diff --git a/ctools.install b/ctools.install
index 4a6f55c..8487765 100644
--- a/ctools.install
+++ b/ctools.install
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function ctools_requirements($phase) {
     }
 
     if (!function_exists('error_get_last')) {
-  	  $requirements['ctools_php_52']['title'] = t('CTools PHP requirements');
+      $requirements['ctools_php_52']['title'] = t('CTools PHP requirements');
       $requirements['ctools_php_52']['description'] = t('CTools requires certain features only available in PHP 5.2.0 or higher.');
       $requirements['ctools_php_52']['severity'] = REQUIREMENT_WARNING;
       $requirements['ctools_php_52']['value'] = t('PHP !version', array('!version' => phpversion()));
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ function ctools_schema_2() {
   // update the 'name' field to be 128 bytes long:
   $schema['ctools_object_cache']['fields']['name']['length'] = 128;
 
+  // Update the 'data' field to be type 'blob'.
+  $schema['ctools_object_cache']['fields']['data'] = array(
+    'type' => 'blob',
+    'description' => 'Serialized data being stored.',
+    'serialize' => TRUE,
+  );
+
   // DO NOT MODIFY THIS TABLE -- this definition is used to create the table.
   // Changes to this table must be made in schema_3 or higher.
   $schema['ctools_css_cache'] = array(
@@ -194,4 +201,18 @@ function ctools_update_6007() {
   return $ret;
 }
 
-
+/**
+ * ctools_object_cache needs to be defined as a blob.
+ * See: https://drupal.org/node/1377634
+ */
+function ctools_update_6008() {
+  db_delete('ctools_object_cache')
+    ->execute();
+
+  db_change_field('ctools_object_cache', 'data', 'data', array(
+      'type' => 'blob',
+      'description' => 'Serialized data being stored.',
+      'serialize' => TRUE,
+    )
+  );
+}