diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
index aa81c5d1..b9eefb2a 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
     ScalarListException,
     ScalarListType,
     StringEncryptedType,
+    TextEncryptedType,
     TimezoneType,
     TSVectorType,
     URLType,
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
index 33242a6f..2f26c9fe 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 from .email import EmailType  # noqa
 from .encrypted.encrypted_type import (  # noqa
     EncryptedType,
-    StringEncryptedType
+    StringEncryptedType,
+    TextEncryptedType
 )
 from .enriched_datetime.enriched_date_type import EnrichedDateType  # noqa
 from .ip_address import IPAddressType  # noqa
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/encrypted/encrypted_type.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/encrypted/encrypted_type.py
index 173bcabc..a10d0942 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/encrypted/encrypted_type.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/encrypted/encrypted_type.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import warnings
 
-from sqlalchemy.types import LargeBinary, String, TypeDecorator
+from sqlalchemy.types import LargeBinary, String, Text, TypeDecorator
 
 from sqlalchemy_utils.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from sqlalchemy_utils.types.encrypted.padding import PADDING_MECHANISM
@@ -456,6 +456,28 @@ def _coerce(self, value):
         return value
 
 
+class TextEncryptedType(StringEncryptedType):
+    """
+    The 'TextEncryptedType' creates a Text column instead of a String column
+    """
+    impl = Text
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
+        value = super().process_bind_param(value=value, dialect=dialect)
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            value = value.encode()
+        return value
+
+    def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
+        if isinstance(value, bytes):
+            value = value.decode()
+            value = super().process_result_value(value=value, dialect=dialect)
+        return value
+
+
 class EncryptedType(StringEncryptedType):
     """
     The 'EncryptedType' class will change implementation from