diff --git a/src/types/mod.rs b/src/types/mod.rs
index e39c9476..490b9496 100644
--- a/src/types/mod.rs
+++ b/src/types/mod.rs
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ pub use self::{
     block::{Block, Row, Rows},
     column::Column,
     options::Options,
+    from_sql::FromSql,
     query::Query,
     query_result::QueryResult,
 };
 pub(crate) use self::{
     cmd::Cmd,
     date_converter::DateConverter,
-    from_sql::FromSql,
     marshal::Marshal,
     options::{IntoOptions, OptionsSource},
     stat_buffer::StatBuffer,
diff --git a/tests/clickhouse.rs b/tests/clickhouse.rs
index 8cdf8cba..981a50a5 100644
--- a/tests/clickhouse.rs
+++ b/tests/clickhouse.rs
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@ extern crate chrono_tz;
 extern crate clickhouse_rs;
 extern crate tokio;
 
-use std::env;
+use std::{env, f64::EPSILON, fmt::Debug};
 
 use chrono::prelude::*;
 use chrono_tz::Tz::{self, UTC};
 use tokio::prelude::*;
 
-use clickhouse_rs::{errors::Error, types::Block, ClientHandle, Pool};
-use std::f64::EPSILON;
+use clickhouse_rs::{errors::Error, types::Block, types::FromSql, ClientHandle, Pool};
 
 type BoxFuture<T> = Box<Future<Item = T, Error = Error> + Send>;
 
@@ -484,3 +483,32 @@ fn test_nullable() {
 
     run(done).unwrap();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_generic_column() {
+    fn extract_to_vec<'a, T>(name: &str, block: &'a Block) -> Vec<T>
+    where
+        T: FromSql<'a> + Debug + 'static,
+    {
+        let n = block.row_count();
+        let mut result = Vec::with_capacity(n);
+        for row_index in 0..n {
+            let value: T = block.get(row_index, name).unwrap();
+            result.push(value)
+        }
+        result
+    }
+
+    let block = Block::new()
+        .add_column("int", vec![1u32, 2, 3])
+        .add_column("str", vec!["A", "B", "C"]);
+
+    let int_vec: Vec<u32> = extract_to_vec("int", &block);
+    let str_vec: Vec<String> = extract_to_vec("str", &block);
+
+    assert_eq!(int_vec, vec![1u32, 2, 3]);
+    assert_eq!(
+        str_vec,
+        vec!["A".to_string(), "B".to_string(), "C".to_string()]
+    );
+}