diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 391e5ed..2fa757c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ When passing arguments to queries, the driver supports the following Go data typ
 * integers
 * `bool`
 * `string`
+* `[]byte`
 * slices
 * `trino.Numeric` - a string representation of a number
 * `time.Time` - passed to Trino as a timestamp with a time zone
diff --git a/trino/serial.go b/trino/serial.go
index 0bf7837..4c12230 100644
--- a/trino/serial.go
+++ b/trino/serial.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package trino
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
@@ -147,9 +148,8 @@ func Serial(v interface{}) (string, error) {
 	case string:
 		return "'" + strings.Replace(x, "'", "''", -1) + "'", nil
 
-		// TODO - []byte should probably be matched to 'VARBINARY' in trino
 	case []byte:
-		return "", UnsupportedArgError{"[]byte"}
+		return "X'" + strings.ToUpper(hex.EncodeToString(x)) + "'", nil
 
 	case trinoDate:
 		return fmt.Sprintf("DATE '%04d-%02d-%02d'", x.year, x.month, x.day), nil
diff --git a/trino/serial_test.go b/trino/serial_test.go
index 62ef0fd..7471db2 100644
--- a/trino/serial_test.go
+++ b/trino/serial_test.go
@@ -120,6 +120,16 @@ func TestSerial(t *testing.T) {
 			value:          false,
 			expectedSerial: "false",
 		},
+		{
+			name:           "bytes",
+			value:          []byte{1, 255},
+			expectedSerial: "X'01FF'",
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "empty bytes",
+			value:          []byte{},
+			expectedSerial: "X''",
+		},
 		{
 			name:           "date",
 			value:          Date(2017, 7, 10),