diff --git a/libraries/Util.class.php b/libraries/Util.class.php
index 962b1e7cda..ce336cd460 100644
--- a/libraries/Util.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Util.class.php
@@ -2962,7 +2962,9 @@ class PMA_Util
             // convert to lowercase just to be sure
             $type = strtolower(chop(substr($columnspec, 0, $first_bracket_pos)));
         } else {
-            $type = strtolower($columnspec);
+            // Split trailing attributes such as unsigned, binary, zerofill and get data type name
+            $type_parts = explode(' ',$columnspec);
+            $type = strtolower($type_parts[0]);
             $spec_in_brackets = '';
         }
 
diff --git a/test/libraries/common/PMA_extractColumnSpec_test.php b/test/libraries/common/PMA_extractColumnSpec_test.php
index a04bb9f2cb..0e00f51e29 100644
--- a/test/libraries/common/PMA_extractColumnSpec_test.php
+++ b/test/libraries/common/PMA_extractColumnSpec_test.php
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class PMA_ExtractColumnSpec_Test extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             array(
                 "INT UNSIGNED zerofill",
                 array(
-                    'type' => 'int unsigned zerofill',
+                    'type' => 'int',
                     'print_type' => 'int',
                     'binary' => false,
                     'unsigned' => true,