diff --git a/lib/dialects/mysql/query/mysql-querycompiler.js b/lib/dialects/mysql/query/mysql-querycompiler.js
index 52dd18b263..a235c64f04 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/mysql/query/mysql-querycompiler.js
+++ b/lib/dialects/mysql/query/mysql-querycompiler.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class QueryCompiler_MySQL extends QueryCompiler {
       output(resp) {
         const out = resp.reduce(function (columns, val) {
           columns[val.COLUMN_NAME] = {
-            defaultValue: val.COLUMN_DEFAULT,
+            defaultValue: val.COLUMN_DEFAULT === 'NULL' ? null : val.COLUMN_DEFAULT,
             type: val.DATA_TYPE,
             maxLength: val.CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH,
             nullable: val.IS_NULLABLE === 'YES',
diff --git a/test/integration2/query/misc/additional.spec.js b/test/integration2/query/misc/additional.spec.js
index 30c9237105..913ee7d84b 100644
--- a/test/integration2/query/misc/additional.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration2/query/misc/additional.spec.js
@@ -423,6 +423,27 @@ describe('Additional', function () {
           expect(expectedUuid).to.equal(originalUuid);
         });
 
+        it ('#5154 - should properly mark COLUMN_DEFAULT as null', async function () {
+          if (!isMysql(knex)) {
+            return this.skip();
+          }
+
+          await knex.schema.dropTableIfExists('null_col');
+          await knex.schema.createTable('null_col', function (table) {
+            table.date('foo').defaultTo(null).nullable();
+          })
+          const columnInfo = await knex('null_col').columnInfo();
+
+          expect(columnInfo).to.deep.equal({
+            foo: {
+              type: 'date',
+              maxLength: null,
+              nullable: true,
+              defaultValue: null,
+            },
+          });
+        });
+
         it('#2184 - should properly escape table name for SQLite columnInfo', async function () {
           if (!isSQLite(knex)) {
             return this.skip();