diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
index 3c5e4f5bdcef0..a568f6595a4b4 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql_adapter.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def self.mysql_connection(config) # :nodoc:
   module ConnectionAdapters
     class MysqlColumn < Column #:nodoc:
       def extract_default(default)
-        if type == :binary || type == :text
+        if sql_type =~ /blob/i || type == :text
           if default.blank?
             return null ? nil : ''
           else
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def extract_default(default)
       end
 
       def has_default?
-        return false if type == :binary || type == :text #mysql forbids defaults on blob and text columns
+        return false if sql_type =~ /blob/i || type == :text #mysql forbids defaults on blob and text columns
         super
       end
 
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/column_definition_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/column_definition_test.rb
index 98abc8eac8c05..fc9a0ac96e332 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/column_definition_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/column_definition_test.rb
@@ -33,4 +33,38 @@ def test_should_specify_not_null_if_null_option_is_false
       column.limit, column.precision, column.scale, column.default, column.null)
     assert_equal %Q{title varchar(20) DEFAULT 'Hello' NOT NULL}, column_def.to_sql
   end
+
+  if current_adapter?(:MysqlAdapter)
+    def test_should_set_default_for_mysql_binary_data_types
+      binary_column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlColumn.new("title", "a", "binary(1)")
+      assert_equal "a", binary_column.default
+
+      varbinary_column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlColumn.new("title", "a", "varbinary(1)")
+      assert_equal "a", varbinary_column.default
+    end
+
+    def test_should_not_set_default_for_blob_and_text_data_types
+      assert_raise ArgumentError do
+        ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlColumn.new("title", "a", "blob")
+      end
+
+      assert_raise ArgumentError do
+        ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlColumn.new("title", "Hello", "text")
+      end
+
+      text_column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlColumn.new("title", nil, "text")
+      assert_equal nil, text_column.default
+
+      not_null_text_column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlColumn.new("title", nil, "text", false)
+      assert_equal "", not_null_text_column.default
+    end
+
+    def test_has_default_should_return_false_for_blog_and_test_data_types
+      blob_column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlColumn.new("title", nil, "blob")
+      assert !blob_column.has_default?
+
+      text_column = ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::MysqlColumn.new("title", nil, "text")
+      assert !text_column.has_default?
+    end
+  end
 end