diff --git a/exposed-kotlin-datetime/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/kotlin/datetime/KotlinDateColumnType.kt b/exposed-kotlin-datetime/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/kotlin/datetime/KotlinDateColumnType.kt
index a238f42f1b..5b80e1dd08 100644
--- a/exposed-kotlin-datetime/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/kotlin/datetime/KotlinDateColumnType.kt
+++ b/exposed-kotlin-datetime/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/kotlin/datetime/KotlinDateColumnType.kt
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ class KotlinDurationColumnType : ColumnType() {
     }
 
     override fun valueFromDB(value: Any): Duration = when (value) {
+        Duration.INFINITE.inWholeNanoseconds -> Duration.INFINITE
         is Long -> value.nanoseconds
         is Number -> value.toLong().nanoseconds
         is String -> Duration.parse(value)
diff --git a/exposed-kotlin-datetime/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/kotlin/datetime/KotlinTimeTests.kt b/exposed-kotlin-datetime/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/kotlin/datetime/KotlinTimeTests.kt
index 7c10f71155..cfa5fb9bc7 100644
--- a/exposed-kotlin-datetime/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/kotlin/datetime/KotlinTimeTests.kt
+++ b/exposed-kotlin-datetime/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/sql/kotlin/datetime/KotlinTimeTests.kt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.time.OffsetDateTime
 import java.time.ZoneId
 import java.time.ZoneOffset
 import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import kotlin.time.Duration
 
 open class KotlinTimeBaseTest : DatabaseTestsBase() {
 
@@ -464,6 +465,20 @@ open class KotlinTimeBaseTest : DatabaseTestsBase() {
             currentDbDateTime()
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testInfiniteDuration() {
+        val tester = object : Table("tester") {
+            val duration = duration("duration")
+        }
+        withTables(tester) {
+            tester.insert {
+                it[duration] = Duration.INFINITE
+            }
+            val row = tester.selectAll().where { tester.duration eq Duration.INFINITE }.single()
+            assertEquals(Duration.INFINITE, row[tester.duration])
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fun <T> assertEqualDateTime(d1: T?, d2: T?) {