diff --git a/examples/node-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts b/examples/node-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts
index 1673007..c79988f 100644
--- a/examples/node-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts
+++ b/examples/node-mysql2/src/db/query_sql.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ SELECT id, name, bio FROM authors
 WHERE id = ? LIMIT 1`;
 
 export interface GetAuthorArgs {
-    id: number;
+    id: string;
 }
 
 export interface GetAuthorRow {
-    id: number;
+    id: string;
     name: string;
     bio: string | null;
 }
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ SELECT id, name, bio FROM authors
 ORDER BY name`;
 
 export interface ListAuthorsRow {
-    id: number;
+    id: string;
     name: string;
     bio: string | null;
 }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ DELETE FROM authors
 WHERE id = ?`;
 
 export interface DeleteAuthorArgs {
-    id: number;
+    id: string;
 }
 
 export async function deleteAuthor(client: Client, args: DeleteAuthorArgs): Promise<void> {
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ export interface TestRow {
     cMediumint: number | null;
     cInt: number | null;
     cInteger: number | null;
-    cBigint: number | null;
-    cSerial: number;
+    cBigint: string | null;
+    cSerial: string;
     cDecimal: string | null;
     cDec: string | null;
     cNumeric: string | null;
diff --git a/examples/node-mysql2/src/main.ts b/examples/node-mysql2/src/main.ts
index fcf7596..d8576e3 100644
--- a/examples/node-mysql2/src/main.ts
+++ b/examples/node-mysql2/src/main.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ async function main() {
     user: url.username,
     password: url.password,
     database: url.pathname.substring(1),
+    supportBigNumbers: true,
+    bigNumberStrings: true,
     ssl: {
       // TODO: FIXME
       rejectUnauthorized: false,
diff --git a/examples/sqlc.dev.yaml b/examples/sqlc.dev.yaml
index d2a69a0..f622ec1 100644
--- a/examples/sqlc.dev.yaml
+++ b/examples/sqlc.dev.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ sql:
     options:
       runtime: node
       driver: mysql2
+      mysql2:
+        big_number_strings: true
+        support_big_numbers: true
 - schema: "authors/mysql/schema.sql"
   queries: "authors/mysql/query.sql"
   engine: "mysql"
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index e1dec6f..e3a077c 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import { argName, colName } from "./drivers/utlis";
 import { Driver as Sqlite3Driver } from "./drivers/better-sqlite3";
 import { Driver as PgDriver } from "./drivers/pg";
 import { Driver as PostgresDriver } from "./drivers/postgres";
-import { Driver as MysqlDriver } from "./drivers/mysql2";
+import { Mysql2Options, Driver as MysqlDriver } from "./drivers/mysql2";
 
 // Read input from stdin
 const input = readInput();
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ writeOutput(result);
 interface Options {
   runtime?: string;
   driver?: string;
+  mysql2?: Mysql2Options
 }
 
 interface Driver {
@@ -78,10 +79,10 @@ interface Driver {
   ) => Node;
 }
 
-function createNodeGenerator(driver?: string): Driver {
-  switch (driver) {
+function createNodeGenerator(options: Options): Driver {
+  switch (options.driver) {
     case "mysql2": {
-      return new MysqlDriver();
+      return new MysqlDriver(options.mysql2);
     }
     case "pg": {
       return new PgDriver();
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ function createNodeGenerator(driver?: string): Driver {
       return new Sqlite3Driver();
     }
   }
-  throw new Error(`unknown driver: ${driver}`);
+  throw new Error(`unknown driver: ${options.driver}`);
 }
 
 function codegen(input: GenerateRequest): GenerateResponse {
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ function codegen(input: GenerateRequest): GenerateResponse {
     options = JSON.parse(text) as Options;
   }
 
-  const driver = createNodeGenerator(options.driver);
+  const driver = createNodeGenerator(options);
 
   // TODO: Verify options, parse them from protobuf honestly
 
@@ -146,17 +147,15 @@ ${query.text}`
         )
       );
 
-      const ctype = driver.columnType;
-
       let argIface = undefined;
       let returnIface = undefined;
       if (query.params.length > 0) {
         argIface = `${query.name}Args`;
-        nodes.push(argsDecl(argIface, ctype, query.params));
+        nodes.push(argsDecl(argIface, driver, query.params));
       }
       if (query.columns.length > 0) {
         returnIface = `${query.name}Row`;
-        nodes.push(rowDecl(returnIface, ctype, query.columns));
+        nodes.push(rowDecl(returnIface, driver, query.columns));
       }
 
       switch (query.cmd) {
@@ -240,7 +239,7 @@ function queryDecl(name: string, sql: string) {
 
 function argsDecl(
   name: string,
-  ctype: (c?: Column) => TypeNode,
+  driver: Driver,
   params: Parameter[]
 ) {
   return factory.createInterfaceDeclaration(
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ function argsDecl(
         undefined,
         factory.createIdentifier(argName(i, param.column)),
         undefined,
-        ctype(param.column)
+        driver.columnType(param.column)
       )
     )
   );
@@ -261,7 +260,7 @@ function argsDecl(
 
 function rowDecl(
   name: string,
-  ctype: (c?: Column) => TypeNode,
+  driver: Driver,
   columns: Column[]
 ) {
   return factory.createInterfaceDeclaration(
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ function rowDecl(
         undefined,
         factory.createIdentifier(colName(i, column)),
         undefined,
-        ctype(column)
+        driver.columnType(column)
       )
     )
   );
diff --git a/src/drivers/mysql2.ts b/src/drivers/mysql2.ts
index 731db8d..7859ade 100644
--- a/src/drivers/mysql2.ts
+++ b/src/drivers/mysql2.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ import { SyntaxKind, NodeFlags, TypeNode, factory } from "typescript";
 import { Parameter, Column, Query } from "../gen/plugin/codegen_pb";
 import { argName, colName } from "./utlis";
 
+export interface Mysql2Options {
+  support_big_numbers?: boolean;
+  big_number_strings?: boolean;
+}
+
 function funcParamsDecl(iface: string | undefined, params: Parameter[]) {
   let funcParams = [
     factory.createParameterDeclaration(
@@ -40,6 +45,12 @@ function funcParamsDecl(iface: string | undefined, params: Parameter[]) {
 }
 
 export class Driver {
+  private readonly options: Mysql2Options
+
+  constructor(options?: Mysql2Options) {
+    this.options = options ?? {}
+  }
+
   columnType(column?: Column): TypeNode {
     if (column === undefined || column.type === undefined) {
       return factory.createKeywordTypeNode(SyntaxKind.AnyKeyword);
@@ -49,6 +60,18 @@ export class Driver {
     switch (column.type.name) {
       case "bigint": {
         typ = factory.createKeywordTypeNode(SyntaxKind.NumberKeyword);
+
+        if (this.options.support_big_numbers) {
+          if (this.options.big_number_strings) {
+            typ = factory.createKeywordTypeNode(SyntaxKind.StringKeyword)
+          } else {
+            typ = factory.createUnionTypeNode([
+              factory.createKeywordTypeNode(SyntaxKind.NumberKeyword),
+              factory.createKeywordTypeNode(SyntaxKind.StringKeyword)
+            ])
+          }
+        }
+
         break;
       }
       case "binary": {