diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 743019e2e..4684dad2b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 - bug #1674972 [export] no export with %afm%
 - bug #1667887 HTML maxlength
 - bug #1679055 #1050 - Table '<table name>' already exists
+- patch #1681620 [interface] support reordering of $cfg['ColumnTypes'],
+  thanks to Leonard den Ottolander
 
 2.10.0.3 (not released yet)
 =====================
diff --git a/libraries/database_interface.lib.php b/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
index 25a41c41d..4b9046f78 100644
--- a/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
@@ -868,11 +868,12 @@ function PMA_DBI_postConnect($link, $is_controluser = false)
         }
 
         // Add some field types to the list, this needs to be done once per session!
-        if ($GLOBALS['cfg']['ColumnTypes'][count($GLOBALS['cfg']['ColumnTypes']) - 1] != 'VARBINARY') {
+        if (!in_array('BINARY', $GLOBALS['cfg']['ColumnTypes'])) {
             $GLOBALS['cfg']['ColumnTypes'][] = 'BINARY';
+        }
+        if (!in_array('VARBINARY', $GLOBALS['cfg']['ColumnTypes'])) {
             $GLOBALS['cfg']['ColumnTypes'][] = 'VARBINARY';
         }
-
     } else {
         require_once('./libraries/charset_conversion.lib.php');
     }