diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7f5dd8a357..d1f49d4d2f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #4767 Drizzle: undefined index in mysql_charsets.inc.php
 - bug #4753 Normal field and multi-line field have different margins
 - bug #4760 Cannot re-import settings from local storage
+- bug #4778 SQL error when database list is sorted by additional columns
 
 4.3.10.0 (2015-02-20)
 - bug       Undefined index navwork
diff --git a/libraries/DatabaseInterface.class.php b/libraries/DatabaseInterface.class.php
index 1162c968fd..a61b71c81c 100644
--- a/libraries/DatabaseInterface.class.php
+++ b/libraries/DatabaseInterface.class.php
@@ -985,7 +985,13 @@ class PMA_DatabaseInterface
                 }
                 $sql .= $sql_where_schema . '
                         GROUP BY BINARY s.SCHEMA_NAME
-                        ORDER BY BINARY ' . PMA_Util::backquote($sort_by)
+                        ORDER BY ';
+                if ($sort_by == 'SCHEMA_NAME'
+                    || $sort_by == 'DEFAULT_COLLATION_NAME'
+                ) {
+                    $sql .= 'BINARY ';
+                }
+                $sql .= PMA_Util::backquote($sort_by)
                     . ' ' . $sort_order
                     . $limit;
             }