diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/converter/VKeyConverter.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/persistence/converter/VKeyConverter.java
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+// Copyright 2020 The Nomulus Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package google.registry.persistence.converter;
+
+import google.registry.persistence.VKey;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.persistence.AttributeConverter;
+
+/**
+ * Converts VKey to a string column.
+ */
+public abstract class VKeyConverter<T> implements AttributeConverter<VKey<T>, String> {
+  @Override
+  @Nullable
+  public String convertToDatabaseColumn(@Nullable VKey<T> attribute) {
+    return attribute == null ? null : (String) attribute.getSqlKey();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  @Nullable
+  public VKey<T> convertToEntityAttribute(@Nullable String dbData) {
+    return dbData == null ? null : VKey.createSql(getAttributeClass(), dbData);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the class of the attribute.
+   */
+  protected abstract Class<T> getAttributeClass();
+}
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/persistence/converter/VKeyConverterTest.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/persistence/converter/VKeyConverterTest.java
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+// Copyright 2020 The Nomulus Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package google.registry.persistence.converter;
+
+import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
+import static google.registry.persistence.transaction.TransactionManagerFactory.jpaTm;
+
+import google.registry.persistence.VKey;
+import google.registry.persistence.transaction.JpaTestRules;
+import google.registry.persistence.transaction.JpaTestRules.JpaUnitTestRule;
+import javax.persistence.Convert;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+
+/** Test SQL persistence of VKey. */
+@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
+public class VKeyConverterTest {
+
+  @Rule
+  public final JpaUnitTestRule jpaRule =
+      new JpaTestRules.Builder().withEntityClass(TestEntity.class).buildUnitTestRule();
+
+  public VKeyConverterTest() {}
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRoundTrip() {
+    TestEntity original =
+        new TestEntity("TheRealSpartacus", VKey.createSql(TestEntity.class, "ImSpartacus!"));
+    jpaTm().transact(() -> jpaTm().getEntityManager().persist(original));
+
+    TestEntity retrieved =
+        jpaTm().transact(
+            () -> jpaTm().getEntityManager().find(TestEntity.class, "TheRealSpartacus"));
+    assertThat(retrieved.other.getSqlKey()).isEqualTo("ImSpartacus!");
+  }
+
+  static class TestEntityVKeyConverter extends VKeyConverter<TestEntity> {
+
+    @Override
+    protected Class<TestEntity> getAttributeClass() {
+      return TestEntity.class;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Entity(name = "TestEntity")
+  static class TestEntity {
+    @Id
+    String id;
+
+    // Specifying "@Converter(autoApply = true) on TestEntityVKeyConverter this doesn't seem to
+    // work.
+    @Convert(converter = TestEntityVKeyConverter.class)
+    VKey<TestEntity> other;
+
+    TestEntity(String id, VKey<TestEntity> other) {
+      this.id = id;
+      this.other = other;
+    }
+
+    /** Default constructor, needed for hibernate. */
+    public TestEntity() {}
+  }
+}