diff --git a/schema/field.go b/schema/field.go
index f8ecef60..737f56c4 100644
--- a/schema/field.go
+++ b/schema/field.go
@@ -224,7 +224,12 @@ func (schema *Schema) ParseField(fieldStruct reflect.StructField) *Field {
 	}
 
 	if val, ok := field.TagSettings["TYPE"]; ok {
-		field.DataType = DataType(val)
+		switch DataType(strings.ToLower(val)) {
+		case Bool, Int, Uint, Float, String, Time, Bytes:
+			field.DataType = DataType(strings.ToLower(val))
+		default:
+			field.DataType = DataType(val)
+		}
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := field.TagSettings["AUTOCREATETIME"]; ok || (field.Name == "CreatedAt" && (field.DataType == Time || field.DataType == Int || field.DataType == Uint)) {
diff --git a/tests/embedded_struct_test.go b/tests/embedded_struct_test.go
index 5f06f63c..8536b605 100644
--- a/tests/embedded_struct_test.go
+++ b/tests/embedded_struct_test.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestEmbeddedPointerTypeStruct(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 type Content struct {
-	Content interface{} `gorm:"type:string"`
+	Content interface{} `gorm:"type:String"`
 }
 
 func (c Content) Value() (driver.Value, error) {