diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Blueprint.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Blueprint.php
index 3e8eeab99b4..0082873701b 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Blueprint.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Blueprint.php
@@ -291,6 +291,28 @@ public function create()
         return $this->addCommand('create');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Specify the charset that should be used for the table.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $charset
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function charset($charset)
+    {
+        $this->charset = $charset;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specify the collation that should be used for the table.
+     *
+     * @param  string  $collation
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function collation($collation)
+    {
+        $this->collation = $collation;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Specify the storage engine that should be used for the table.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlSchemaGrammarTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlSchemaGrammarTest.php
index cf0b3fa010a..bbe69fb2d46 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlSchemaGrammarTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseMySqlSchemaGrammarTest.php
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ public function testCharsetCollationCreateTable()
         $blueprint->create();
         $blueprint->increments('id');
         $blueprint->string('email');
-        $blueprint->charset = 'utf8mb4';
-        $blueprint->collation = 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci';
+        $blueprint->charset('utf8mb4');
+        $blueprint->collation('utf8mb4_unicode_ci');
 
         $conn = $this->getConnection();
         $conn->shouldReceive('getConfig')->once()->with('engine')->andReturn(null);