diff --git a/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_featureset.cpp b/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_featureset.cpp
index 98dc8c928..e083070b1 100644
--- a/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_featureset.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_featureset.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ feature_ptr postgis_featureset::next()
                     float8net(val,buf);
                     boost::put(*feature,name,val);
                 }
-                else if (oid==25 || oid==1043) // text or varchar
+                else if (oid==25 || oid==1043 || oid==705 ) // text or varchar or literal
                 {
                     UnicodeString ustr = tr_->transcode(buf);
                     boost::put(*feature,name,ustr);