diff --git a/ddl/db_integration_test.go b/ddl/db_integration_test.go
index e9098d0c5b932..8ab7b9fbdca20 100644
--- a/ddl/db_integration_test.go
+++ b/ddl/db_integration_test.go
@@ -1397,6 +1397,22 @@ func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestAlterAlgorithm(c *C) {
 	s.tk.MustExec("alter table t default charset = utf8mb4, ALGORITHM=INSTANT")
 }
 
+func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestFulltextIndexIgnore(c *C) {
+	s.tk = testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)
+	s.tk.MustExec("use test")
+	s.tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t_ft")
+	defer s.tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t_ft")
+	// Make sure that creating and altering to add a fulltext key gives the correct warning
+	s.assertWarningExec(c, "create table t_ft (a text, fulltext key (a))", ddl.ErrTableCantHandleFt)
+	s.assertWarningExec(c, "alter table t_ft add fulltext key (a)", ddl.ErrTableCantHandleFt)
+
+	// Make sure table t_ft still has no indexes even after it was created and altered
+	r := s.tk.MustQuery("show index from t_ft")
+	c.Assert(r.Rows(), HasLen, 0)
+	r = s.tk.MustQuery("select * from information_schema.statistics where table_schema='test' and table_name='t_ft'")
+	c.Assert(r.Rows(), HasLen, 0)
+}
+
 func (s *testIntegrationSuite) TestTreatOldVersionUTF8AsUTF8MB4(c *C) {
 	s.tk = testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)
 	s.tk.MustExec("use test")
diff --git a/ddl/ddl.go b/ddl/ddl.go
index cd8528a8a3144..5729a75584860 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl.go
@@ -228,6 +228,8 @@ var (
 	ErrAlterOperationNotSupported = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeNotSupportedAlterOperation, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrAlterOperationNotSupportedReason])
 	// ErrWrongObject returns for wrong object.
 	ErrWrongObject = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeErrWrongObject, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrWrongObject])
+	// ErrTableCantHandleFt returns FULLTEXT keys are not supported by table type
+	ErrTableCantHandleFt = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeErrTableCantHandleFt, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrTableCantHandleFt])
 	// ErrFieldNotFoundPart returns an error when 'partition by columns' are not found in table columns.
 	ErrFieldNotFoundPart = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeFieldNotFoundPart, mysql.MySQLErrName[mysql.ErrFieldNotFoundPart])
 	// ErrPartitionColumnList returns "Inconsistency in usage of column lists for partitioning".
@@ -716,6 +718,7 @@ const (
 	codePrimaryCantHaveNull                    = terror.ErrCode(mysql.ErrPrimaryCantHaveNull)
 	codeWrongExprInPartitionFunc               = terror.ErrCode(mysql.ErrWrongExprInPartitionFunc)
 	codeWarnDataTruncated                      = terror.ErrCode(mysql.WarnDataTruncated)
+	codeErrTableCantHandleFt                   = terror.ErrCode(mysql.ErrTableCantHandleFt)
 	codeCoalesceOnlyOnHashPartition            = terror.ErrCode(mysql.ErrCoalesceOnlyOnHashPartition)
 	codeUnknownPartition                       = terror.ErrCode(mysql.ErrUnknownPartition)
 	codeErrGeneratedColumnFunctionIsNotAllowed = terror.ErrCode(mysql.ErrGeneratedColumnFunctionIsNotAllowed)
@@ -776,6 +779,7 @@ func init() {
 		codePrimaryCantHaveNull:                    mysql.ErrPrimaryCantHaveNull,
 		codeWrongExprInPartitionFunc:               mysql.ErrWrongExprInPartitionFunc,
 		codeWarnDataTruncated:                      mysql.WarnDataTruncated,
+		codeErrTableCantHandleFt:                   mysql.ErrTableCantHandleFt,
 		codeCoalesceOnlyOnHashPartition:            mysql.ErrCoalesceOnlyOnHashPartition,
 		codeUnknownPartition:                       mysql.ErrUnknownPartition,
 		codeNotSupportedAlterOperation:             mysql.ErrAlterOperationNotSupportedReason,
diff --git a/ddl/ddl_api.go b/ddl/ddl_api.go
index c7c79bf614136..d01242d69fb55 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl_api.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl_api.go
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ func columnDefToCol(ctx sessionctx.Context, offset int, colDef *ast.ColumnDef, o
 				_, dependColNames := findDependedColumnNames(colDef)
 				col.Dependences = dependColNames
 			case ast.ColumnOptionFulltext:
-				// TODO: Support this type.
+				ctx.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.AppendWarning(ErrTableCantHandleFt)
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -968,6 +968,11 @@ func buildTableInfo(ctx sessionctx.Context, d *ddl, tableName model.CIStr, cols
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		if constr.Tp == ast.ConstraintFulltext {
+			sc := ctx.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx
+			sc.AppendWarning(ErrTableCantHandleFt)
+			continue
+		}
 		// build index info.
 		idxInfo, err := buildIndexInfo(tbInfo, model.NewCIStr(constr.Name), constr.Keys, model.StatePublic)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -1710,6 +1715,8 @@ func (d *ddl) AlterTable(ctx sessionctx.Context, ident ast.Ident, specs []*ast.A
 				err = d.CreateForeignKey(ctx, ident, model.NewCIStr(constr.Name), spec.Constraint.Keys, spec.Constraint.Refer)
 			case ast.ConstraintPrimaryKey:
 				err = ErrUnsupportedModifyPrimaryKey.GenWithStackByArgs("add")
+			case ast.ConstraintFulltext:
+				ctx.GetSessionVars().StmtCtx.AppendWarning(ErrTableCantHandleFt)
 			default:
 				// Nothing to do now.
 			}