diff --git a/wsme/restjson.py b/wsme/restjson.py
index 1deecfb..35ccb31 100644
--- a/wsme/restjson.py
+++ b/wsme/restjson.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import base64
 import datetime
+import decimal
 
 from simplegeneric import generic
 
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ def tojson(datatype, value):
     return value
 
 
+@tojson.when_object(decimal.Decimal)
+def decimal_tojson(datatype, value):
+    return str(value)
+
+
 @tojson.when_object(datetime.date)
 def date_tojson(datatype, value):
     return value.isoformat()
@@ -32,6 +38,7 @@ def date_tojson(datatype, value):
 def time_tojson(datatype, value):
     return value.isoformat()
 
+
 @tojson.when_object(datetime.datetime)
 def datetime_tojson(datatype, value):
     return value.isoformat()
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ def datetime_tojson(datatype, value):
 
 @tojson.when_object(wsme.types.binary)
 def datetime_tojson(datatype, value):
-    return base64.encode(value)
+    return base64.encodestring(value)
 
 
 class RestJsonProtocol(RestProtocol):
diff --git a/wsme/restxml.py b/wsme/restxml.py
index 74bd175..e270272 100644
--- a/wsme/restxml.py
+++ b/wsme/restxml.py
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ def datetime_toxml(datatype, key, value):
     return el
 
 
+@toxml.when_object(wsme.types.binary)
+def binary_toxml(datatype, key, value):
+    el = et.Element(key)
+    if value is None:
+        el.set('nil', 'true')
+    else:
+        el.text = base64.encodestring(value)
+    return el
+
+        
 class RestXmlProtocol(RestProtocol):
     name = 'REST+XML'
     dataformat = 'xml'
diff --git a/wsme/tests/protocol.py b/wsme/tests/protocol.py
index 164e02e..0cf039f 100644
--- a/wsme/tests/protocol.py
+++ b/wsme/tests/protocol.py
@@ -4,15 +4,19 @@ import unittest
 import warnings
 import datetime
 import decimal
+import base64
 
 from webob.dec import wsgify
 from webtest import TestApp
 
 from wsme import *
+import wsme.types
 
 warnings.filterwarnings('ignore', module='webob.dec')
 
 
+binarysample = r'\x00\xff\x43'
+
 class CallException(RuntimeError):
     def __init__(self, faultcode, faultstring, debuginfo):
         self.faultcode = faultcode
@@ -71,6 +75,10 @@ class ReturnTypes(object):
     def getdatetime(self):
         return datetime.datetime(1994, 1, 26, 12, 0, 0)
 
+    @expose(wsme.types.binary)
+    def getbinary(self):
+        return binarysample
+
     @expose(NestedOuter)
     def getnested(self):
         n = NestedOuter()
@@ -138,6 +146,10 @@ class ProtocolTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         r = self.call('returntypes/getfloat')
         assert r == 3.14159265 or r == '3.14159265', r
 
+    def test_return_decimal(self):
+        r = self.call('returntypes/getdecimal')
+        assert r in (decimal.Decimal('3.14159265'), '3.14159265'), r
+
     def test_return_date(self):
         r = self.call('returntypes/getdate')
         assert r == datetime.date(1994, 1, 26) or r == '1994-01-26', r
@@ -151,6 +163,14 @@ class ProtocolTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         assert r == datetime.datetime(1994, 1, 26, 12) \
             or r == '1994-01-26T12:00:00', r
 
+    def test_return_binary(self):
+        r = self.call('returntypes/getbinary')
+        assert r == binarysample or r == base64.encodestring(binarysample), r
+
+    def test_return_binary(self):
+        r = self.call('returntypes/getbinary')
+        assert r == binarysample or r == base64.encodestring(binarysample), r
+
     def test_return_nested(self):
         r = self.call('returntypes/getnested')
         assert r == {'inner': {'aint': 0}} or r == {'inner': {'aint': '0'}}, r