diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8df84a65eb..a377104aac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #3794 failure to handle repeating empty columns when importing ODS
 - bug #4638 Default Export Method setting broken
 - bug #4639 Export SQL missing indentation first field
+- bug #4642 phpmyadmin often fails to load due to specific load order
 
 4.3.1.0 (2014-12-08)
 - bug #4609 'Show all' checkbox label is not clickable
diff --git a/js/ajax.js b/js/ajax.js
index 2f83f31a69..a8fa4e2dea 100644
--- a/js/ajax.js
+++ b/js/ajax.js
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ var AJAX = {
             var script = document.createElement('script');
             script.type = 'text/javascript';
             script.src = url;
+            script.async = false;
             head.appendChild(script);
         },
         /**