diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9700219e2..da73be1c7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 - patch #2496403 [display] Multi-row change with "]",
   thanks to Virsacer - virsacer
 - bug #2027720 [parser] Missing space after BINARY used as cast 
+- patch #2520747 [core] E_DEPRECATED compatibility for PHP 5.3,
+  thanks to Giovanni Giacobbi - themnemonic
 
 3.1.2.0 (2009-01-19)
 - bug #1253252 [display] Can't NULL a column with relation defined 
diff --git a/libraries/Error.class.php b/libraries/Error.class.php
index 6b737cb40..e1112e170 100644
--- a/libraries/Error.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Error.class.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class PMA_Error extends PMA_Message
         E_USER_WARNING       => 'User Warning',
         E_USER_NOTICE        => 'User Notice',
         E_STRICT             => 'Runtime Notice',
+        E_DEPRECATED         => 'Deprecation Notice',
         E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR  => 'Catchable Fatal Error',
     );
 
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ class PMA_Error extends PMA_Message
         E_USER_WARNING       => 'warning',
         E_USER_NOTICE        => 'notice',
         E_STRICT             => 'notice',
+        E_DEPRECATED         => 'notice',
         E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR  => 'error',
     );
 
@@ -301,14 +303,14 @@ class PMA_Error extends PMA_Message
                 echo $step['class'] . $step['type'];
             }
             echo $step['function'] . '(';
-            if (count($step['args']) > 1) {
+            if (isset($step['args']) && (count($step['args']) > 1)) {
                 echo "<br />\n";
                 foreach ($step['args'] as $arg) {
                     echo "\t";
                     $this->displayArg($arg, $step['function']);
                     echo ',' . "<br />\n";
                 }
-            } elseif (count($step['args']) > 0) {
+            } elseif (isset($step['args']) && (count($step['args']) > 0)) {
                 foreach ($step['args'] as $arg) {
                     $this->displayArg($arg, $step['function']);
                 }
diff --git a/libraries/Error_Handler.class.php b/libraries/Error_Handler.class.php
index b260b2f60..a62077191 100644
--- a/libraries/Error_Handler.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Error_Handler.class.php
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class PMA_Error_Handler
             case E_USER_NOTICE:
             case E_USER_WARNING:
             case E_STRICT:
+            case E_DEPRECATED:
             case E_NOTICE:
             case E_WARNING:
             case E_CORE_WARNING:
diff --git a/libraries/common.inc.php b/libraries/common.inc.php
index c7aa5189e..1c2035928 100644
--- a/libraries/common.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/common.inc.php
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2.0', 'lt')) {
     die('PHP 5.2+ is required');
 }
 
+/**
+  * Backward compatibility for PHP 5.2
+  */
+if (!defined('E_DEPRECATED')) {
+    define('E_DEPRECATED', 8192);
+}
+
 /**
  * the error handler
  */