diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index be3b6564b000a68e6200961237bd93d9810844a1..595bf4db728278c6d69a0bc6b8fb65a9f2087335 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ## Rails 4.0.0 (unreleased) ##
 
+*   Do not log the binding values for binary columns.
+
+    *Matthew M. Boedicker*
+
 *   Fix counter cache columns not updated when replacing `has_many :through`
     associations.
 
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/log_subscriber.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/log_subscriber.rb
index ca799500499493367d9f04e2f28d98ca17f6bb47..11ec2eaf796f8889aae4a6fad77160f652555c9f 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/log_subscriber.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/log_subscriber.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ def initialize
       @odd_or_even = false
     end
 
+    def render_bind(column, value)
+      if column.type == :binary
+        rendered_value = "<#{value.bytesize} bytes of binary data>"
+      else
+        rendered_value = value
+      end
+
+      [column.name, rendered_value]
+    end
+
     def sql(event)
       self.class.runtime += event.duration
       return unless logger.debug?
@@ -34,7 +44,7 @@ def sql(event)
 
       unless (payload[:binds] || []).empty?
         binds = "  " + payload[:binds].map { |col,v|
-          [col.name, v]
+          render_bind(col, v)
         }.inspect
       end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/log_subscriber_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/log_subscriber_test.rb
index 70d00aecf97d61d5132019ca64c1eb6d3d81fa04..8f42c8ef7bb0d91e07d36ce48a6fe5b5c1240785 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/log_subscriber_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/log_subscriber_test.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require "cases/helper"
+require "models/binary"
 require "models/developer"
 require "models/post"
 require "active_support/log_subscriber/test_helper"
@@ -100,4 +101,11 @@ def test_cached_queries_doesnt_log_when_level_is_not_debug
   def test_initializes_runtime
     Thread.new { assert_equal 0, ActiveRecord::LogSubscriber.runtime }.join
   end
+
+  def test_binary_data_is_not_logged
+    Binary.create(:data => 'some binary data')
+    wait
+    assert_equal 3, @logger.logged(:debug).size
+    assert_match(/<16 bytes of binary data>/, @logger.logged(:debug)[-2])
+  end
 end