diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/types/dataTypes.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/types/dataTypes.scala
index c7d73d3990c3abdb1ce864a69b7633b880f77a06..ac043d4dd8eb9dea0b440db9b6c7061455afc1b4 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/types/dataTypes.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/types/dataTypes.scala
@@ -157,8 +157,18 @@ case object StringType extends NativeType with PrimitiveType {
   def simpleString: String = "string"
 }
 
-case object BinaryType extends DataType with PrimitiveType {
+case object BinaryType extends NativeType with PrimitiveType {
   private[sql] type JvmType = Array[Byte]
+  @transient private[sql] lazy val tag = ScalaReflectionLock.synchronized { typeTag[JvmType] }
+  private[sql] val ordering = new Ordering[JvmType] {
+    def compare(x: Array[Byte], y: Array[Byte]): Int = {
+      for (i <- 0 until x.length; if i < y.length) {
+        val res = x(i).compareTo(y(i))
+        if (res != 0) return res
+      }
+      return x.length - y.length
+    }
+  }
   def simpleString: String = "binary"
 }
 
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
index 08376eb5e5c4e664b07fdcd3be69be7e25c322cc..fdf3a229a796e24d24f8b8fc23c9eee283aa3e12 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SQLQuerySuite.scala
@@ -190,6 +190,14 @@ class SQLQuerySuite extends QueryTest with BeforeAndAfterAll {
       sql("SELECT * FROM testData2 ORDER BY a DESC, b ASC"),
       Seq((3,1), (3,2), (2,1), (2,2), (1,1), (1,2)))
 
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT b FROM binaryData ORDER BY a ASC"),
+      (1 to 5).map(Row(_)).toSeq)
+
+    checkAnswer(
+      sql("SELECT b FROM binaryData ORDER BY a DESC"),
+      (1 to 5).map(Row(_)).toSeq.reverse)
+
     checkAnswer(
       sql("SELECT * FROM arrayData ORDER BY data[0] ASC"),
       arrayData.collect().sortBy(_.data(0)).toSeq)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala
index eb33a61c6e811ab5006e12675d98e4c5c371ad80..10b7979df737504548eb8438dc0cdded0341e994 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/TestData.scala
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ object TestData {
       TestData2(3, 2) :: Nil)
   testData2.registerTempTable("testData2")
 
+  case class BinaryData(a: Array[Byte], b: Int)
+  val binaryData: SchemaRDD =
+    TestSQLContext.sparkContext.parallelize(
+      BinaryData("12".getBytes(), 1) ::
+      BinaryData("22".getBytes(), 5) ::
+      BinaryData("122".getBytes(), 3) ::
+      BinaryData("121".getBytes(), 2) ::
+      BinaryData("123".getBytes(), 4) :: Nil)
+  binaryData.registerTempTable("binaryData")
+
   // TODO: There is no way to express null primitives as case classes currently...
   val testData3 =
     logical.LocalRelation('a.int, 'b.int).loadData(