diff --git a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb
index 746db1a57..29208711b 100644
--- a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/sqlserver_adapter.rb
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ def initialize_type_map(m)
           m.register_type              "nvarchar(max)",     SQLServer::Type::UnicodeVarcharMax.new
           m.register_type              "nvarchar(max)",     SQLServer::Type::UnicodeVarcharMax.new
           m.register_type              "ntext",             SQLServer::Type::UnicodeText.new
+          m.register_type              %r(varchar)i,        SQLServer::Type::String.new
 
           # Binary Strings
           register_class_with_limit m, %r{\Abinary}i,       SQLServer::Type::Binary