diff --git a/catalogue/CMakeLists.txt b/catalogue/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e6cd3b5176bf653d2ef4c647b15a93f389b245d..88bee98f227cf69a737c38b577b76e75dce355ab 100644
--- a/catalogue/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/catalogue/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ add_custom_command (OUTPUT sqlite_catalogue_schema.sql mysql_catalogue_schema.sq
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mysql_catalogue_schema_header.sql 
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/common_catalogue_schema.sql 
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mysql_catalogue_schema_trailer.sql
+    | sed 's/NUMERIC\([^\)]*\)/BIGINT/g'
     | sed 's/CHECKSUM_BLOB_TYPE/VARBINARY\(200\)/g'
     > mysql_catalogue_schema.sql
   COMMAND cat