diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ca9652d7..92345b21 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.08.01.08.22.32
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.08.04.12.52.14
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index e1ecc2f6..0739f582 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -5347,6 +5347,9 @@ class MongoDBAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
             # mongodb doesn't has a  time object and so it must datetime,
             # string or integer
             return datetime.datetime.combine(d, value)
+        elif fieldtype == "blob":
+            from bson import Binary
+            return Binary(value)
         elif (isinstance(fieldtype, basestring) and
               fieldtype.startswith('list:')):
             if fieldtype.startswith('list:reference'):