diff --git a/sqlite3.go b/sqlite3.go
index 90a1241..91c5760 100644
--- a/sqlite3.go
+++ b/sqlite3.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 
 const SQLiteTimestampFormat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05"
 const SQLiteDateFormat = "2006-01-02"
+const SQLiteDatetimeFormat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05.000"
 
 func init() {
 	sql.Register("sqlite3", &SQLiteDriver{})
@@ -311,12 +312,15 @@ func (rc *SQLiteRows) Next(dest []driver.Value) error {
 		case C.SQLITE_TEXT:
 			var err error
 			s := C.GoString((*C.char)(unsafe.Pointer(C.sqlite3_column_text(rc.s.s, C.int(i)))))
-			if rc.decltype[i] == "timestamp" {
+			if rc.decltype[i] == "timestamp" || rc.decltype[i] == "datetime" {
 				dest[i], err = time.Parse(SQLiteTimestampFormat, s)
 				if err != nil {
 					dest[i], err = time.Parse(SQLiteDateFormat, s)
 					if err != nil {
-						return err
+						dest[i], err = time.Parse(SQLiteDatetimeFormat, s)
+						if err != nil {
+							return err
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
diff --git a/sqlite3_test.go b/sqlite3_test.go
index 4ff8d6c..68d9680 100644
--- a/sqlite3_test.go
+++ b/sqlite3_test.go
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ func TestDateOnlyTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 	defer rows.Close()
 
 	if !rows.Next() {
-		if er := rows.Err() ; er != nil {
+		if er := rows.Err(); er != nil {
 			t.Fatal(er)
 		} else {
 			t.Fatalf("Unable to extract row containing date-only timestamp")
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func TestDateOnlyTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 	var entryId int64
 	var entryPublished time.Time
 
-	if er := rows.Scan(&entryId, &entryPublished) ; er != nil {
+	if er := rows.Scan(&entryId, &entryPublished); er != nil {
 		t.Fatal(er)
 	}
 
@@ -460,3 +460,71 @@ func TestDateOnlyTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Extracted time does not match inserted value")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDatetime(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", "./datetime.db")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to open database:", err)
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		db.Close()
+		os.Remove("./datetime.db")
+	}()
+
+	_, err = db.Exec("DROP TABLE datetimetest")
+	_, err = db.Exec(`
+        CREATE TABLE datetimetest
+            ( entry_id INTEGER
+            , my_datetime DATETIME
+            )
+    `)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to create table:", err)
+	}
+	datetime := "2006-01-02 15:04:05.003"
+	_, err = db.Exec(`
+        INSERT INTO datetimetest(entry_id, my_datetime) 
+        VALUES(1, ?)`, datetime)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Failed to insert datetime:", err)
+	}
+
+	rows, err := db.Query(
+		"SELECT entry_id, my_datetime FROM datetimetest ORDER BY entry_id ASC")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unable to query datetimetest table:", err)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	if !rows.Next() {
+		if er := rows.Err(); er != nil {
+			t.Fatal(er)
+		} else {
+			t.Fatalf("Unable to extract row containing datetime")
+		}
+	}
+
+	var entryId int
+	var myDatetime time.Time
+
+	if err := rows.Scan(&entryId, &myDatetime); err != nil {
+		t.Error("Unable to scan results:", err)
+	}
+
+	if entryId != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("EntryId does not match inserted value")
+	}
+
+	if myDatetime.Year() != 2006 ||
+		myDatetime.Month() != 1 ||
+		myDatetime.Day() != 2 ||
+		myDatetime.Hour() != 15 ||
+		myDatetime.Minute() != 4 ||
+		myDatetime.Second() != 5 ||
+		myDatetime.Nanosecond() != 3000000 {
+		t.Errorf("Extracted time does not match inserted value")
+	}
+
+}