diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for persistent-sqlite
 
+## 2.10.1
+
+* Add support for reading text values with null characters from the database. Fixes [#921](https://github.com/yesodweb/persistent/issues/921)
+
 ## 2.10.0
 
 * Updated for `persistent-2.10.0` compatibility.
diff --git a/Database/Sqlite.hs b/Database/Sqlite.hs
--- a/Database/Sqlite.hs
+++ b/Database/Sqlite.hs
@@ -521,7 +521,8 @@
 columnText :: Statement -> Int -> IO Text
 columnText (Statement statement) columnIndex = do
   text <- columnTextC statement columnIndex
-  byteString <- BS.packCString text
+  len <- columnBytesC statement columnIndex
+  byteString <- BS.packCStringLen (text, len)
   return $ decodeUtf8With lenientDecode byteString
 
 foreign import ccall "sqlite3_column_count"
diff --git a/persistent-sqlite.cabal b/persistent-sqlite.cabal
--- a/persistent-sqlite.cabal
+++ b/persistent-sqlite.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            persistent-sqlite
-version:         2.10.0
+version:         2.10.1
 license:         MIT
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 library
     build-depends:   base                    >= 4.9         && < 5
-                   , persistent              >= 2.9         && < 3
+                   , persistent              >= 2.10        && < 3
                    , aeson                   >= 1.0
                    , bytestring              >= 0.10
                    , conduit                 >= 1.2.12