diff --git a/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php b/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php
index 2d75be9ba..b962a13df 100644
--- a/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php
+++ b/cake/console/libs/tasks/model.php
@@ -870,6 +870,7 @@ class ModelTask extends Shell {
 								case 'integer':
 									$insert = 1;
 								break;
+								case 'binary':
 								case 'string';
 									$insert = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet";
 									if (!empty($value['length'])) {
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php
index b273b69cc..a2e7f5c54 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/console/libs/tasks/model.test.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Mock::generatePartial(
  * @subpackage    cake.tests.cases.console.libs.tasks
  */
 class ModelTaskTest extends CakeTestCase {
-	var $fixtures = array('core.datatype');
+	var $fixtures = array('core.datatype', 'core.binary_test');
 /**
  * setUp method
  *
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ class ModelTaskTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Task->setReturnValue('createFile', true);
 		$result = $this->Task->fixture('Datatype');
 		$this->assertPattern('/float_field\' => 1/', $result);
-		
+
+		$result = $this->Task->fixture('BinaryTest');
+		$this->assertPattern("/'data' => 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet'/", $result);
 	}
 }
 ?>
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