diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Blueprint.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Blueprint.php
index cd254b71b3f2..c7f55eee23f5 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Blueprint.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Blueprint.php
@@ -1272,11 +1272,13 @@ public function year($column)
      * Create a new binary column on the table.
      *
      * @param  string  $column
+     * @param  int|null  $length
+     * @param  bool  $fixed
      * @return \Illuminate\Database\Schema\ColumnDefinition
      */
-    public function binary($column)
+    public function binary($column, $length = null, $fixed = false)
     {
-        return $this->addColumn('binary', $column);
+        return $this->addColumn('binary', $column, compact('length', 'fixed'));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
index aec73db6eef4..c0cf85e36301 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/MySqlGrammar.php
@@ -999,6 +999,10 @@ protected function typeYear(Fluent $column)
      */
     protected function typeBinary(Fluent $column)
     {
+        if ($column->length) {
+            return $column->fixed ? "binary({$column->length})" : "varbinary({$column->length})";
+        }
+
         return 'blob';
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/SqlServerGrammar.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/SqlServerGrammar.php
index b719f127f3dc..5333df3e6dbf 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/SqlServerGrammar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/SqlServerGrammar.php
@@ -874,6 +874,10 @@ protected function typeYear(Fluent $column)
      */
     protected function typeBinary(Fluent $column)
     {
+        if ($column->length) {
+            return $column->fixed ? "binary({$column->length})" : "varbinary({$column->length})";
+        }
+
         return 'varbinary(max)';
     }