diff --git a/file_entity.module b/file_entity.module
index 8989699..8d58875 100644
--- a/file_entity.module
+++ b/file_entity.module
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ function file_entity_entity_info_alter(&$entity_info) {
   $entity_info['file']['fieldable'] = TRUE;
   $entity_info['file']['entity keys']['bundle'] = 'type';
   $entity_info['file']['bundle keys']['bundle'] = 'type';
+  $entity_info['file']['schema_fields_sql']['base table'] += array('type');
   $entity_info['file']['bundles'] = array();
   $entity_info['file']['uri callback'] = 'file_entity_uri';
   $entity_info['file']['view modes'] += array(