diff --git a/Dapper/SqlMapper.GridReader.Async.cs b/Dapper/SqlMapper.GridReader.Async.cs
index 139b8b27..ed50b697 100644
--- a/Dapper/SqlMapper.GridReader.Async.cs
+++ b/Dapper/SqlMapper.GridReader.Async.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Data.Common;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
@@ -210,7 +211,16 @@ namespace Dapper
                         deserializer = new DeserializerState(hash, GetDeserializer(type, reader, 0, -1, false));
                         cache.Deserializer = deserializer;
                     }
-                    result = (T)deserializer.Func(reader);
+                    object val = deserializer.Func(reader);
+                    if (val == null || val is T)
+                    {
+                        result = (T)val;
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        var convertToType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(type) ?? type;
+                        result = (T)Convert.ChangeType(val, convertToType, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+                    }
                     if ((row & Row.Single) != 0 && await reader.ReadAsync(cancel).ConfigureAwait(false)) ThrowMultipleRows(row);
                     while (await reader.ReadAsync(cancel).ConfigureAwait(false)) { /* ignore subsequent rows */ }
                 }
@@ -230,7 +240,16 @@ namespace Dapper
                     var buffer = new List<T>();
                     while (index == gridIndex && await reader.ReadAsync(cancel).ConfigureAwait(false))
                     {
-                        buffer.Add((T)deserializer(reader));
+                        object val = deserializer(reader);
+                        if (val == null || val is T)
+                        {
+                            buffer.Add((T)val);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            var convertToType = Nullable.GetUnderlyingType(typeof(T)) ?? typeof(T);
+                            buffer.Add((T)Convert.ChangeType(val, convertToType, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+                        }
                     }
                     return buffer;
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Dapper.Tests/AsyncTests.cs b/tests/Dapper.Tests/AsyncTests.cs
index 34990cb4..5d24512b 100644
--- a/tests/Dapper.Tests/AsyncTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Dapper.Tests/AsyncTests.cs
@@ -240,6 +240,16 @@ namespace Dapper.Tests
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task TestMultiConversionAsync()
+        {
+            using (SqlMapper.GridReader multi = await connection.QueryMultipleAsync("select Cast(1 as BigInt) Col1; select Cast(2 as BigInt) Col2").ConfigureAwait(false))
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(1, multi.ReadAsync<int>().Result.Single());
+                Assert.Equal(2, multi.ReadAsync<int>().Result.Single());
+            }
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public async Task TestMultiAsyncViaFirstOrDefault()
         {
diff --git a/tests/Dapper.Tests/QueryMultipleTests.cs b/tests/Dapper.Tests/QueryMultipleTests.cs
index 857525dc..47b30456 100644
--- a/tests/Dapper.Tests/QueryMultipleTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Dapper.Tests/QueryMultipleTests.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ namespace Dapper.Tests
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void TestMultiConversion()
+        {
+            using (SqlMapper.GridReader multi = connection.QueryMultiple("select Cast(1 as BigInt) Col1; select Cast(2 as BigInt) Col2"))
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(1, multi.Read<int>().Single());
+                Assert.Equal(2, multi.Read<int>().Single());
+            }
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void TestQueryMultipleNonBufferedIncorrectOrder()
         {