diff --git a/datasette/views/table.py b/datasette/views/table.py
index 79af60c0..7f130159 100644
--- a/datasette/views/table.py
+++ b/datasette/views/table.py
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ class RowTableShared(BaseView):
                 if plugin_display_value is not None:
                     display_value = plugin_display_value
                 elif isinstance(value, bytes):
-                    display_value = jinja2.Markup("<{}&nbsp;bytes>".format(len(value)))
+                    display_value = jinja2.Markup("&lt;Binary&nbsp;data:&nbsp;{}&nbsp;byte{}&gt;".format(
+                        len(value), "" if len(value) == 1 else "s")
+                    )
                 elif isinstance(value, dict):
                     # It's an expanded foreign key - display link to other row
                     label = value["label"]
diff --git a/tests/fixtures.py b/tests/fixtures.py
index cb6f7a39..62758cb9 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures.py
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ def make_app_client(
         filepath = os.path.join(tmpdir, filename)
         conn = sqlite3.connect(filepath)
         conn.executescript(TABLES)
+        for sql, params in TABLE_PARAMETERIZED_SQL:
+            with conn:
+                conn.execute(sql, params)
         os.chdir(os.path.dirname(filepath))
         plugins_dir = os.path.join(tmpdir, "plugins")
         os.mkdir(plugins_dir)
@@ -550,6 +553,10 @@ VALUES
     (2, 0, 'MC', 4, 'Arcadia Planitia', '[]')
 ;
 
+CREATE TABLE binary_data (
+    data BLOB
+);
+
 INSERT INTO simple_primary_key VALUES (1, 'hello');
 INSERT INTO simple_primary_key VALUES (2, 'world');
 INSERT INTO simple_primary_key VALUES (3, '');
@@ -589,6 +596,9 @@ CREATE VIEW searchable_view_configured_by_metadata AS
         **row
     ).replace('None', 'null') for row in generate_sortable_rows(201)
 ])
+TABLE_PARAMETERIZED_SQL = [(
+    "insert into binary_data (data) values (?);", [b'this is binary data']
+)]
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Can be called with data.db OR data.db metadata.json
@@ -600,6 +610,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     if db_filename.endswith(".db"):
         conn = sqlite3.connect(db_filename)
         conn.executescript(TABLES)
+        for sql, params in TABLE_PARAMETERIZED_SQL:
+            with conn:
+                conn.execute(sql, params)
         print("Test tables written to {}".format(db_filename))
         if metadata_filename:
             open(metadata_filename, 'w').write(json.dumps(METADATA))
diff --git a/tests/test_api.py b/tests/test_api.py
index c1687c01..e981e346 100644
--- a/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_api.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def test_homepage(app_client):
     assert response.json.keys() == {"fixtures": 0}.keys()
     d = response.json["fixtures"]
     assert d["name"] == "fixtures"
-    assert d["tables_count"] == 25
+    assert d["tables_count"] == 26
     assert len(d["tables_truncated"]) == 5
     assert d["tables_more"] is True
     # 4 hidden FTS tables + no_primary_key (hidden in metadata)
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ def test_database_page(app_client):
         'foreign_keys': {'incoming': [], 'outgoing': []},
         'fts_table': None,
         'primary_keys': ['pk'],
+    }, {
+        'columns': ['data'],
+        'count': 1,
+        'foreign_keys': {'incoming': [], 'outgoing': []},
+        'fts_table': None,
+        'hidden': False,
+        'name': 'binary_data',
+        'primary_keys': []
     }, {
         'columns': ['pk', 'f1', 'f2', 'f3'],
         'name': 'complex_foreign_keys',
diff --git a/tests/test_html.py b/tests/test_html.py
index a32734f3..402246c7 100644
--- a/tests/test_html.py
+++ b/tests/test_html.py
@@ -883,3 +883,19 @@ def test_extra_where_clauses(app_client):
         "/fixtures/facetable?_where=city_id%3D1",
         "/fixtures/facetable?_where=neighborhood%3D%27Dogpatch%27"
     ] == hrefs
+
+
+def test_binary_data_display(app_client):
+    response = app_client.get("/fixtures/binary_data")
+    assert response.status == 200
+    table = Soup(response.body, "html.parser").find("table")
+    expected_tds = [
+        [
+            '<td class="col-Link"><a href="/fixtures/binary_data/1">1</a></td>',
+            '<td class="col-rowid">1</td>',
+            '<td class="col-data">&lt;Binary\xa0data:\xa019\xa0bytes&gt;</td>'
+        ]
+    ]
+    assert expected_tds == [
+        [str(td) for td in tr.select("td")] for tr in table.select("tbody tr")
+    ]