diff --git a/cachalot/monkey_patch.py b/cachalot/monkey_patch.py
index 60cb9f6b0..b9a531bfa 100644
--- a/cachalot/monkey_patch.py
+++ b/cachalot/monkey_patch.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import re
+import warnings
 from collections.abc import Iterable
 from functools import wraps
 from time import time
@@ -140,6 +141,15 @@ def inner(cursor, sql, *args, **kwargs):
                 if getattr(connection, 'raw', True):
                     if isinstance(sql, bytes):
                         sql = sql.decode('utf-8')
+                    # in case `sql` is not of type `str`,
+                    # we raise a warning and return.
+                    if not isinstance(sql, str):
+                        warnings.warn(
+                            f"Unsupported sql of type {type(sql)}, "
+                            f"skipping raw query cache invalidation's. "
+                            f"Try setting `CACHALOT_INVALIDATE_RAW` to False."
+                        )
+                        return
                     sql = sql.lower()
                     if SQL_DATA_CHANGE_RE.search(sql):
                         tables = filter_cachable(
diff --git a/cachalot/tests/read.py b/cachalot/tests/read.py
index aee07fbab..ae23266cb 100644
--- a/cachalot/tests/read.py
+++ b/cachalot/tests/read.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import datetime
+import warnings
 from unittest import skipIf
 from uuid import UUID
 from decimal import Decimal
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
 from django.db.models.functions import Coalesce, Now
 from django.db.transaction import TransactionManagementError
 from django.test import TransactionTestCase, skipUnlessDBFeature, override_settings
+from psycopg2 import sql
 from pytz import UTC
 
 from cachalot.cache import cachalot_caches
@@ -1010,6 +1012,20 @@ def test_cursor_execute_bytes(self):
             data2,
             [('é',) + l for l in Test.objects.values_list(*attnames)])
 
+    def test_unsupported_sql_type_execute_with_warning(self):
+        table_name = Test._meta.db_table
+        sql_ = sql.SQL("SELECT {field} FROM {table}").format(
+            field=sql.Identifier('name'),
+            table=sql.Identifier(table_name),
+        )
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warning:
+            with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+                cursor.execute(sql_)
+                data = list(cursor.fetchall())
+            self.assertEqual(len(warning), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(warning[0]._category_name, 'UserWarning')
+            self.assertEqual(len(data), 2)
+
     def test_cursor_execute_no_table(self):
         sql = 'SELECT * FROM (SELECT 1 AS id UNION ALL SELECT 2) AS t;'
         with self.assertNumQueries(1):