diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7d78063ff8..8f33e48f82 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #13010 Copy database: SQL error for copying PMADB metadata
 - issue #13002 Fixed OpenDocument exports
 - issue #13000 Align NULL values according to the column alignment
+- issue #13021 Show phpMyAdmin errors even with error_reporting set to 0
 
 4.6.6 (2017-01-23)
 - issue #12759 Fix Notice regarding 'Undefined index: old_usergroup'
diff --git a/libraries/ErrorHandler.php b/libraries/ErrorHandler.php
index 2bf6b7b056..0a3e33a06d 100644
--- a/libraries/ErrorHandler.php
+++ b/libraries/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ class ErrorHandler
      */
     protected $hide_location = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Initial error reporting state
+     */
+    protected $error_reporting = 0;
+
     /**
      * Constructor - set PHP error handler
      *
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ class ErrorHandler
         if (!defined('TESTSUITE')) {
             set_error_handler(array($this, 'handleError'));
         }
+        $this->error_reporting = error_reporting();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -149,8 +155,14 @@ class ErrorHandler
      */
     public function handleError($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline)
     {
-        // check if Error Control Operator (@) was used.
-        if (error_reporting() == 0) {
+        /**
+         * Check if Error Control Operator (@) was used, but still show
+         * user errors even in this case.
+         */
+        if (error_reporting() == 0 &&
+            $this->error_reporting != 0 &&
+            ($errno & (E_USER_WARNING | E_USER_ERROR | E_USER_NOTICE)) == 0
+        ) {
             return;
         }
         $this->addError($errstr, $errno, $errfile, $errline, true);