diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/core/Oid.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/core/Oid.java
index 430502272725d7135078f1c3c3867eb92757c853..001b21ffe1f58eb070b3a6065a3e7686708f37ae 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/core/Oid.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/core/Oid.java
@@ -54,10 +54,14 @@ public class Oid {
   public static final int BYTEA_ARRAY = 1001;
   public static final int VARCHAR = 1043;
   public static final int VARCHAR_ARRAY = 1015;
+  public static final int VARCHARC = 8005;
+  public static final int VARCHARC_ARRAY = 8073;
   public static final int OID = 26;
   public static final int OID_ARRAY = 1028;
   public static final int BPCHAR = 1042;
   public static final int BPCHAR_ARRAY = 1014;
+  public static final int BPCHARC = 8004;
+  public static final int BPCHARC_ARRAY = 8072;
   public static final int MONEY = 790;
   public static final int MONEY_ARRAY = 791;
   public static final int NAME = 19;
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java
index e412ae3c689150ca4ed2b2484a8d6126d62aa94b..3de637f497ddb86d74073c34cd1df13499628e54 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgPreparedStatement.java
@@ -599,9 +599,17 @@ class PgPreparedStatement extends PgStatement implements PreparedStatement {
       case Types.CHAR:
         setString(parameterIndex, castToString(in), Oid.BPCHAR);
         break;
+      // todo
+      case Oid.BPCHARC:
+        setString(parameterIndex, castToString(in), Oid.BPCHARC);
+        break;
       case Types.VARCHAR:
         setString(parameterIndex, castToString(in), Oid.VARCHAR);
         break;
+      // todo
+      case Oid.VARCHARC:
+        setString(parameterIndex, castToString(in), Oid.VARCHARC);
+        break;
       case Types.LONGVARCHAR:
         if (in instanceof InputStream) {
           preparedParameters.setText(parameterIndex, (InputStream)in);
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgResultSet.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgResultSet.java
index ca5a23dfef8d8701f14ba192dc4af621e1378461..f97b6f05fbadf7cbf47fe5f5683c3b675a84151e 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgResultSet.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/PgResultSet.java
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ public class PgResultSet implements ResultSet, org.postgresql.PGRefCursorResultS
       case Types.FLOAT:
       case Types.DOUBLE:
         return getDouble(columnIndex);
+      case Oid.BPCHARC:
+      case Oid.VARCHARC:
       case Types.CHAR:
       case Types.VARCHAR:
       case Types.LONGVARCHAR:
diff --git a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/TypeInfoCache.java b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/TypeInfoCache.java
index af9a38cc01ffe8231438f71106cccf0920dd0bf5..9ebfa4ac9ec3e1c4909aab1d0f43a6b5fdb7d6af 100644
--- a/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/TypeInfoCache.java
+++ b/pgjdbc/src/main/java/org/postgresql/jdbc/TypeInfoCache.java
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ public class TypeInfoCache implements TypeInfo {
       {"float8", Oid.FLOAT8, Types.DOUBLE, "java.lang.Double", Oid.FLOAT8_ARRAY},
       {"char", Oid.CHAR, Types.CHAR, "java.lang.String", Oid.CHAR_ARRAY},
       {"bpchar", Oid.BPCHAR, Types.CHAR, "java.lang.String", Oid.BPCHAR_ARRAY},
+      {"bpcharc", Oid.BPCHARC, Types.CHAR, "java.lang.String", Oid.BPCHARC_ARRAY},
       {"varchar", Oid.VARCHAR, Types.VARCHAR, "java.lang.String", Oid.VARCHAR_ARRAY},
+      {"varcharc", Oid.VARCHARC, Types.VARCHAR, "java.lang.String", Oid.VARCHARC_ARRAY},
       {"text", Oid.TEXT, Types.VARCHAR, "java.lang.String", Oid.TEXT_ARRAY},
       {"name", Oid.NAME, Types.VARCHAR, "java.lang.String", Oid.NAME_ARRAY},
       {"bytea", Oid.BYTEA, Types.BINARY, "[B", Oid.BYTEA_ARRAY},