diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5efcebb00d..9a72ba4243 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 
 4.3.12.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #4746 Right-aligned columns have left-aligned header
+- bug #4779 PMA_Util::parseEnumSetValues fails on enums with UTF-8 values
 
 4.3.11.0 (2015-03-02)
 - bug #4774 SQL links are completely wrong
diff --git a/libraries/Util.class.php b/libraries/Util.class.php
index 40eaf0f567..2795b1fb1c 100644
--- a/libraries/Util.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Util.class.php
@@ -3959,10 +3959,10 @@ class PMA_Util
              $i < $length;
              $i++
         ) {
-            $curr = $values_string[$i];
+            $curr = /*overload*/mb_substr($values_string, $i, 1);
             $next = ($i == /*overload*/mb_strlen($values_string)-1)
                 ? ''
-                : $values_string[$i+1];
+                : /*overload*/mb_substr($values_string, $i + 1, 1);
 
             if (! $in_string && $curr == "'") {
                 $in_string = true;