diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0be42ad..38a2bf3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Added
 - Add support of variadic parameters in `ide-helper:models` [\#1234 / shaffe-fr](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-ide-helper/pull/1234)
 
+2021-06-18, 2.10.1
+------------------
+### Added
+- Added Type registration according to [Custom Mapping Types documentation](https://www.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-dbal/en/latest/reference/types.html#custom-mapping-types)
+
+### Fixed
+- Fixing issue where configured custom_db_types could cause a DBAL exception to be thrown while running `ide-helper:models`
+
 2021-04-09, 2.10.0
 ------------------
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php b/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
index 57b8fea..4a40ca8 100644
--- a/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/ModelsCommand.php
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Context;
 use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Serializer as DocBlockSerializer;
 use Barryvdh\Reflection\DocBlock\Tag;
 use Composer\Autoload\ClassMapGenerator;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception as DBALException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Eloquent\CastsAttributes;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\Factory;
@@ -415,6 +417,8 @@ class ModelsCommand extends Command
      * Load the properties from the database table.
      *
      * @param \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model $model
+     *
+     * @throws DBALException If custom field failed to register
      */
     public function getPropertiesFromTable($model)
     {
@@ -426,6 +430,14 @@ class ModelsCommand extends Command
         $platformName = $databasePlatform->getName();
         $customTypes = $this->laravel['config']->get("ide-helper.custom_db_types.{$platformName}", []);
         foreach ($customTypes as $yourTypeName => $doctrineTypeName) {
+            try {
+                if(!Type::hasType($yourTypeName)) {
+                    Type::addType($yourTypeName, get_class(Type::getType($doctrineTypeName)));
+                }
+            } catch (DBALException $exception) {
+                $this->error("Failed registering custom db type \"$yourTypeName\" as \"$doctrineTypeName\"");
+                throw $exception;
+            }
             $databasePlatform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping($yourTypeName, $doctrineTypeName);
         }