diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/utils/layermapping.py b/django/contrib/gis/utils/layermapping.py
index 0f3a72213d..bb569912b4 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/utils/layermapping.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/utils/layermapping.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class LayerMapping(object):
         # This is a reminder that XMLField is deprecated
         # and this needs to be removed in 1.4
         models.XMLField : OFTString,
+        models.BigIntegerField : (OFTInteger, OFTReal, OFTString),
         models.SmallIntegerField : (OFTInteger, OFTReal, OFTString),
         models.PositiveSmallIntegerField : (OFTInteger, OFTReal, OFTString),
         }