diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql/operations.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql/operations.py
index c32ca040e7..a30d24a0eb 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql/operations.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql/operations.py
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
                            'istartswith', 'endswith', 'iendswith', 'regex', 'iregex'):
             if internal_type in ('IPAddressField', 'GenericIPAddressField'):
                 lookup = "HOST(%s)"
+            elif internal_type in ('CharField', 'TextField'):
+                lookup = '%s'
             else:
                 lookup = "%s::text"