diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d67910e9d..160180d05 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 - bug #1777249 [display] Do not underline links in left panel (in default
 - bug #1826022 [privileges] unable to add user (MySQL 3.23) since PMA 2.11.2
 - bug #1823045 [import] Error importing file with lowercase "delimiter"
+- bug #1828913 [structure] Can't set FULLTEXT index on CHAR column
 
 2.11.2.1 (not yet released)
 - fixed possible SQL injection using database name
diff --git a/tbl_structure.php b/tbl_structure.php
index b8722dc6c..406918437 100644
--- a/tbl_structure.php
+++ b/tbl_structure.php
@@ -450,7 +450,8 @@ while ($row = PMA_DBI_fetch_assoc($fields_rs)) {
     </td>
     <?php
         if ((!empty($tbl_type) && $tbl_type == 'MYISAM')
-            && (strpos(' ' . $type, 'text') || strpos(' ' . $type, 'varchar'))) {
+            // FULLTEXT is possible on TEXT, CHAR and VARCHAR
+            && (strpos(' ' . $type, 'text') || strpos(' ' . $type, 'char'))) {
             echo "\n";
             ?>
     <td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">