diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/DatabaseOutputCacheMigrations.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/DatabaseOutputCacheMigrations.cs
index b2cadf867..19b439882 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/DatabaseOutputCacheMigrations.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/DatabaseOutputCacheMigrations.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Contrib.Cache.Database {
                 .Column<int>("GraceTime", c => c.Nullable())
                 .Column<DateTime>("ValidUntilUtc")
                 .Column<DateTime>("StoredUntilUtc")
-                .Column<string>("Output", column => column.Unlimited())
+                .Column<byte[]>("Output", column => column.Unlimited().WithType(DbType.Binary))
                 .Column<string>("ContentType")
                 .Column<string>("QueryString", column => column.WithLength(2048))
                 .Column<string>("CacheKey", column => column.WithLength(2048))
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Contrib.Cache.Database {
                 .CreateIndex("IDX_CacheItemRecord_CacheKey", "CacheKey")
             );
 
-            return 2;
+            return 3;
         }
 
         public int UpdateFrom1() {
@@ -45,5 +45,14 @@ namespace Contrib.Cache.Database {
 
             return 2;
         }
+
+        public int UpdateFrom2() {
+            SchemaBuilder.AlterTable("CacheItemRecord",
+                    table => {
+                        table.AlterColumn("Output", c => c.Unlimited().WithType(DbType.Binary));
+                    });
+
+            return 3;
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/CaptureStream.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/CaptureStream.cs
index fc40168c0..3f2c3addd 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/CaptureStream.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/CaptureStream.cs
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@ using System.Web;
 
 namespace Orchard.OutputCache.Filters {
     public class CaptureStream : Stream {
-        public CaptureStream(Stream innerStream, Encoding encoding) {
+        public CaptureStream(Stream innerStream) {
             _innerStream = innerStream;
-            _encoding = encoding;
             _captureStream = new MemoryStream();
         }
 
         private readonly Stream _innerStream;
-        private readonly Encoding _encoding;
         private readonly MemoryStream _captureStream;
 
         public override bool CanRead {
@@ -64,15 +62,14 @@ namespace Orchard.OutputCache.Filters {
         }
 
         public override void Write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) {
-            _captureStream.Write(buffer, 0, count);
-            _innerStream.Write(buffer, offset, buffer.Length);
+            _captureStream.Write(buffer, offset, count);
+            _innerStream.Write(buffer, offset, count);
         }
 
-        public event Action<string> Captured;
+        public event Action<byte[]> Captured;
 
         protected virtual void OnCaptured() {
-            var content = _encoding.GetString(_captureStream.ToArray());
-            Captured(content);
+            Captured(_captureStream.ToArray());
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/OutputCacheFilter.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/OutputCacheFilter.cs
index 276a1a937..1a610e361 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/OutputCacheFilter.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Filters/OutputCacheFilter.cs
@@ -197,15 +197,15 @@ namespace Orchard.OutputCache.Filters {
 
                 // Capture the response output using a custom filter stream.
                 var response = filterContext.HttpContext.Response;
-                var captureStream = new CaptureStream(response.Filter, response.Output.Encoding);
+                var captureStream = new CaptureStream(response.Filter);
                 response.Filter = captureStream;
-                captureStream.Captured += (content) => {
+                captureStream.Captured += (output) => {
                     try {
                         var cacheItem = new CacheItem() {
                             CachedOnUtc = _now,
                             Duration = cacheDuration,
                             GraceTime = cacheGraceTime,
-                            Output = content,
+                            Output = output,
                             ContentType = response.ContentType,
                             QueryString = filterContext.HttpContext.Request.Url.Query,
                             CacheKey = _cacheKey,
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ namespace Orchard.OutputCache.Filters {
 
         private void ServeCachedItem(ActionExecutingContext filterContext, CacheItem cacheItem) {
             var response = filterContext.HttpContext.Response;
-            var output = cacheItem.Output;
 
             // Adds some caching information to the output if requested.
             if (CacheSettings.DebugMode) {
@@ -448,10 +447,7 @@ namespace Orchard.OutputCache.Filters {
             }
 
             // Shorcut action execution.
-            filterContext.Result = new ContentResult {
-                Content = output,
-                ContentType = cacheItem.ContentType
-            };
+            filterContext.Result = new FileContentResult(cacheItem.Output, cacheItem.ContentType);
 
             response.StatusCode = cacheItem.StatusCode;
 
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Models/CacheItem.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Models/CacheItem.cs
index ce111c219..dd0c1d0b3 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Models/CacheItem.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Models/CacheItem.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace Orchard.OutputCache.Models {
         public DateTime CachedOnUtc { get; set; }
         public int Duration { get; set; }
         public int GraceTime { get; set; }
-        public string Output { get; set; }
+        public byte[] Output { get; set; }
         public string ContentType { get; set; }
         public string QueryString { get; set; }
         public string CacheKey { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Models/CacheItemRecord.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Models/CacheItemRecord.cs
index 6894f266c..6cd345e8b 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Models/CacheItemRecord.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.OutputCache/Models/CacheItemRecord.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace Orchard.OutputCache.Models {
         public virtual int GraceTime { get; set; }
         public virtual DateTime ValidUntilUtc { get; set; }
         public virtual DateTime StoredUntilUtc { get; set; }
-        [StringLengthMax] public virtual string Output { get; set; }
+        public virtual byte[] Output { get; set; }
         public virtual string ContentType { get; set; }
         [StringLength(2048)] public virtual string QueryString { get; set; }
         [StringLength(2048)] public virtual string CacheKey { get; set; }