diff --git a/dbdimp.c b/dbdimp.c
index d3ad2ff..1b39da3 100644
--- a/dbdimp.c
+++ b/dbdimp.c
@@ -392,9 +392,23 @@ sqlite_st_execute (SV *sth, imp_sth_t *imp_sth)
             retval = sqlite3_bind_blob(imp_sth->stmt, i+1, data, len, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
         }
         else {
-            STRLEN len;
-            char * data = SvPV(value, len);
-            retval = sqlite3_bind_text(imp_sth->stmt, i+1, data, len, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+            /* guess a bit before binding */
+            const int numtype = looks_like_number(value);
+            if ((numtype & (IS_NUMBER_IN_UV|IS_NUMBER_NOT_INT)) == IS_NUMBER_IN_UV) {
+#if defined(USE_64_BIT_INT)
+                retval = sqlite3_bind_int64(imp_sth->stmt, i+1, SvIV(value));
+#else
+                retval = sqlite3_bind_int(imp_sth->stmt, i+1, SvIV(value));
+#endif
+            }
+            else if ((numtype & (IS_NUMBER_NOT_INT|IS_NUMBER_INFINITY|IS_NUMBER_NAN)) == IS_NUMBER_NOT_INT) {
+                retval = sqlite3_bind_double(imp_sth->stmt, i+1, SvNV(value));
+            }
+            else {
+                STRLEN len;
+                char * data = SvPV(value, len);
+                retval = sqlite3_bind_text(imp_sth->stmt, i+1, data, len, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+            }
         }
 
         if (value) {
diff --git a/t/rt_29058_group_by.t b/t/rt_29058_group_by.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0af1477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/rt_29058_group_by.t
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use strict;
+
+BEGIN {
+    $|  = 1;
+    $^W = 1;
+}
+
+use t::lib::Test;
+
+use Test::More tests => 6;
+use DBI;
+
+my $dbh = connect_ok();
+$dbh->do( 'CREATE TABLE foo (bar TEXT, num INT)' );
+
+for (1..5) {
+    $dbh->do('INSERT INTO foo (bar, num) VALUES (?,?)', undef, ($_%2 ? "odd" : "even"), $_);
+}
+# DBI->trace(9);
+
+# see if placeholder works
+my ($v, $num) = $dbh->selectrow_array('SELECT bar, num FROM foo WHERE num = ?', undef, 3);
+ok $v eq 'odd' && $num == 3;
+
+# see if the sql itself works as expected
+my $ar = $dbh->selectall_arrayref('SELECT bar FROM foo GROUP BY bar HAVING count(*) > 1');
+ok
+ok @$ar == 2;
+
+# known workaround
+# ref: http://code.google.com/p/gears/issues/detail?id=163
+$ar = $dbh->selectall_arrayref('SELECT bar FROM foo GROUP BY bar HAVING count(*) > 0+?', undef, 1);
+ok @$ar == 2;
+
+# and this is what should be tested
+$ar = $dbh->selectall_arrayref('SELECT bar FROM foo GROUP BY bar HAVING count(*) > ?', undef, 1);
+print "4: @$_\n" for @$ar;
+ok @$ar == 2, "we got ".(@$ar)." items";