_ARRAY(bool, "bool", BOOLOID, 1000, bytes<1>)
+OZO_PG_DEFINE_TYPE_AND_ARRAY(char, "char", CHAROID, 1002, bytes<1>)
+OZO_PG_DEFINE_TYPE_AND_ARRAY(ozo::pg::bytea, "bytea", BYTEAOID, 1001, dynamic_size)
 
 OZO_PG_DEFINE_TYPE_AND_ARRAY(boost::uuids::uuid, "uuid", UUIDOID, 2951, bytes<16>)
 
diff --git a/tests/binary_deserialization.cpp b/tests/binary_deserialization.cpp
index 382a349f8..9758867ec 100644
--- a/tests/binary_deserialization.cpp
+++ b/tests/binary_deserialization.cpp
@@ -116,16 +116,17 @@ TEST_F(recv, should_convert_INT8OID_to_int64_t) {
     EXPECT_EQ(7, got);
 }
 
-TEST_F(recv, should_convert_BYTEAOID_to_std_vector_of_char) {
+TEST_F(recv, should_convert_BYTEAOID_to_pg_bytea) {
     const char* bytes = "test";
     EXPECT_CALL(mock, field_type(_)).WillRepeatedly(Return(BYTEAOID));
     EXPECT_CALL(mock, get_value(_, _)).WillRepeatedly(Return(bytes));
     EXPECT_CALL(mock, get_length(_, _)).WillRepeatedly(Return(4));
     EXPECT_CALL(mock, get_isnull(_, _)).WillRepeatedly(Return(false));
 
-    std::vector<char> got;
+    ozo::pg::bytea got;
     ozo::recv(value, oid_map, got);
-    EXPECT_EQ("test", std::string_view(std::data(got), std::size(got)));
+    std::vector<char>& underlying = got;
+    EXPECT_EQ("test", std::string_view(std::data(underlying), std::size(underlying)));
 }
 
 TEST_F(recv, should_convert_TEXTOID_to_std_string) {