diff --git a/models/Grammars/BaseGrammar.cfc b/models/Grammars/BaseGrammar.cfc
index f449eb0a..4ea5a9e2 100644
--- a/models/Grammars/BaseGrammar.cfc
+++ b/models/Grammars/BaseGrammar.cfc
@@ -735,6 +735,10 @@ component displayname="Grammar" accessors="true" {
     }
 
     function compileCreateColumn( column ) {
+        if ( utils.isExpression( column ) ) {
+            return column.getSql();
+        }
+
         return arrayToList( arrayFilter( [
             wrapColumn( column.getName() ),
             generateType( column ),
diff --git a/models/Schema/Blueprint.cfc b/models/Schema/Blueprint.cfc
index 9b899254..7142e013 100644
--- a/models/Schema/Blueprint.cfc
+++ b/models/Schema/Blueprint.cfc
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ component accessors="true" {
         } );
     }
 
+    function raw( sql ) {
+        variables.columns.append( new qb.models.Query.Expression( sql ) );
+        return this;
+    }
+
     function addColumn() {
         var newColumn = new Column( this );
         var indexMetadata = getMetadata( newColumn );
diff --git a/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+GrammarSpec.cfc b/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+GrammarSpec.cfc
index 5d96677c..05301810 100644
--- a/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+GrammarSpec.cfc
+++ b/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+GrammarSpec.cfc
@@ -362,8 +362,15 @@ component extends="testbox.system.BaseSpec" {
                         expect( statements[ 1 ] ).toBeWithCase( "CREATE TABLE ""tags"" (""taggable_id"" INTEGER(10) UNSIGNED, ""taggable_type"" VARCHAR(255), INDEX ""taggable_index"" (""taggable_id"",""taggable_type""))" );
                     } );
 
-                    xit( "raw", function() {
-                        fail( "test not implemented yet" );
+                    it( "raw", function() {
+                        var schema = getBuilder();
+                        var blueprint = schema.create( "users", function( table ) {
+                            table.raw( "id BLOB NOT NULL" );
+                        }, {}, false );
+                        var statements = blueprint.toSql();
+                        expect( statements ).toBeArray();
+                        expect( statements ).toHaveLength( 1 );
+                        expect( statements[ 1 ] ).toBeWithCase( "CREATE TABLE ""users"" (id BLOB NOT NULL)" );
                     } );
 
                     it( "smallIncrements", function() {
@@ -715,8 +722,10 @@ component extends="testbox.system.BaseSpec" {
     }
 
     private function getBuilder() {
+        var utils = getMockBox().createMock( "qb.models.Query.QueryUtils" );
         var grammar = getMockBox()
-            .createMock( "qb.models.Grammars.BaseGrammar" );
+            .createMock( "qb.models.Grammars.BaseGrammar" )
+            .init( utils );
         var builder = getMockBox().createMock( "qb.models.Schema.SchemaBuilder" )
             .init( grammar );
         return builder;
diff --git a/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+MySQLGrammarSpec.cfc b/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+MySQLGrammarSpec.cfc
index e69cc6c1..adeb9f96 100644
--- a/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+MySQLGrammarSpec.cfc
+++ b/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+MySQLGrammarSpec.cfc
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ component extends="testbox.system.BaseSpec" {
     }
 
     private function getBuilder() {
+        var utils = getMockBox().createMock( "qb.models.Query.QueryUtils" );
         var grammar = getMockBox()
-            .createMock( "qb.models.Grammars.MySQLGrammar" );
+            .createMock( "qb.models.Grammars.MySQLGrammar" )
+            .init( utils );
         var builder = getMockBox().createMock( "qb.models.Schema.SchemaBuilder" )
             .init( grammar );
         return builder;
diff --git a/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+OracleGrammarSpec.cfc b/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+OracleGrammarSpec.cfc
index 25410a7e..5b674c4a 100644
--- a/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+OracleGrammarSpec.cfc
+++ b/tests/specs/Schema/SchemaBuilder+OracleGrammarSpec.cfc
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ component extends="testbox.system.BaseSpec" {
     }
 
     private function getBuilder() {
+        var utils = getMockBox().createMock( "qb.models.Query.QueryUtils" );
         var grammar = getMockBox()
-            .createMock( "qb.models.Grammars.OracleGrammar" );
+            .createMock( "qb.models.Grammars.OracleGrammar" )
+            .init( utils );
         var builder = getMockBox().createMock( "qb.models.Schema.SchemaBuilder" )
             .init( grammar );
         return builder;