diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d370ef1d7b..8b6b0fcd94 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #12118 Fixed activation of some languages
 - issue #12121 Fixed error in 3NF step of normalization
 - issue #12135 Fix offering JSON datatype in incompatible MySQL versions
+- issue #12132 Can not open table with JSON field
 
 4.6.0.0 (2016-03-22)
 + issue #11456 Disabled storage engines
diff --git a/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.php b/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.php
index b0d55780de..ac36f2737e 100644
--- a/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.php
+++ b/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.php
@@ -43,7 +43,9 @@ if (! defined('MYSQLI_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL')) {
 if (! defined('MYSQLI_TYPE_BIT')) {
     define('MYSQLI_TYPE_BIT', 16);
 }
-
+if (! defined('MYSQLI_TYPE_JSON')) {
+    define('MYSQLI_TYPE_JSON', 245);
+}
 
 
 /* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
@@ -499,9 +501,7 @@ class DBIMysqli implements DBIExtension
         //$typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_CHAR]        = 'string';
         $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_GEOMETRY]    = 'geometry';
         $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_BIT]         = 'bit';
-        if (defined('MYSQLI_TYPE_JSON')) {
-            $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_JSON]        = 'json';
-        }
+        $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_JSON]        = 'json';
 
         $fields = mysqli_fetch_fields($result);