diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DB2Dictionary.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DB2Dictionary.java
index 523b9ae543..eaea440e3a 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DB2Dictionary.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/DB2Dictionary.java
@@ -1023,22 +1023,30 @@ public byte[] getBytes(ResultSet rs, int column)
             return (byte[]) rs.getObject(column);
         }
 
-        int type = rs.getMetaData().getColumnType(column);
-        switch (type) {
-            case Types.BLOB:
-                Blob blob = getBlob(rs, column);
-                if (blob == null) {
-                    return null;
-                }
-
-                int length = (int) blob.length();
-                if (length == 0) {
-                    return null;
-                }
-                return blob.getBytes(1, length);
-            case Types.BINARY:
-            default:
+        // At this point we don't have any idea if the DB2 column was defined as
+        //     a blob or if it was defined as CHAR for BIT DATA.
+        // First try as a blob, if that doesn't work, then try as CHAR for BIT DATA
+        // If that doesn't work, then go ahead and throw the first exception
+        try {
+            Blob blob = getBlob(rs, column);
+            if (blob == null) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            
+            int length = (int) blob.length();
+            if (length == 0) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            
+            return blob.getBytes(1, length);
+        }
+        catch (SQLException e) {
+            try {
                 return rs.getBytes(column);
+            }
+            catch (SQLException e2) {
+                throw e;                
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/AbstractCFMetaDataFactory.java b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/AbstractCFMetaDataFactory.java
index 16e3027798..6b06ad7656 100644
--- a/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/AbstractCFMetaDataFactory.java
+++ b/openjpa-kernel/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/meta/AbstractCFMetaDataFactory.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta.MetaDataIterator;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta.MetaDataParser;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta.MetaDataSerializer;
+import org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta.OSGiBundleMetaDataIterator;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta.ResourceMetaDataIterator;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta.URLMetaDataIterator;
 import org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta.ZipFileMetaDataIterator;
@@ -759,6 +760,15 @@ public File run() {
                     } catch (PrivilegedActionException pae) {
                         throw (IOException) pae.getException();
                     }
+                } else if ("bundle".equals(url.getProtocol())) {
+
+                    if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
+                        log.trace(_loc.get("scanning-osgi-bundle", url));
+                    }
+
+                    MetaDataIterator mdi = new OSGiBundleMetaDataIterator(url, newMetaDataFilter());
+                    scan(mdi, cparser, names, true, url);
+
                 } else {
                     // Open an InputStream from the URL and sniff for a zip header.  If it is, then this is
                     // a URL with a jar-formated InputStream, as per the JPA specification.  Otherwise, fall back
diff --git a/openjpa-lib/pom.xml b/openjpa-lib/pom.xml
index c828e61666..2ad9fe00b5 100644
--- a/openjpa-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/openjpa-lib/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,13 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.geronimo.specs</groupId>
             <artifactId>geronimo-validation_1.0_spec</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>        
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
+            <version>4.2.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/meta/OSGiBundleMetaDataIterator.java b/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/meta/OSGiBundleMetaDataIterator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f86ffbe40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openjpa-lib/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/lib/meta/OSGiBundleMetaDataIterator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta;
+
+import org.osgi.framework.Bundle;
+import org.osgi.framework.BundleContext;
+import org.osgi.framework.FrameworkUtil;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
+/**
+ * Created by andrei on 24.07.2014.
+ */
+public class OSGiBundleMetaDataIterator implements MetaDataIterator, MetaDataFilter.Resource {
+
+    private InputStream stream;
+    private Bundle bundle;
+    private Enumeration<URL> entries;
+    private MetaDataFilter filter;
+    private URL entry;
+    private URL last;
+    private byte[] buf;
+
+    public OSGiBundleMetaDataIterator(URL bundleUrl, MetaDataFilter filter) {
+
+        BundleContext ctx = FrameworkUtil.getBundle(OSGiBundleMetaDataIterator.class).getBundleContext();
+        long bundleId = Long.parseLong(bundleUrl.getHost().substring(0, bundleUrl.getHost().indexOf(".")));
+        this.bundle = ctx.getBundle(bundleId);
+        entries = this.bundle.findEntries("/", "*.class", true);
+        this.filter = filter;
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean hasNext() throws IOException {
+
+        if (entries == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (entry != null) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        last = null;
+        buf = null;
+
+        if (!entries.hasMoreElements()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        URL tmp;
+        while ( entry == null && (entries.hasMoreElements() && (tmp = this.entries.nextElement()) != null)) {
+            entry = tmp;
+            stream = entry.openStream();
+            if (filter != null && !this.filter.matches(this)) {
+                entry = null;
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        return entry != null;
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object next() throws IOException {
+
+        if (!hasNext()) {
+            throw new NoSuchElementException();
+        }
+
+        String name = entry.toString();
+        last = entry;
+        entry = null;
+
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
+        if (last == null)
+            throw new IllegalStateException();
+
+        return last.openStream();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public File getFile() throws IOException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return entry.toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public byte[] getContent() throws IOException {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
+        for (int r; (r = stream.read(buf)) != -1; bout.write(buf, 0, r)) ;
+        buf = bout.toByteArray();
+        stream.close();
+        return buf;
+    }
+}