diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 897a16bb36..90543b65f2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #11695 PMA_getDataForDeleteUsers() warning
 - issue #11698 Cannot create user on Percona Server
 - issue        Properly report error on connecting
+- issue #11706 Database export template not saving compression option
 
 4.5.2.0 (2015-11-23)
 - issue #11589 Incorrect parameter in mysqli_fetch_fields()
diff --git a/js/export.js b/js/export.js
index f800a9050b..3ed6f4973a 100644
--- a/js/export.js
+++ b/js/export.js
@@ -320,14 +320,14 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('export.js', function () {
 
     // For separate-file exports only ZIP compression is allowed
     $('input[type="checkbox"][name="as_separate_files"]').change(function(){
-        if (! $(this).attr('checked')) {
+        if ($(this).is(':checked')) {
             $('#compression').val('zip');
         }
     });
 
     $('#compression').change(function(){
         if ($('option:selected').val() !== 'zip') {
-            $('input[type="checkbox"][name="as_separate_files"]').attr('checked', false);
+            $('input[type="checkbox"][name="as_separate_files"]').prop('checked', false);
         }
     });