diff --git a/presto-redshift/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/plugin/redshift/RedshiftClient.java b/presto-redshift/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/plugin/redshift/RedshiftClient.java
index a12d04307f5eb..2266603937f6c 100644
--- a/presto-redshift/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/plugin/redshift/RedshiftClient.java
+++ b/presto-redshift/src/main/java/com/facebook/presto/plugin/redshift/RedshiftClient.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import com.facebook.presto.plugin.jdbc.DriverConnectionFactory;
 import com.facebook.presto.plugin.jdbc.JdbcConnectorId;
 import com.facebook.presto.plugin.jdbc.JdbcIdentity;
+import com.facebook.presto.plugin.jdbc.JdbcTypeHandle;
+import com.facebook.presto.plugin.jdbc.ReadMapping;
 import com.facebook.presto.spi.ConnectorSession;
 import com.facebook.presto.spi.PrestoException;
 import com.facebook.presto.spi.SchemaTableName;
@@ -28,8 +30,10 @@
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import static com.facebook.presto.plugin.jdbc.JdbcErrorCode.JDBC_ERROR;
+import static com.facebook.presto.plugin.jdbc.StandardReadMappings.varbinaryReadMapping;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
 public class RedshiftClient
@@ -66,4 +70,17 @@ protected void renameTable(JdbcIdentity identity, String catalogName, SchemaTabl
             throw new PrestoException(JDBC_ERROR, e);
         }
     }
+
+    // Maps "binary varying" (Redshift driver >= 2.1.0.32) to VARBINARY.
+    @Override
+    public Optional<ReadMapping> toPrestoType(ConnectorSession session, JdbcTypeHandle typeHandle)
+    {
+        String typeName = typeHandle.getJdbcTypeName();
+
+        if (typeName.equalsIgnoreCase("binary varying")) {
+            return Optional.of(varbinaryReadMapping());
+        }
+
+        return super.toPrestoType(session, typeHandle);
+    }
 }