diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 51e591c0b..6f1f7f6e7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 + [lang] Croatian update, thanks to Renato Pavicic
 - patch #1807615 [GUI] Display patch for column rights in Opera
 - bug #1811519 Can't delete user with a german umlaut.
+- it should not be possible to move or copy a table to information_schema
 
 2.11.1.1 (not yet released)
 - bug #1810629 [setup] XSS in setup.php, thanks to Omer Singer, The DigiTrust Group
diff --git a/libraries/List.class.php b/libraries/List.class.php
index f375a24ec..b531059c8 100644
--- a/libraries/List.class.php
+++ b/libraries/List.class.php
@@ -113,12 +113,13 @@
      * returns HTML <option>-tags to be used inside <select></select>
      *
      * @uses    PMA_List::$items to build up the option items
-     * @uses    PMA_List::getDefault() to mark this as sleected if requested
+     * @uses    PMA_List::getDefault() to mark this as selected if requested
      * @uses    htmlspecialchars() to escape items
      * @param   mixed   $selected   the selected db or true for selecting current db
+     * @param   boolean $include_information_schema
      * @return  string  HTML option tags
      */
-    function getHtmlOptions($selected = '')
+    function getHtmlOptions($selected = '', $include_information_schema = true)
     {
         if (true === $selected) {
             $selected = $this->getDefault();
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@
 
         $options = '';
         foreach ($this->items as $each_db) {
+            if (false === $include_information_schema && 'information_schema' === $each_db) {
+                continue;
+            }
             $options .= '<option value="' . htmlspecialchars($each_db) . '"';
             if ($selected === $each_db) {
                 $options .= ' selected="selected"';
@@ -154,4 +158,4 @@
      */
     /* abstract public */ function build() {}
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/tbl_operations.php b/tbl_operations.php
index d7c7c3c03..8d264e73c 100644
--- a/tbl_operations.php
+++ b/tbl_operations.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ unset($columns);
 <fieldset id="fieldset_table_rename">
     <legend><?php echo $strMoveTable; ?></legend>
     <select name="target_db">
-        <?php echo $GLOBALS['PMA_List_Database']->getHtmlOptions(); ?>
+        <?php echo $GLOBALS['PMA_List_Database']->getHtmlOptions(true, false); ?>
     </select>
     &nbsp;<b>.</b>&nbsp;
     <input type="text" size="20" name="new_name" onfocus="this.select()"
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ if (isset($auto_increment) && strlen($auto_increment) > 0
 <fieldset>
     <legend><?php echo $strCopyTable; ?></legend>
     <select name="target_db">
-        <?php echo $GLOBALS['PMA_List_Database']->getHtmlOptions(true); ?>
+        <?php echo $GLOBALS['PMA_List_Database']->getHtmlOptions(true, false); ?>
     </select>
     &nbsp;<b>.</b>&nbsp;
     <input type="text" size="20" name="new_name" onfocus="this.select()" /><br />