diff --git a/lib/discovery.js b/lib/discovery.js
index 46429b0..804314e 100644
--- a/lib/discovery.js
+++ b/lib/discovery.js
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ function mixinDiscovery(MySQL) {
       sql = paginateSQL('SELECT table_schema AS "owner",' +
           ' table_name AS "tableName", column_name AS "columnName",' +
           ' data_type AS "dataType",' +
+          ' character_maximum_length AS "length",' +
           ' character_octet_length AS "dataLength",' +
           ' numeric_precision AS "dataPrecision",' +
           ' numeric_scale AS "dataScale",' +
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ function mixinDiscovery(MySQL) {
       sql = paginateSQL('SELECT table_schema AS "owner",' +
           ' table_name AS "tableName", column_name AS "columnName",' +
           ' data_type AS "dataType",' +
+          ' character_maximum_length AS "length",' +
           ' character_octet_length AS "dataLength",' +
           ' numeric_precision AS "dataPrecision",' +
           ' numeric_scale AS "dataScale",' +