diff --git a/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java b/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java
index 061b96067..9cb64e99c 100644
--- a/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java
+++ b/cbor/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/dataformat/cbor/CBORParser.java
@@ -1716,8 +1716,10 @@ public byte[] getBinaryValue(Base64Variant b64variant) throws JacksonException
         if (_tokenIncomplete) {
             _finishToken();
         }
+        if (_currToken == JsonToken.VALUE_STRING) {
+            return b64variant.decode(_textBuffer.contentsAsString());
+        }
         if (_currToken != JsonToken.VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT ) {
-            // TODO, maybe: support base64 for text?
             _reportError("Current token ("+currentToken()+") not VALUE_EMBEDDED_OBJECT, can not access as binary");
         }
         return _binaryValue;