diff --git a/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/orm/AvroSchemaGenerator.java b/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/orm/AvroSchemaGenerator.java
index cf0b4d5f..3c8eca58 100644
--- a/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/orm/AvroSchemaGenerator.java
+++ b/src/java/com/cloudera/sqoop/orm/AvroSchemaGenerator.java
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ private Type toAvroType(int sqlType) {
       case Types.CHAR:
       case Types.VARCHAR:
       case Types.LONGVARCHAR:
+      case Types.LONGNVARCHAR:
+      case Types.NVARCHAR:
+      case Types.NCHAR:
         return Type.STRING;
       case Types.DATE:
       case Types.TIME: