diff --git a/lib/private/db/mysqlmigrator.php b/lib/private/db/mysqlmigrator.php
index 97495f520329d6694919d92f5b0788a592c906a7..c0adcdf5df3570a962bd96e3104890699e1f0c9c 100644
--- a/lib/private/db/mysqlmigrator.php
+++ b/lib/private/db/mysqlmigrator.php
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ class MySQLMigrator extends Migrator {
 	 * @return \Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\SchemaDiff
 	 */
 	protected function getDiff(Schema $targetSchema, \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection $connection) {
+		$platform = $connection->getDatabasePlatform();
+		$platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('enum', 'string');
+		$platform->registerDoctrineTypeMapping('bit', 'string');
+
 		$schemaDiff = parent::getDiff($targetSchema, $connection);
 
 		// identifiers need to be quoted for mysql
diff --git a/tests/lib/db/migration.php b/tests/lib/db/migration.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..820a1431f542a303584c973ffec2555e50fe1b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/db/migration.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Thomas Müller <deepdiver@owncloud.com>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+class TestMigration extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
+
+	/** @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection */
+	private $connection;
+
+	/** @var string */
+	private $tableName;
+
+	public function setUp() {
+		$this->connection = \OC_DB::getConnection();
+		if (!$this->connection->getDatabasePlatform() instanceof \Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MySqlPlatform) {
+			$this->markTestSkipped("Test only relevant on MySql");
+		}
+
+		$dbPrefix = \OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue("dbtableprefix");
+		$this->tableName = uniqid($dbPrefix . "_enum_bit_test");
+		$this->connection->exec("CREATE TABLE $this->tableName(b BIT,  e ENUM('1','2','3','4'))");
+	}
+
+	public function tearDown() {
+		$this->connection->getSchemaManager()->dropTable($this->tableName);
+	}
+
+	public function testNonOCTables() {
+		$manager = new \OC\DB\MDB2SchemaManager($this->connection);
+		$manager->updateDbFromStructure(__DIR__ . '/testschema.xml');
+
+		$this->assertTrue(true);
+	}
+
+}