diff --git a/core/src/codegen.rs b/core/src/codegen.rs
index 2ae7672..77d1d0d 100644
--- a/core/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/core/src/codegen.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ pub(crate) fn codegen(expanded: ExpandedConditionalQueryAs) -> proc_macro2::Toke
         let variant = format_ident!("Variant{}", idx);
         let output_type = &expanded.output_type;
         let query_fragments = &arm.query_fragments;
-        let run_time_bindings = arm
-            .run_time_bindings
-            .iter()
-            .map(|(name, type_override)| quote!(#name #type_override));
+        let run_time_bindings =
+            arm.run_time_bindings
+                .iter()
+                .map(|(name, type_override)| match type_override {
+                    Some(ty) => quote!(#name as #ty),
+                    None => quote!(#name),
+                });
 
         match_arms.push(quote! {
             (#(#patterns,)*) => {
@@ -204,4 +207,25 @@ mod tests {
         let expanded = crate::expand::expand(lowered).unwrap();
         let _codegened = codegen(expanded);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn type_override() {
+        let parsed = syn::parse_str::<crate::parse::ParsedConditionalQueryAs>(
+            r#"
+                SomeType,
+                "{some_binding:ty}",
+            "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        let analyzed = crate::analyze::analyze(parsed.clone()).unwrap();
+        let lowered = crate::lower::lower(analyzed);
+        let expanded = crate::expand::expand(lowered).unwrap();
+        let codegened = codegen(expanded);
+
+        let stringified = codegened.to_string();
+        assert!(
+            stringified.contains(" some_binding as ty"),
+            "binding type override was not correctly generated: {stringified}"
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/expand.rs b/core/src/expand.rs
index 8015a88..91da91b 100644
--- a/core/src/expand.rs
+++ b/core/src/expand.rs
@@ -254,15 +254,11 @@ fn expand_run_time_bindings(
             let binding_name = &fragment_str[..end_of_binding];
             let (binding_name, type_override) = if let Some(offset) = binding_name.find(':') {
                 let (binding_name, type_override) = binding_name.split_at(offset);
-                let type_override =
-                    type_override
-                        .parse::<proc_macro2::TokenStream>()
-                        .map_err(|err| {
-                            ExpandError::BindingReferenceTypeOverrideParseError(
-                                err,
-                                fragment.span(),
-                            )
-                        })?;
+                let type_override = type_override[1..]
+                    .parse::<proc_macro2::TokenStream>()
+                    .map_err(|err| {
+                        ExpandError::BindingReferenceTypeOverrideParseError(err, fragment.span())
+                    })?;
                 (binding_name.trim(), Some(type_override))
             } else {
                 (binding_name, None)
@@ -337,7 +333,7 @@ mod tests {
         let parsed = syn::parse_str::<crate::parse::ParsedConditionalQueryAs>(
             r#"
                 SomeType,
-                "some {foo} {bar} {foo} query",
+                "some {foo:ty} {bar} {foo} query",
             "#,
         )
         .unwrap();
@@ -345,6 +341,7 @@ mod tests {
         let lowered = crate::lower::lower(analyzed);
         let expanded = expand(lowered).unwrap();
 
+        // Check that run-time binding references are generated properly.
         assert_eq!(
             expanded.match_arms[0]
                 .query_fragments
@@ -372,5 +369,26 @@ mod tests {
                 ],
             }
         );
+
+        // Check that type overrides are parsed properly.
+        let run_time_bindings: Vec<_> = expanded.match_arms[0]
+            .run_time_bindings
+            .iter()
+            .map(|(ident, ts)| (ident.to_string(), ts.as_ref().map(|ts| ts.to_string())))
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(
+            run_time_bindings,
+            match DATABASE_TYPE {
+                DatabaseType::PostgreSql => vec![
+                    ("foo".to_string(), Some("ty".to_string())),
+                    ("bar".to_string(), None),
+                ],
+                DatabaseType::MySql | DatabaseType::Sqlite => vec![
+                    ("foo".to_string(), Some("ty".to_string())),
+                    ("bar".to_string(), None),
+                    ("foo".to_string(), Some("ty".to_string())),
+                ],
+            }
+        );
     }
 }