diff --git a/src/main/java/org/duckdb/DuckDBTimestamp.java b/src/main/java/org/duckdb/DuckDBTimestamp.java
index f3a72028..3afbae8a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/duckdb/DuckDBTimestamp.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/duckdb/DuckDBTimestamp.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ public static Object valueOf(Object x) {
             x = new DuckDBTimestamp((Timestamp) x);
         } else if (x instanceof LocalDateTime) {
             x = new DuckDBTimestamp((LocalDateTime) x);
+        } else if (x instanceof LocalDate) {
+            x = new DuckDBDate(Date.valueOf((LocalDate) x));
         } else if (x instanceof OffsetDateTime) {
             x = new DuckDBTimestampTZ((OffsetDateTime) x);
         } else if (x instanceof Date) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/duckdb/TestDuckDBJDBC.java b/src/test/java/org/duckdb/TestDuckDBJDBC.java
index 607fde79..3e3fc6f3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/duckdb/TestDuckDBJDBC.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/duckdb/TestDuckDBJDBC.java
@@ -894,6 +894,9 @@ public static void test_duckdb_localdate() throws Exception {
         PreparedStatement ps1 = conn.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO x VALUES (?)");
         ps1.setObject(1, date);
         ps1.execute();
+
+        ps1.setObject(1, ld);
+        ps1.execute();
         ps1.close();
 
         PreparedStatement ps2 = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT * FROM x");
@@ -904,6 +907,11 @@ public static void test_duckdb_localdate() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(rs2.getObject(1, LocalDate.class), ld);
         assertEquals(rs2.getObject("dt", LocalDate.class), ld);
 
+        rs2.next();
+        assertEquals(rs2.getDate(1), rs2.getObject(1, Date.class));
+        assertEquals(rs2.getObject(1, LocalDate.class), ld);
+        assertEquals(rs2.getObject("dt", LocalDate.class), ld);
+
         rs2.close();
         ps2.close();
         stmt.close();