diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresDialect.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresDialect.scala
index c8d8a3392128e..a1ce25a0464c3 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresDialect.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/PostgresDialect.scala
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ private object PostgresDialect extends JdbcDialect {
     case "int8" | "oid" => Some(LongType)
     case "float4" => Some(FloatType)
     case "money" | "float8" => Some(DoubleType)
-    case "text" | "varchar" | "char" | "cidr" | "inet" | "json" | "jsonb" | "uuid" =>
+    case "text" | "varchar" | "char" | "bpchar" | "cidr" | "inet" | "json" | "jsonb" | "uuid" =>
       Some(StringType)
     case "bytea" => Some(BinaryType)
     case "timestamp" | "timestamptz" | "time" | "timetz" => Some(TimestampType)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
index 0e3dd4447c3fb..b95d8b26cc7b6 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
@@ -851,6 +851,8 @@ class JDBCSuite extends QueryTest
     assert(Postgres.getCatalystType(java.sql.Types.OTHER, "jsonb", 1, null) === Some(StringType))
     assert(Postgres.getCatalystType(java.sql.Types.ARRAY, "_numeric", 0, md) ==
       Some(ArrayType(DecimalType.SYSTEM_DEFAULT)))
+    assert(Postgres.getCatalystType(java.sql.Types.ARRAY, "_bpchar", 64, md) ==
+      Some(ArrayType(StringType)))
     assert(Postgres.getJDBCType(FloatType).map(_.databaseTypeDefinition).get == "FLOAT4")
     assert(Postgres.getJDBCType(DoubleType).map(_.databaseTypeDefinition).get == "FLOAT8")
     assert(Postgres.getJDBCType(ByteType).map(_.databaseTypeDefinition).get == "SMALLINT")