diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cf576c2b6..1b2f475d5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
   thanks to Kaarel Nummert - kaarelnu
 - patch #2978815 [pdf] Fix generating PDF with table dimensions, thanks to BlinK_
 - patch #2977725 [export] XML wrongly encoded, thanks to Victor Volkov - hanut
+- patch #2979234 [import] Create tables with current charset and collation.
 
 3.3.1.0 (2010-03-16)
 - bug #2941037 [core] Database structure not sorted by table correctly 
diff --git a/libraries/import.lib.php b/libraries/import.lib.php
index ca2ac2c55..2f50c5dc3 100644
--- a/libraries/import.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/import.lib.php
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ function PMA_buildSQL($db_name, &$tables, &$analyses = NULL, &$additional_sql =
                     $tempSQLStr .= ", ";
                 }
             }
-            $tempSQLStr .= ") ENGINE=MyISAM;";
+            $tempSQLStr .= ") ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARACTER SET " . $charset . " COLLATE " . $collation . ";";
             
             /**
              * Each SQL statement is executed immediately