diff --git a/integration_tests/mysql/main.go b/integration_tests/mysql/main.go
index 406f3d44..d561161e 100644
--- a/integration_tests/mysql/main.go
+++ b/integration_tests/mysql/main.go
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ CREATE TABLE %s (
 	c_json JSON,
 	c_point POINT,
 	c_geom GEOMETRY NOT NULL,
-    c_linestring LINESTRING NOT NULL
+	c_linestring LINESTRING NOT NULL,
+	c_polygon POLYGON NOT NULL
 )
 `
 
@@ -180,7 +181,9 @@ INSERT INTO %s VALUES (
 	-- c_geom
 		ST_GeomFromText('POINT(1 1)'),
 	-- c_linestring
-		ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1, 2 2)')
+		ST_GeomFromText('LINESTRING(0 0, 1 1, 2 2)'),
+	-- c_polygon
+		ST_GeomFromText('POLYGON((0 0, 1 1, 1 0, 0 0))')
 )
 `
 
@@ -468,6 +471,14 @@ const expectedPayloadTemplate = `{
 						"field": "c_linestring",
 						"name": "io.debezium.data.geometry.Geometry",
 						"parameters": null
+					},
+					{
+						"type": "struct",
+						"optional": false,
+						"default": null,
+						"field": "c_polygon",
+						"name": "io.debezium.data.geometry.Geometry",
+						"parameters": null
 					}
 				],
 				"optional": false,
@@ -509,6 +520,10 @@ const expectedPayloadTemplate = `{
 				"x": 12.34,
 				"y": 56.78
 			},
+			"c_polygon": {
+				"srid": 0,
+				"wkb": "AQMAAAABAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADwPwAAAAAAAPA/AAAAAAAA8D8AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="
+			},
 			"c_set": "one,two",
 			"c_smallint": 2,
 			"c_smallint_unsigned": 3,
diff --git a/lib/mysql/schema/schema.go b/lib/mysql/schema/schema.go
index 4746144e..1f408d7e 100644
--- a/lib/mysql/schema/schema.go
+++ b/lib/mysql/schema/schema.go
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ func parseColumnDataType(originalS string) (DataType, *Opts, error) {
 		return Point, nil, nil
 	case
 		"geometry",
-		"linestring":
+		"linestring",
+		"polygon":
 		return Geometry, nil, nil
 	default:
 		return -1, nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown data type: %q", originalS)