diff --git a/parser/charset/charset.go b/parser/charset/charset.go
index c42c13e4b09fc..0c0d3820efa56 100644
--- a/parser/charset/charset.go
+++ b/parser/charset/charset.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func ValidCharsetAndCollation(cs string, co string) bool {
 	if co == "" {
 		return true
 	}
+	co = strings.ToLower(co)
 	_, ok = c.Collations[co]
 	if !ok {
 		return false
diff --git a/parser/charset/charset_test.go b/parser/charset/charset_test.go
index c400d97f183be..9492a562d6517 100644
--- a/parser/charset/charset_test.go
+++ b/parser/charset/charset_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ func (s *testCharsetSuite) TestValidCharset(c *C) {
 		{"utf8", "utf8_invalid_ci", false},
 		{"utf16", "utf16_bin", false},
 		{"gb2312", "gb2312_chinese_ci", false},
+		{"UTF8", "UTF8_BIN", true},
+		{"UTF8", "utf8_bin", true},
+		{"UTF8MB4", "utf8mb4_bin", true},
+		{"UTF8MB4", "UTF8MB4_bin", true},
+		{"UTF8MB4", "UTF8MB4_general_ci", true},
+		{"Utf8", "uTf8_bIN", true},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		testValidCharset(c, tt.cs, tt.co, tt.succ)