diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8bd4cdd35d..df04e90919 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug       Fix issues related to number of decimal places in time
 - bug #4853 Relation view between 1600 and 1780 px
 - bug       PHP 7 compatibility in php-gettext
+- bug       PHP 7 compatibility in bfShapeFiles
 
 4.4.2.0 (2015-04-13)
 - bug #4835 PMA_hideShowConnection not called after submit_num_fields
diff --git a/libraries/bfShapeFiles/ShapeFile.lib.php b/libraries/bfShapeFiles/ShapeFile.lib.php
index bf726a328c..795d0aa292 100644
--- a/libraries/bfShapeFiles/ShapeFile.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/bfShapeFiles/ShapeFile.lib.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
     var $records;
 
-    function ShapeFile($shapeType, $boundingBox = array("xmin" => 0.0, "ymin" => 0.0, "xmax" => 0.0, "ymax" => 0.0), $FileName = NULL) {
+    public function __construct($shapeType, $boundingBox = array("xmin" => 0.0, "ymin" => 0.0, "xmax" => 0.0, "ymax" => 0.0), $FileName = NULL) {
       $this->shapeType = $shapeType;
       $this->boundingBox = $boundingBox;
       $this->FileName = $FileName;
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
     var $SHPData = array();
     var $DBFData = array();
 
-    function ShapeRecord($shapeType) {
+    public function __construct($shapeType) {
       $this->shapeType = $shapeType;
     }