diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php
index 110b277d5..c94da8b90 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/Database/Sqlserver.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Sqlserver extends DboSource {
 		'timestamp' => array('name' => 'timestamp', 'format' => 'Y-m-d H:i:s', 'formatter' => 'date'),
 		'time'		=> array('name' => 'datetime', 'format' => 'H:i:s', 'formatter' => 'date'),
 		'date'		=> array('name' => 'datetime', 'format' => 'Y-m-d', 'formatter' => 'date'),
-		'binary'	=> array('name' => 'image'),
+		'binary'	=> array('name' => 'varbinary'),
 		'boolean'	=> array('name' => 'bit')
 	);
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Fixture/BinaryTestFixture.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Fixture/BinaryTestFixture.php
index 074a782db..42ef476bc 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Fixture/BinaryTestFixture.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Fixture/BinaryTestFixture.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class BinaryTestFixture extends CakeTestFixture {
  */
 	public $fields = array(
 		'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'key' => 'primary'),
-		'data' => 'binary'
+		'data' => array('type' => 'binary', 'length' => 100)
 	);
 
 /**