diff --git a/lib/Database/PostgreSQL/Opium/FromField.hs b/lib/Database/PostgreSQL/Opium/FromField.hs
index d87270e..05626ea 100644
--- a/lib/Database/PostgreSQL/Opium/FromField.hs
+++ b/lib/Database/PostgreSQL/Opium/FromField.hs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ instance FromField ByteString where
 -- | See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-character.html.
 -- Accepts @text@, @character@ and @character varying@.
 instance FromField Text where
-  validOid Proxy = eq Oid.text \/ eq Oid.character \/ eq Oid.characterVarying
+  validOid Proxy = eq Oid.name \/ eq Oid.text \/ eq Oid.character \/ eq Oid.characterVarying
   parseField = Encoding.decodeUtf8 <$> AP.takeByteString
 
 -- Accepts @text@, @character@ and @character varying@.
diff --git a/lib/Database/PostgreSQL/Opium/Oid.hs b/lib/Database/PostgreSQL/Opium/Oid.hs
index c5cc748..a901d02 100644
--- a/lib/Database/PostgreSQL/Opium/Oid.hs
+++ b/lib/Database/PostgreSQL/Opium/Oid.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ bytea = Oid 17
 
 -- string types
 
+name :: Oid
+name = Oid 19
+
 text :: Oid
 text = Oid 25