diff --git a/relate/src/main/scala/com/lucidchart/relate/ColReader.scala b/relate/src/main/scala/com/lucidchart/relate/ColReader.scala
index f48f755..af4d48d 100644
--- a/relate/src/main/scala/com/lucidchart/relate/ColReader.scala
+++ b/relate/src/main/scala/com/lucidchart/relate/ColReader.scala
@@ -60,12 +60,8 @@ object ColReader {
   implicit val longReader: ColReader[Long] = optReader((col, rs) => rs.getLong(col))
   implicit val shortReader: ColReader[Short] = optReader((col, rs) => rs.getShort(col))
   implicit val stringReader: ColReader[String] = optReader((col, rs) => rs.getString(col))
-  implicit val uuidReader: ColReader[UUID] = byteArrayReader.map { bytes =>
-    require(bytes.length == 16)
-    val bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes)
-    val high = bb.getLong
-    val low = bb.getLong
-    new UUID(high, low)
+  implicit val uuidReader: ColReader[UUID] = ColReader[UUID] { (col, row) =>
+    row.uuidOption(col)
   }
 
   def enumReader[A <: Enumeration](e: A): ColReader[e.Value] = {
diff --git a/relate/src/main/scala/com/lucidchart/relate/SqlRow.scala b/relate/src/main/scala/com/lucidchart/relate/SqlRow.scala
index 0982277..a173e03 100644
--- a/relate/src/main/scala/com/lucidchart/relate/SqlRow.scala
+++ b/relate/src/main/scala/com/lucidchart/relate/SqlRow.scala
@@ -173,13 +173,23 @@ class SqlRow(val resultSet: java.sql.ResultSet) extends ResultSetWrapper {
 
   def uuid(column: String): UUID = uuidOption(column).get
   def uuidOption(column: String): Option[UUID] = {
-    byteArrayOption(column).map { bytes =>
-      require(bytes.length == 16)
+    extractOption(column) {
+      case u: UUID => u
+      case b => {
+        val bytes = b match {
+          case x: Array[Byte] => x
+          case x: Blob => x.getBytes(0, x.length.toInt)
+          case x: Clob => x.getSubString(1, x.length.asInstanceOf[Int]).getBytes
+          case x: String => x.toCharArray.map(_.toByte)
+        }
+
+        require(bytes.length == 16)
 
-      val bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes)
-      val high = bb.getLong
-      val low = bb.getLong
-      new UUID(high, low)
+        val bb = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes)
+        val high = bb.getLong
+        val low = bb.getLong
+        new UUID(high, low)
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/relate/src/test/scala/ColReaderTest.scala b/relate/src/test/scala/ColReaderTest.scala
index f0a10e0..e53a422 100644
--- a/relate/src/test/scala/ColReaderTest.scala
+++ b/relate/src/test/scala/ColReaderTest.scala
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ object RecordA extends Mockito {
     rs.getLong("long") returns 100L
     rs.getShort("short") returns (5: Short)
     rs.getString("str") returns "hello"
-    rs.getBytes("uuid") returns Array[Byte](1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16)
+    rs.getObject("uuid") returns Array[Byte](1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16)
     rs.getInt("thing") returns 1
     SqlRow(rs)
   }
@@ -185,4 +185,22 @@ class ColReaderTest extends Specification with Mockito {
       )
     }
   }
+
+  "uuidReader" should {
+    "parse a byte array" in {
+      val rs = mock[java.sql.ResultSet]
+      val row = SqlRow(rs)
+      rs.getObject("col") returns Array[Byte]('0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f')
+
+      ColReader.uuidReader.read("col", row) mustEqual Some(new UUID(3472611983179986487L, 4051376414998685030L))
+    }
+
+    "parse a uuid" in {
+      val rs = mock[java.sql.ResultSet]
+      val row = SqlRow(rs)
+      rs.getObject("col") returns new UUID(3472611983179986487L, 4051376414998685030L)
+
+      ColReader.uuidReader.read("col", row) mustEqual Some(new UUID(3472611983179986487L, 4051376414998685030L))
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/relate/src/test/scala/SqlResultSpec.scala b/relate/src/test/scala/SqlResultSpec.scala
index 71a7612..6c9a01e 100644
--- a/relate/src/test/scala/SqlResultSpec.scala
+++ b/relate/src/test/scala/SqlResultSpec.scala
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ class SqlResultSpec extends Specification with Mockito {
   }
 
   "uuid" should {
-    "return the correct value" in {
+    "return the correct value when stored as a byte array" in {
       val (rs, row, _) = getMocks
 
       val res = Array[Byte]('0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f')
@@ -882,6 +882,15 @@ class SqlResultSpec extends Specification with Mockito {
       row.uuid("uuid") equals new UUID(3472611983179986487L, 4051376414998685030L)
       row.uuidOption("uuid") must beSome(new UUID(3472611983179986487L, 4051376414998685030L))
     }
+
+    "return the correct value when stored as UUID" in {
+      val (rs, row, _) = getMocks
+
+      val res = new UUID(3472611983179986487L, 4051376414998685030L)
+      rs.getObject("uuid") returns res
+      row.uuid("uuid") equals res
+      row.uuidOption("uuid") must beSome(res)
+    }
   }
 
   "uuidFromString" should {