diff --git a/qanary_commons/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/commons/triplestoreconnectors/QanaryTripleStoreConnector.java b/qanary_commons/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/commons/triplestoreconnectors/QanaryTripleStoreConnector.java
index 64a9a19c..29cd3138 100644
--- a/qanary_commons/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/commons/triplestoreconnectors/QanaryTripleStoreConnector.java
+++ b/qanary_commons/src/main/java/eu/wdaqua/qanary/commons/triplestoreconnectors/QanaryTripleStoreConnector.java
@@ -148,6 +148,18 @@ public static String getHighestScoreAnnotationOfAnswerInGraph(URI graph) throws
 		return query.toString();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * add AnnotationAnswer and AnnotationOfAnswerType to allow annotating typed literals
+	 * as it may be required by Qanary QueryBuilder components
+	 *
+	 * @param bindings
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public static String insertAnnotationOfTypedLiteral(QuerySolutionMap bindings) throws IOException {
+		return readFileFromResourcesWithMap("/queries/insert_one_AnnotationOfTypedLiteral.rq", bindings);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * add AnnotationOfAnswerSPARQL as it is done typically in Qanary QueryBuilder
 	 * components
diff --git a/qanary_commons/src/main/resources/queries/insert_one_AnnotationOfTypedLiteral.rq b/qanary_commons/src/main/resources/queries/insert_one_AnnotationOfTypedLiteral.rq
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8649deae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qanary_commons/src/main/resources/queries/insert_one_AnnotationOfTypedLiteral.rq
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+PREFIX dbr: <http://dbpedia.org/resource/>
+PREFIX oa: <http://www.w3.org/ns/openannotation/core/>
+PREFIX qa: <http://www.wdaqua.eu/qa#>
+PREFIX rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>
+PREFIX xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#>
+
+INSERT { 
+GRAPH ?graph  {
+        ?newAnnotation rdf:type qa:AnnotationAnswer .
+        ?newAnnotation oa:hasTarget ?targetQuestion .
+        ?newAnnotation oa:hasBody ?answer .
+        ?newAnnotation qa:score ?confidence .
+        ?newAnnotation oa:annotatedAt ?time .
+        ?newAnnotation oa:annotatedBy ?application . 
+
+        ?answer rdf:type qa:Answer .
+        ?answer rdf:value ?answerValue .
+
+        ?newTypeAnnotation rdf:type qa:AnnotationOfAnswerType .
+        ?newTypeAnnotation oa:hasTarget ?targetQuestion .
+        ?newTypeAnnotation oa:hasBody ?annotationOfAnswerType .
+        ?newTypeAnnotation qa:score ?confidence .
+        ?newTypeAnnotation oa:annotatedAt ?time .
+        ?newTypeAnnotation oa:annotatedBy ?application . 
+
+        ?answerType rdf:type qa:AnswerType .
+        ?answerType rdf:value ?answerDataType .
+    }
+}
+WHERE {
+    BIND (IRI(str(RAND())) AS ?newAnnotation) .
+    BIND (IRI(str(RAND())) AS ?answer) .
+    BIND (IRI(str(RAND())) AS ?newTypeAnnotation) .
+    BIND (IRI(str(RAND())) AS ?answerType) .
+    BIND (now() as ?time) . 
+}