diff --git a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mysql/MySqlDdlBuilder.java b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mysql/MySqlDdlBuilder.java
index 9f1ee4524c..c2e8bee202 100644
--- a/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mysql/MySqlDdlBuilder.java
+++ b/symmetric-db/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/db/platform/mysql/MySqlDdlBuilder.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.jumpmind.db.alter.RemovePrimaryKeyChange;
 import org.jumpmind.db.alter.TableChange;
 import org.jumpmind.db.model.Column;
+import org.jumpmind.db.model.ColumnTypes;
 import org.jumpmind.db.model.Database;
 import org.jumpmind.db.model.ForeignKey;
 import org.jumpmind.db.model.Table;
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ public MySqlDdlBuilder() {
         databaseInfo.addNativeTypeMapping(Types.TINYINT, "SMALLINT", Types.SMALLINT);
         databaseInfo.addNativeTypeMapping("BOOLEAN", "BIT", "BIT");
         databaseInfo.addNativeTypeMapping("DATALINK", "MEDIUMBLOB", "LONGVARBINARY");
+        databaseInfo.addNativeTypeMapping(ColumnTypes.NVARCHAR, "VARCHAR", Types.VARCHAR);
+        databaseInfo.addNativeTypeMapping(ColumnTypes.LONGNVARCHAR, "VARCHAR", Types.VARCHAR);
+        databaseInfo.addNativeTypeMapping(ColumnTypes.NCHAR, "CHAR", Types.CHAR);
 
         databaseInfo.setDefaultSize(Types.CHAR, 254);
         databaseInfo.setDefaultSize(Types.VARCHAR, 254);