diff --git a/pgsql/pc_inout.c b/pgsql/pc_inout.c
index 9eafc480..0b41b656 100644
--- a/pgsql/pc_inout.c
+++ b/pgsql/pc_inout.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 /* In/out functions */
 Datum pcpoint_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
+Datum pcpoint_in_bytea(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 Datum pcpoint_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 Datum pcpatch_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
 Datum pcpatch_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS);
@@ -88,6 +89,33 @@ Datum pcpoint_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	else PG_RETURN_NULL();
 }
 
+
+PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(pcpoint_in_bytea);
+Datum pcpoint_in_bytea(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
+{
+	bytea *bytes = PG_GETARG_BYTEA_P(0);
+	size_t wkblen = VARSIZE(bytes) - VARHDRSZ;
+	uint8 *wkb = VARDATA(bytes);
+
+	SERIALIZED_POINT *serpt = NULL;
+
+	/* non-Hex-encoded binary */
+
+	PCPOINT *pt;
+	PCSCHEMA *schema;
+	uint32 pcid;
+	pcid = pc_wkb_get_pcid(wkb);
+	schema = pc_schema_from_pcid(pcid, fcinfo);
+	pt = pc_point_from_wkb(schema, wkb, wkblen);
+
+	pcid_consistent(pt->schema->pcid, pcid);
+	serpt = pc_point_serialize(pt);
+	pc_point_free(pt);
+
+	if ( serpt ) PG_RETURN_POINTER(serpt);
+	else PG_RETURN_NULL();
+}
+
 PG_FUNCTION_INFO_V1(pcpoint_out);
 Datum pcpoint_out(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 {
diff --git a/pgsql/pointcloud.sql.in b/pgsql/pointcloud.sql.in
index d0a1d788..3c91f5b5 100644
--- a/pgsql/pointcloud.sql.in
+++ b/pgsql/pointcloud.sql.in
@@ -186,6 +186,10 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pcpoint_in(cstring)
 	RETURNS pcpoint AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pcpoint_in'
 	LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT;
 
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pcpoint_in(bytea)
+	RETURNS pcpoint AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pcpoint_in_bytea'
+	LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT;
+
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION pcpoint_out(pcpoint)
 	RETURNS cstring AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pcpoint_out'
 	LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT;
@@ -225,6 +229,9 @@ CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION PC_AsBinary(p pcpoint)
 	RETURNS bytea AS 'MODULE_PATHNAME', 'pcpoint_as_bytea'
 	LANGUAGE 'c' IMMUTABLE STRICT;
 
+CREATE CAST (bytea as pcpoint) WITH FUNCTION pcpoint_in(bytea) AS ASSIGNMENT;
+
+
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 --  PCPATCH
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