diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e7c07d130..09a0f87fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ For a complete change history, see the git log.
 
 - Add DebugSymbolizer (#1366)
 
+- Added support for literal types in PostGIS Plugin (#1464)
+
 
 ## Mapnik 2.1.0
 
diff --git a/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_datasource.cpp b/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_datasource.cpp
index 3f95865cd..0adc4e8d0 100644
--- a/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_datasource.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_datasource.cpp
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ void postgis_datasource::bind() const
                     case 1042:  // bpchar
                     case 1043:  // varchar
                     case 25:    // text
+                    case 705:   // literal
                         desc_.add_descriptor(attribute_descriptor(fld_name, mapnik::String));
                         break;
                     default: // should not get here
diff --git a/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_featureset.cpp b/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_featureset.cpp
index dd121a36d..746fd2cff 100644
--- a/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_featureset.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/postgis/postgis_featureset.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ feature_ptr postgis_featureset::next()
 
                     case 25:   //text
                     case 1043: //varchar
+                    case 705: //literal
                     {
                         feature->put(name, tr_->transcode(buf));
                         break;