diff --git a/src/gui/qgsnewgeopackagelayerdialog.cpp b/src/gui/qgsnewgeopackagelayerdialog.cpp
index 68e0922b667d..f64e127d12f7 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsnewgeopackagelayerdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/qgsnewgeopackagelayerdialog.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ QgsNewGeoPackageLayerDialog::QgsNewGeoPackageLayerDialog( QWidget *parent, Qt::W
   mFieldTypeBox->addItem( QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/mIconFieldInteger.svg" ) ), tr( "Whole number (integer 64 bit)" ), "integer64" );
   mFieldTypeBox->addItem( QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/mIconFieldFloat.svg" ) ), tr( "Decimal number (real)" ), "real" );
   mFieldTypeBox->addItem( QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/mIconFieldDate.svg" ) ), tr( "Date" ), "date" );
-  mFieldTypeBox->addItem( QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/mIconFieldDateTime.svg" ) ), tr( "Date&time" ), "datetime" );
+  mFieldTypeBox->addItem( QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/mIconFieldDateTime.svg" ) ), tr( "Datetime" ), "datetime" );
+  mFieldTypeBox->addItem( QgsApplication::getThemeIcon( QStringLiteral( "/mIconFieldBinary.svg" ) ), tr( "Binary (BLOB)" ), "binary" );
 
   mOkButton = buttonBox->button( QDialogButtonBox::Ok );
   mOkButton->setEnabled( false );
@@ -444,11 +445,14 @@ bool QgsNewGeoPackageLayerDialog::apply()
       ogrType = OFTDate;
     else if ( fieldType == QLatin1String( "datetime" ) )
       ogrType = OFTDateTime;
+    else if ( fieldType == QLatin1String( "binary" ) )
+      ogrType = OFTBinary;
 
     int ogrWidth = fieldWidth.toInt();
 
     gdal::ogr_field_def_unique_ptr fld( OGR_Fld_Create( fieldName.toUtf8().constData(), ogrType ) );
-    OGR_Fld_SetWidth( fld.get(), ogrWidth );
+    if ( ogrType != OFTBinary )
+      OGR_Fld_SetWidth( fld.get(), ogrWidth );
 
     if ( OGR_L_CreateField( hLayer, fld.get(), true ) != OGRERR_NONE )
     {
diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
index 31e1b4166f1b..7b224471aee4 100644
--- a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ QgsOgrProvider::QgsOgrProvider( QString const &uri, const ProviderOptions &optio
   bool supportsDate = true;
   bool supportsTime = mGDALDriverName != QLatin1String( "ESRI Shapefile" ) && mGDALDriverName != QLatin1String( "GPKG" );
   bool supportsDateTime = mGDALDriverName != QLatin1String( "ESRI Shapefile" );
+  bool supportsBinary = false;
   const char *pszDataTypes = nullptr;
   if ( mOgrOrigLayer )
   {
@@ -488,6 +489,7 @@ QgsOgrProvider::QgsOgrProvider( QString const &uri, const ProviderOptions &optio
     supportsDate = CSLFindString( papszTokens, "Date" ) >= 0;
     supportsTime = CSLFindString( papszTokens, "Time" ) >= 0;
     supportsDateTime = CSLFindString( papszTokens, "DateTime" ) >= 0;
+    supportsBinary = CSLFindString( papszTokens, "Binary" ) >= 0;
     CSLDestroy( papszTokens );
   }
 
@@ -506,6 +508,11 @@ QgsOgrProvider::QgsOgrProvider( QString const &uri, const ProviderOptions &optio
     nativeTypes
         << QgsVectorDataProvider::NativeType( tr( "Date & Time" ), QStringLiteral( "datetime" ), QVariant::DateTime );
   }
+  if ( supportsBinary )
+  {
+    nativeTypes
+        << QgsVectorDataProvider::NativeType( tr( "Binary object (BLOB)" ), QStringLiteral( "binary" ), QVariant::ByteArray );
+  }
 
   bool supportsBoolean = false;
 
@@ -1623,6 +1630,10 @@ bool QgsOgrProvider::addAttributeOGRLevel( const QgsField &field, bool &ignoreEr
     case QVariant::String:
       type = OFTString;
       break;
+    case QVariant::ByteArray:
+      type = OFTBinary;
+      break;
+
     default:
       pushError( tr( "type %1 for field %2 not found" ).arg( field.typeName(), field.name() ) );
       ignoreErrorOut = true;