diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e9fd46d3d5f..094f4604f58 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   characters). (Jani)
 - Fixed bug #41997 (pdo_mysql: stored procedure call returning single rowset
   blocks future queries). (Johannes)
+- Fixed bug #41996 (Problem accessing Oracle ROWID). (Martin Jansen)
 - Fixed bug #41599 (setTime() fails after modify() is used). (Derick)
 - Fixed bug #41522 (PDO firebird driver returns null if it fails to connect).
   (Lars W)
diff --git a/ext/pdo_oci/oci_statement.c b/ext/pdo_oci/oci_statement.c
index 1d2c0586157..71913989d43 100755
--- a/ext/pdo_oci/oci_statement.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_oci/oci_statement.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ static int oci_stmt_describe(pdo_stmt_t *stmt, int colno TSRMLS_DC) /* {{{ */
 
 		case SQLT_BIN:
 		default:
-			if (dtype == SQLT_DAT || dtype == SQLT_NUM
+			if (dtype == SQLT_DAT || dtype == SQLT_NUM || dtype == SQLT_RDD
 #ifdef SQLT_TIMESTAMP
 					|| dtype == SQLT_TIMESTAMP
 #endif
diff --git a/ext/pdo_oci/tests/bug41996.phpt b/ext/pdo_oci/tests/bug41996.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ac8e35fe604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pdo_oci/tests/bug41996.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--TEST--
+PDO OCI Bug #41996 (Problem accessing Oracle ROWID)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+/* $Id$ */
+if (!extension_loaded('pdo') || !extension_loaded('pdo_oci')) die('skip not loaded');
+require dirname(__FILE__).'/../../pdo/tests/pdo_test.inc';
+PDOTest::skip();
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require 'ext/pdo/tests/pdo_test.inc';
+$db = PDOTest::test_factory('ext/pdo_oci/tests/common.phpt');
+
+$stmt = $db->prepare('SELECT rowid FROM dual');
+$stmt->execute();
+$row = $stmt->fetch();
+var_dump(strlen($row[0]) > 0);
+--EXPECTF--
+bool(true)