diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 228bafff98..cdb229bc8b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #11964 Undefined index: TABLE_COMMENT in database structure page
 - issue #11967 Fix PHP error on loading invalid XML or ODS file
 - issue #11969 Missing confirmation while dropping a view in view_operations.php
+- issue #11968 Fix export of index comments in SQL
 
 4.5.4.1 (2016-01-29)
 - issue #11892 Error with PMA 4.4.15.3
diff --git a/libraries/plugins/export/ExportSql.php b/libraries/plugins/export/ExportSql.php
index 08710064c9..4e74fa4968 100644
--- a/libraries/plugins/export/ExportSql.php
+++ b/libraries/plugins/export/ExportSql.php
@@ -1632,7 +1632,9 @@ class ExportSql extends ExportPlugin
                             unset($statement->fields[$key]);
                         } else {
                             if (empty($GLOBALS['sql_if_not_exists'])) {
-                                $indexes[] = $field->build($field);
+                                $indexes[] = str_replace(
+                                    'COMMENT=\'', 'COMMENT \'', $field::build($field)
+                                );
                                 unset($statement->fields[$key]);
                             }
                         }