diff --git a/lib/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_secure_token_matcher.rb b/lib/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_secure_token_matcher.rb
index ba76d31e5..ad23d244b 100644
--- a/lib/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_secure_token_matcher.rb
+++ b/lib/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_secure_token_matcher.rb
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def has_expected_instance_methods?
         end
 
         def has_expected_db_column?
-          matcher = HaveDbColumnMatcher.new(token_attribute).of_type(:string)
+          matcher = HaveDbColumnMatcher.new(token_attribute).of_type(:string) || HaveDbColumnMatcher.new(token_attribute).of_type(:text)
           matcher.matches?(@subject)
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/unit/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_secure_token_matcher_spec.rb b/spec/unit/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_secure_token_matcher_spec.rb
index 574ee7bea..4b4ba0333 100644
--- a/spec/unit/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_secure_token_matcher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/shoulda/matchers/active_record/have_secure_token_matcher_spec.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@
     expect(valid_model.new).to have_secure_token
   end
 
+  it 'matches when the subject configures has_secure_token with the db using a text datatype' do
+    create_table(:users) do |t|
+      t.string :token
+      t.index :text, unique: true
+    end
+
+    valid_model = define_model_class(:User) { has_secure_token }
+
+    expect(valid_model.new).to have_secure_token
+  end
+
   it 'matches when the subject configures has_secure_token with the db for ' \
       'a custom attribute' do
     create_table(:users) do |t|