diff --git a/plugins/persist-sqlite/Makefile b/plugins/persist-sqlite/Makefile
index 41ad7958..8823c5ed 100644
--- a/plugins/persist-sqlite/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/persist-sqlite/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ all : ${ALL_DEPS}
 binary : ${PLUGIN_NAME}.so
 
 ${PLUGIN_NAME}.so : ${OBJS}
-	${CROSS_COMPILE}${CC} $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) -fPIC -shared $^ -o $@ -lsqlite3
+	${CROSS_COMPILE}${CC} $(PLUGIN_LDFLAGS) -fPIC -shared $^ -o $@ -lsqlite3 -lcjson
 
 clients.o : clients.c persist_sqlite.h
 	${CROSS_COMPILE}${CC} $(LOCAL_CPPFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_CPPFLAGS) $(PLUGIN_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
diff --git a/plugins/persist-sqlite/base_msgs.c b/plugins/persist-sqlite/base_msgs.c
index 5de333dc..bf4abdce 100644
--- a/plugins/persist-sqlite/base_msgs.c
+++ b/plugins/persist-sqlite/base_msgs.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ static char *properties_to_json(const mosquitto_property *properties)
 	uint8_t i8;
 	uint16_t i16;
 	uint32_t i32;
+	void *binval;
+	uint16_t len;
 	int propid;
 
 	if(!properties) return NULL;
@@ -130,6 +132,24 @@ static char *properties_to_json(const mosquitto_property *properties)
 			case MQTT_PROP_CORRELATION_DATA:
 			case MQTT_PROP_AUTHENTICATION_DATA:
 				/* bin */
+				mosquitto_property_read_binary(properties, propid, &binval, &len, false);
+				char *hexval = malloc(2*(size_t)len + 1);
+				if(!hexval){
+					free(binval);
+					cJSON_Delete(array);
+					return NULL;
+				}
+				for(int i=0; i<len; i++){
+					sprintf(&hexval[i*2], "%02X", ((uint8_t *)binval)[i]);
+				}
+				hexval[2*len] = '\0';
+
+				if(cJSON_AddStringToObject(obj, "value", hexval) == NULL){
+					free(hexval);
+					cJSON_Delete(array);
+					return NULL;
+				}
+				free(hexval);
 				break;
 
 			case MQTT_PROP_USER_PROPERTY:
diff --git a/plugins/persist-sqlite/restore.c b/plugins/persist-sqlite/restore.c
index 4872e69e..488e10e9 100644
--- a/plugins/persist-sqlite/restore.c
+++ b/plugins/persist-sqlite/restore.c
@@ -26,11 +26,41 @@ Contributors:
 #include "mqtt_protocol.h"
 #include "persist_sqlite.h"
 
+static uint8_t hex2nibble(char c)
+{
+	switch(c){
+		case '0': return 0;
+		case '1': return 1;
+		case '2': return 2;
+		case '3': return 3;
+		case '4': return 4;
+		case '5': return 5;
+		case '6': return 6;
+		case '7': return 7;
+		case '8': return 8;
+		case '9': return 9;
+		case 'A': return 10;
+		case 'a': return 10;
+		case 'B': return 11;
+		case 'b': return 11;
+		case 'C': return 12;
+		case 'c': return 12;
+		case 'D': return 13;
+		case 'd': return 13;
+		case 'E': return 14;
+		case 'e': return 14;
+		case 'F': return 15;
+		case 'f': return 15;
+		default: return 0;
+	}
+}
+
 static mosquitto_property *json_to_properties(const char *json)
 {
 	mosquitto_property *properties = NULL;
 	cJSON *array, *obj, *j_id, *j_value, *j_name;
 	int propid, proptype;
+	size_t slen;
 
 	if(!json) return NULL;
 
@@ -70,6 +100,13 @@ static mosquitto_property *json_to_properties(const char *json)
 				mosquitto_property_add_varint(&properties, propid, (uint32_t)j_value->valueint);
 				break;
 			case MQTT_PROP_TYPE_BINARY:
+				if(!cJSON_IsString(j_value)) continue;
+				slen = strlen(j_value->valuestring);
+				if(slen/2 > UINT16_MAX) continue;
+				for(size_t i=0; i<slen; i+=2){
+					((uint8_t *)j_value->valuestring)[i/2] = (uint8_t)(hex2nibble(j_value->valuestring[i])<<4) + hex2nibble(j_value->valuestring[i+1]);
+				}
+				mosquitto_property_add_binary(&properties, propid, (uint8_t *)j_value->valuestring, (uint16_t)(slen/2));
 				break;
 			case MQTT_PROP_TYPE_STRING:
 				if(!cJSON_IsString(j_value)) continue;