diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 368729fa27..7a216c449f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #4091 Insert ignore option does not work
 - bug #4090 Downloading BLOB downloads page template
 - bug #4092 Clicking on table name in view of information_schema redirects to wrong page
+- bug #4079 Copy Table Add AUTO_INCREMENT value checkbox not working
 - bug #4088 MySQL server version at index.php incorrect w/ controlhost
 
 4.0.6.0 (2013-09-05)
diff --git a/libraries/Table.class.php b/libraries/Table.class.php
index 49ea68e79d..7fdbf78f19 100644
--- a/libraries/Table.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Table.class.php
@@ -836,6 +836,10 @@ class PMA_Table
 
             $no_constraints_comments = true;
             $GLOBALS['sql_constraints_query'] = '';
+            // set the value of global sql_auto_increment variable
+            if( isset($_POST['sql_auto_increment']) ) {
+                $GLOBALS['sql_auto_increment'] = $_POST['sql_auto_increment'];
+            }
 
             $sql_structure = $export_sql_plugin->getTableDef(
                 $source_db, $source_table, "\n", $err_url, false, false