diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 361b170e9a..c744491bfe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #3904 Browsing an empty table should not display its Structure
 - bug #3908 Calendar widget improperly redirects to home 
 - bug #3916 [interface] Missing scrollbar (original theme)
++ [vendor] add tcpdf path to vendor_config.php
+- bug fix compat with tcpdf >= 6.0 (tested with 6.0.012)
 
 4.0.0.0 (2013-05-03)
 + Patch #3481047 for rfe #3480477 Insert as new row enhancement
diff --git a/libraries/PDF.class.php b/libraries/PDF.class.php
index 66e05a300e..fa4b48ac02 100644
--- a/libraries/PDF.class.php
+++ b/libraries/PDF.class.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if (! defined('PHPMYADMIN')) {
     exit;
 }
 
-require_once './libraries/tcpdf/tcpdf.php';
+require_once TCPDF_INC;
 
 /**
  * PDF font to use.
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class PMA_PDF extends TCPDF
     ) {
         parent::__construct();
         $this->SetAuthor('phpMyAdmin ' . PMA_VERSION);
-        $this->AliasNbPages();
         $this->AddFont('DejaVuSans', '', 'dejavusans.php');
         $this->AddFont('DejaVuSans', 'B', 'dejavusansb.php');
         $this->SetFont(PMA_PDF_FONT, '', 14);
@@ -72,6 +71,17 @@ class PMA_PDF extends TCPDF
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Function to test an empty string (was in tcpdf < 6.0)
+     *
+     * @param string $str to test
+     *
+     * @return boolean
+     */
+    public function empty_string($str) {
+            return (is_null($str) OR (is_string($str) AND (strlen($str) == 0)));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Function to set alias which will be expanded on page rendering.
      *
diff --git a/libraries/vendor_config.php b/libraries/vendor_config.php
index 0a09a996c6..92356f3aef 100644
--- a/libraries/vendor_config.php
+++ b/libraries/vendor_config.php
@@ -68,4 +68,9 @@ define('VERSION_CHECK_DEFAULT', true);
  * eg. /usr/share/php/gettext/gettext.inc.
  */
 define('GETTEXT_INC', './libraries/php-gettext/gettext.inc');
+/**
+ * Path to tcpdf.php file. Useful when you want to use system tcpdf,
+ * eg. /usr/share/php/tcpdf/tcpdf.php.
+ */
+define('TCPDF_INC', './libraries/tcpdf/tcpdf.php');
 ?>