diff --git a/sql/table.sql b/sql/table.sql
index d48f37eeb88e7647c4b0a90b2e22ebb7e88fa834..37937722f074e476c2914359322f06af52c04211 100755
--- a/sql/table.sql
+++ b/sql/table.sql
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ CREATE TABLE meta (
   meta_id                     INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   species_id                  INT UNSIGNED DEFAULT 1,
   meta_key                    VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
-  meta_value                  VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
+  meta_value                  VARCHAR(255) BINARY NOT NULL,
 
   PRIMARY   KEY (meta_id),
   UNIQUE    KEY species_key_value_idx (species_id, meta_key, meta_value),
@@ -895,6 +895,7 @@ INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patc
 INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_50_51_f.sql|meta_species_id_values');
 INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_50_51_g.sql|protein_feature_score');
 INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_50_51_h.sql|external_db_db_name');
+INSERT INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (NULL, 'patch', 'patch_50_51_i.sql|meta_value_binary');
 
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