diff --git a/import.php b/import.php
index a43eff6b63..0e752c7851 100644
--- a/import.php
+++ b/import.php
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
  */
 use PMA\libraries\plugins\ImportPlugin;
 
+/* Enable LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE for LDI plugin */
+if (isset($_POST['format']) && $_POST['format'] == 'ldi') {
+    define('PMA_ENABLE_LDI', 1);
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the variables sent or posted to this script and a core script
  */
diff --git a/libraries/dbi/DBIMysql.php b/libraries/dbi/DBIMysql.php
index f44b9bfa27..b5763df63a 100644
--- a/libraries/dbi/DBIMysql.php
+++ b/libraries/dbi/DBIMysql.php
@@ -124,10 +124,12 @@ class DBIMysql implements DBIExtension
 
         $client_flags = 0;
 
-        // always use CLIENT_LOCAL_FILES as defined in mysql_com.h
-        // for the case where the client library was not compiled
-        // with --enable-local-infile
-        $client_flags |= 128;
+        if (defined('PMA_ENABLE_LDI')) {
+            // use CLIENT_LOCAL_FILES as defined in mysql_com.h
+            // for the case where the client library was not compiled
+            // with --enable-local-infile
+            $client_flags |= 128;
+        }
 
         /* Optionally compress connection */
         if (defined('MYSQL_CLIENT_COMPRESS') && $cfg['Server']['compress']) {
diff --git a/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.php b/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.php
index 41d4665f9e..a1eabf40f7 100644
--- a/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.php
+++ b/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.php
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ class DBIMysqli implements DBIExtension
 
         $link = mysqli_init();
 
-        mysqli_options($link, MYSQLI_OPT_LOCAL_INFILE, true);
+        if (defined('PMA_ENABLE_LDI')) {
+            mysqli_options($link, MYSQLI_OPT_LOCAL_INFILE, true);
+        } else {
+            mysqli_options($link, MYSQLI_OPT_LOCAL_INFILE, false);
+        }
 
         $client_flags = 0;