diff --git a/src/backend/sql/gnc-backend-sql.c b/src/backend/sql/gnc-backend-sql.c
index a17abd915f..c4baede5b6 100644
--- a/src/backend/sql/gnc-backend-sql.c
+++ b/src/backend/sql/gnc-backend-sql.c
@@ -875,6 +875,8 @@ gnc_sql_get_integer_value( const GValue* value )
 		return g_value_get_int64( value );
 	} else if( G_VALUE_HOLDS_UINT64(value) ) {
 		return (gint64)g_value_get_uint64( value );
+	} else if( G_VALUE_HOLDS_STRING( value ) ) {
+		return g_ascii_strtoll( g_value_get_string( value ), NULL, 10 );
 	} else {
 		PWARN( "Unknown type: %s", G_VALUE_TYPE_NAME( value ) );
 	}