diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/MySqlPlatform.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/MySqlPlatform.php
index 30b065e79d7..57c448ce93e 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/MySqlPlatform.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/MySqlPlatform.php
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ private function buildTableOptions(array $options)
             $options['collate'] = $options['charset'] . '_unicode_ci';
         }
 
-        $tableOptions[] = sprintf('COLLATE %s', $options['collate']);
+        $tableOptions[] = $this->getColumnCollationDeclarationSQL($options['collate']);
 
         // Engine
         if (! isset($options['engine'])) {
@@ -965,6 +965,14 @@ public function getColumnCharsetDeclarationSQL($charset)
         return 'CHARACTER SET ' . $charset;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function getColumnCollationDeclarationSQL($collation)
+    {
+        return 'COLLATE ' . $this->quoteSingleIdentifier($collation);
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/MySqlSchemaManagerTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/MySqlSchemaManagerTest.php
index e9a88e52096..cf636a797ff 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/MySqlSchemaManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Functional/Schema/MySqlSchemaManagerTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Comparator;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Table;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\BlobType;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Types;
 use Doctrine\Tests\Types\MySqlPointType;
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ public function testColumnCollation() : void
         $table->addColumn('text', 'text');
         $table->addColumn('foo', 'text')->setPlatformOption('collation', 'latin1_swedish_ci');
         $table->addColumn('bar', 'text')->setPlatformOption('collation', 'utf8_general_ci');
+        $table->addColumn('baz', 'text')->setPlatformOption('collation', 'binary');
         $this->schemaManager->dropAndCreateTable($table);
 
         $columns = $this->schemaManager->listTableColumns('test_collation');
@@ -283,6 +285,7 @@ public function testColumnCollation() : void
         self::assertEquals('latin1_swedish_ci', $columns['text']->getPlatformOption('collation'));
         self::assertEquals('latin1_swedish_ci', $columns['foo']->getPlatformOption('collation'));
         self::assertEquals('utf8_general_ci', $columns['bar']->getPlatformOption('collation'));
+        self::assertInstanceOf(BlobType::class, $columns['baz']->getType());
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatformTestCase.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatformTestCase.php
index bc71767a766..bbae08c5b2c 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatformTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractMySQLPlatformTestCase.php
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ public function testGenerateMixedCaseTableCreate() : void
         $table->addColumn('Bar', 'integer');
 
         $sql = $this->platform->getCreateTableSQL($table);
-        self::assertEquals('CREATE TABLE Foo (Bar INT NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB', array_shift($sql));
+        self::assertEquals('CREATE TABLE Foo (Bar INT NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB', array_shift($sql));
     }
 
     public function getGenerateTableSql() : string
     {
-        return 'CREATE TABLE test (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, test VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB';
+        return 'CREATE TABLE test (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, test VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB';
     }
 
     /**
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public function getGenerateTableSql() : string
      */
     public function getGenerateTableWithMultiColumnUniqueIndexSql() : array
     {
-        return ['CREATE TABLE test (foo VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL, bar VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL, UNIQUE INDEX UNIQ_D87F7E0C8C73652176FF8CAA (foo, bar)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB'];
+        return ['CREATE TABLE test (foo VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL, bar VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL, UNIQUE INDEX UNIQ_D87F7E0C8C73652176FF8CAA (foo, bar)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB'];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public function testGetDateTimeTypeDeclarationSql() : void
      */
     public function getCreateTableColumnCommentsSQL() : array
     {
-        return ["CREATE TABLE test (id INT NOT NULL COMMENT 'This is a comment', PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB"];
+        return ["CREATE TABLE test (id INT NOT NULL COMMENT 'This is a comment', PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB"];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public function getAlterTableColumnCommentsSQL() : array
      */
     public function getCreateTableColumnTypeCommentsSQL() : array
     {
-        return ["CREATE TABLE test (id INT NOT NULL, data LONGTEXT NOT NULL COMMENT '(DC2Type:array)', PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB"];
+        return ["CREATE TABLE test (id INT NOT NULL, data LONGTEXT NOT NULL COMMENT '(DC2Type:array)', PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB"];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ public function testChangeIndexWithForeignKeys() : void
      */
     protected function getQuotedColumnInPrimaryKeySQL() : array
     {
-        return ['CREATE TABLE `quoted` (`create` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(`create`)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB'];
+        return ['CREATE TABLE `quoted` (`create` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY(`create`)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB'];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ protected function getQuotedColumnInPrimaryKeySQL() : array
      */
     protected function getQuotedColumnInIndexSQL() : array
     {
-        return ['CREATE TABLE `quoted` (`create` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, INDEX IDX_22660D028FD6E0FB (`create`)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB'];
+        return ['CREATE TABLE `quoted` (`create` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, INDEX IDX_22660D028FD6E0FB (`create`)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB'];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ protected function getQuotedColumnInIndexSQL() : array
      */
     protected function getQuotedNameInIndexSQL() : array
     {
-        return ['CREATE TABLE test (column1 VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, INDEX `key` (column1)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB'];
+        return ['CREATE TABLE test (column1 VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, INDEX `key` (column1)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB'];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ protected function getQuotedNameInIndexSQL() : array
     protected function getQuotedColumnInForeignKeySQL() : array
     {
         return [
-            'CREATE TABLE `quoted` (`create` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, foo VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, `bar` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB',
+            'CREATE TABLE `quoted` (`create` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, foo VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, `bar` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB',
             'ALTER TABLE `quoted` ADD CONSTRAINT FK_WITH_RESERVED_KEYWORD FOREIGN KEY (`create`, foo, `bar`) REFERENCES `foreign` (`create`, bar, `foo-bar`)',
             'ALTER TABLE `quoted` ADD CONSTRAINT FK_WITH_NON_RESERVED_KEYWORD FOREIGN KEY (`create`, foo, `bar`) REFERENCES foo (`create`, bar, `foo-bar`)',
             'ALTER TABLE `quoted` ADD CONSTRAINT FK_WITH_INTENDED_QUOTATION FOREIGN KEY (`create`, foo, `bar`) REFERENCES `foo-bar` (`create`, bar, `foo-bar`)',
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public function testCreateTableWithFulltextIndex() : void
         $index->addFlag('fulltext');
 
         $sql = $this->platform->getCreateTableSQL($table);
-        self::assertEquals(['CREATE TABLE fulltext_table (text LONGTEXT NOT NULL, FULLTEXT INDEX fulltext_text (text)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = MyISAM'], $sql);
+        self::assertEquals(['CREATE TABLE fulltext_table (text LONGTEXT NOT NULL, FULLTEXT INDEX fulltext_text (text)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = MyISAM'], $sql);
     }
 
     public function testCreateTableWithSpatialIndex() : void
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public function testCreateTableWithSpatialIndex() : void
         $index->addFlag('spatial');
 
         $sql = $this->platform->getCreateTableSQL($table);
-        self::assertEquals(['CREATE TABLE spatial_table (point LONGTEXT NOT NULL, SPATIAL INDEX spatial_text (point)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = MyISAM'], $sql);
+        self::assertEquals(['CREATE TABLE spatial_table (point LONGTEXT NOT NULL, SPATIAL INDEX spatial_text (point)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = MyISAM'], $sql);
     }
 
     public function testClobTypeDeclarationSQL() : void
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ public function testDoesNotPropagateForeignKeyCreationForNonSupportingEngines()
         $table->addOption('engine', 'MyISAM');
 
         self::assertSame(
-            ['CREATE TABLE foreign_table (id INT NOT NULL, fk_id INT NOT NULL, INDEX IDX_5690FFE2A57719D0 (fk_id), PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = MyISAM'],
+            ['CREATE TABLE foreign_table (id INT NOT NULL, fk_id INT NOT NULL, INDEX IDX_5690FFE2A57719D0 (fk_id), PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = MyISAM'],
             $this->platform->getCreateTableSQL(
                 $table,
                 AbstractPlatform::CREATE_INDEXES|AbstractPlatform::CREATE_FOREIGNKEYS
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ public function testDoesNotPropagateForeignKeyCreationForNonSupportingEngines()
 
         self::assertSame(
             [
-                'CREATE TABLE foreign_table (id INT NOT NULL, fk_id INT NOT NULL, INDEX IDX_5690FFE2A57719D0 (fk_id), PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB',
+                'CREATE TABLE foreign_table (id INT NOT NULL, fk_id INT NOT NULL, INDEX IDX_5690FFE2A57719D0 (fk_id), PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB',
                 'ALTER TABLE foreign_table ADD CONSTRAINT FK_5690FFE2A57719D0 FOREIGN KEY (fk_id) REFERENCES foreign_table (id)',
             ],
             $this->platform->getCreateTableSQL(
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ public function testDoesNotPropagateDefaultValuesForUnsupportedColumnTypes() : v
         $table->addColumn('def_blob_null', 'blob', ['notnull' => false, 'default' => 'def']);
 
         self::assertSame(
-            ['CREATE TABLE text_blob_default_value (def_text LONGTEXT NOT NULL, def_text_null LONGTEXT DEFAULT NULL, def_blob LONGBLOB NOT NULL, def_blob_null LONGBLOB DEFAULT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB'],
+            ['CREATE TABLE text_blob_default_value (def_text LONGTEXT NOT NULL, def_text_null LONGTEXT DEFAULT NULL, def_blob LONGBLOB NOT NULL, def_blob_null LONGBLOB DEFAULT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB'],
             $this->platform->getCreateTableSQL($table)
         );
 
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ public function testSupportsColumnCollation() : void
     public function testColumnCollationDeclarationSQL() : void
     {
         self::assertSame(
-            'COLLATE ascii_general_ci',
+            'COLLATE `ascii_general_ci`',
             $this->platform->getColumnCollationDeclarationSQL('ascii_general_ci')
         );
     }
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ public function testGetCreateTableSQLWithColumnCollation() : void
         $table->addColumn('column_collation', 'string')->setPlatformOption('collation', 'ascii_general_ci');
 
         self::assertSame(
-            ['CREATE TABLE foo (no_collation VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, column_collation VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COLLATE ascii_general_ci) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB'],
+            ['CREATE TABLE foo (no_collation VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, column_collation VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL COLLATE `ascii_general_ci`) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB'],
             $this->platform->getCreateTableSQL($table),
             'Column "no_collation" will use the default collation from the table/database and "column_collation" overwrites the collation on this column'
         );
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Schema/MySqlInheritCharsetTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Schema/MySqlInheritCharsetTest.php
index b9c0f1d73ec..e65507b7826 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Schema/MySqlInheritCharsetTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/DBAL/Schema/MySqlInheritCharsetTest.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public function testTableOptions() : void
         $table = new Table('foobar', [new Column('aa', Type::getType('integer'))]);
         self::assertSame(
             $platform->getCreateTableSQL($table),
-            ['CREATE TABLE foobar (aa INT NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB']
+            ['CREATE TABLE foobar (aa INT NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB']
         );
 
         // explicit utf8
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public function testTableOptions() : void
         $table->addOption('charset', 'utf8');
         self::assertSame(
             $platform->getCreateTableSQL($table),
-            ['CREATE TABLE foobar (aa INT NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB']
+            ['CREATE TABLE foobar (aa INT NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB']
         );
 
         // explicit utf8mb4
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public function testTableOptions() : void
         $table->addOption('charset', 'utf8mb4');
         self::assertSame(
             $platform->getCreateTableSQL($table),
-            ['CREATE TABLE foobar (aa INT NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci ENGINE = InnoDB']
+            ['CREATE TABLE foobar (aa INT NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE `utf8mb4_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB']
         );
     }