diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/QueryBuilder.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/QueryBuilder.php
index e547814ff..bcea7c000 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ class QueryBuilder
      * @var array The query parameters.
      */
     private $_params = array();
+
+    /**
+     * @var array The parameter type map of this query.
+     */
+    private $_paramTypes = array();
     
     /**
      * @var integer The index of the first result to retrieve.
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ class QueryBuilder
     public function getQuery()
     {
         return $this->_em->createQuery($this->getDQL())
-                ->setParameters($this->_params)
+                ->setParameters($this->_params, $this->_paramTypes)
                 ->setFirstResult($this->_firstResult)
                 ->setMaxResults($this->_maxResults);
     }
@@ -246,10 +251,14 @@ class QueryBuilder
      *
      * @param string|integer $key The parameter position or name.
      * @param mixed $value The parameter value.
+     * @param string|null $type PDO::PARAM_* or \Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type::* constant
      * @return QueryBuilder This QueryBuilder instance.
      */
-    public function setParameter($key, $value)
+    public function setParameter($key, $value, $type = null)
     {
+        if ($type !== null) {
+            $this->_paramTypes[$key] = $type;
+        }
         $this->_params[$key] = $value;
         return $this;
     }
@@ -271,8 +280,9 @@ class QueryBuilder
      * @param array $params The query parameters to set.
      * @return QueryBuilder This QueryBuilder instance.
      */
-    public function setParameters(array $params)
+    public function setParameters(array $params, array $types = array())
     {
+        $this->_paramTypes = $types;
         $this->_params = $params;
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/TypeTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/TypeTest.php
index a4ef84589..d20922894 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/TypeTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/TypeTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Generic\DecimalModel;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Models\Generic\SerializationModel;
 
 use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\AssociationMapping;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/../../TestInit.php';
 
@@ -122,6 +123,41 @@ class TypeTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
         $this->assertEquals('2009-10-02 20:10:52', $dateTimeDb->datetime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'));
     }
 
+    public function testDqlQueryBindDateTimeInstance()
+    {
+        $date = new \DateTime('2009-10-02 20:10:52', new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin'));
+
+        $dateTime = new DateTimeModel();
+        $dateTime->datetime = $date;
+
+        $this->_em->persist($dateTime);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        $dateTimeDb = $this->_em->createQuery('SELECT d FROM Doctrine\Tests\Models\Generic\DateTimeModel d WHERE d.datetime = ?1')
+                                ->setParameter(1, $date, Type::DATETIME)
+                                ->getSingleResult();
+    }
+
+    public function testDqlQueryBuilderBindDateTimeInstance()
+    {
+        $date = new \DateTime('2009-10-02 20:10:52', new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin'));
+
+        $dateTime = new DateTimeModel();
+        $dateTime->datetime = $date;
+
+        $this->_em->persist($dateTime);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->_em->clear();
+
+        $dateTimeDb = $this->_em->createQueryBuilder()
+                                 ->select('d')
+                                 ->from('Doctrine\Tests\Models\Generic\DateTimeModel', 'd')
+                                 ->where('d.datetime = ?1')
+                                 ->setParameter(1, $date, Type::DATETIME)
+                                 ->getQuery()->getSingleResult();
+    }
+
     public function testTime()
     {
         $dateTime = new DateTimeModel();