diff --git a/sql/field.cc b/sql/field.cc
index 462088d26a6..de884035692 100644
--- a/sql/field.cc
+++ b/sql/field.cc
@@ -4271,7 +4271,7 @@ void Field_blob::set_key_image(char *buff,uint length)
 
 void Field_geom::get_key_image(char *buff,uint length, imagetype type)
 {
-  length-=HA_KEY_BLOB_LENGTH;
+/*  length-=HA_KEY_BLOB_LENGTH;
   ulong blob_length=get_length(ptr);
   char *blob;
   get_ptr(&blob);
@@ -4286,12 +4286,19 @@ void Field_geom::get_key_image(char *buff,uint length, imagetype type)
   float8store(buff+16, mbr.ymin);
   float8store(buff+24, mbr.ymax);
   return;
+*/
+  Field_blob::get_key_image(buff, length, type);
 }
 
 void Field_geom::set_key_image(char *buff,uint length)
 {
+  Field_blob::set_key_image(buff, length);
 }
 
+void Field_geom::sql_type(String &res) const
+{
+  res.set("geometry", 8U, default_charset_info);
+}
 
 
 int Field_blob::key_cmp(const byte *key_ptr, uint max_key_length)
@@ -4941,6 +4948,7 @@ uint32 calc_pack_length(enum_field_types type,uint32 length)
   case FIELD_TYPE_BLOB:		return 2+portable_sizeof_char_ptr;
   case FIELD_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB:	return 3+portable_sizeof_char_ptr;
   case FIELD_TYPE_LONG_BLOB:	return 4+portable_sizeof_char_ptr;
+  case FIELD_TYPE_GEOMETRY:	return 2+portable_sizeof_char_ptr;
   case FIELD_TYPE_SET:
   case FIELD_TYPE_ENUM: abort(); return 0;	// This shouldn't happen
   default: return 0;
@@ -4988,15 +4996,15 @@ Field *make_field(char *ptr, uint32 field_length,
 				      f_packtype(pack_flag),
 				      field_length);
 
+    if (f_is_geom(pack_flag))
+      return new Field_geom(ptr,null_pos,null_bit,
+			    unireg_check, field_name, table,
+			    pack_length,f_is_binary(pack_flag) != 0);
     if (f_is_blob(pack_flag))
       return new Field_blob(ptr,null_pos,null_bit,
 			    unireg_check, field_name, table,
 			    pack_length,f_is_binary(pack_flag) != 0,
 			    default_charset_info);
-    if (f_is_geom(pack_flag))
-      return new Field_geom(ptr,null_pos,null_bit,
-			    unireg_check, field_name, table,
-			    pack_length,f_is_binary(pack_flag) != 0);
 
     if (interval)
     {
diff --git a/sql/field.h b/sql/field.h
index 88187b2b7aa..007f193ed9f 100644
--- a/sql/field.h
+++ b/sql/field.h
@@ -937,6 +937,8 @@ public:
      :Field_blob(len_arg, maybe_null_arg, field_name_arg,
                  table_arg, binary_arg, default_charset_info) {}
   enum ha_base_keytype key_type() const { return HA_KEYTYPE_VARBINARY; }
+  enum_field_types type() const { return FIELD_TYPE_GEOMETRY;}
+  void sql_type(String &str) const;
 
   void get_key_image(char *buff,uint length, imagetype type);
   void set_key_image(char *buff,uint length);
diff --git a/sql/ha_myisam.cc b/sql/ha_myisam.cc
index 6a78a19c0a3..85c6e3f5cf9 100644
--- a/sql/ha_myisam.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_myisam.cc
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ int ha_myisam::create(const char *name, register TABLE *table,
 	keydef[i].flag|=HA_AUTO_KEY;
 	found_auto_increment=1;
       }
-      if (field->type() == FIELD_TYPE_BLOB)
+      if ((field->type() == FIELD_TYPE_BLOB) || (field->type() == FIELD_TYPE_GEOMETRY))
       {
 	keydef[i].seg[j].flag|=HA_BLOB_PART;
 	/* save number of bytes used to pack length */
diff --git a/sql/sql_parse.cc b/sql/sql_parse.cc
index a8e8b9e9327..760dde724e3 100644
--- a/sql/sql_parse.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_parse.cc
@@ -3018,7 +3018,6 @@ bool add_field_to_list(char *field_name, enum_field_types type,
   case FIELD_TYPE_STRING:
   case FIELD_TYPE_VAR_STRING:
   case FIELD_TYPE_NULL:
-  case FIELD_TYPE_GEOMETRY:
     break;
   case FIELD_TYPE_DECIMAL:
     if (!length)
@@ -3031,6 +3030,7 @@ bool add_field_to_list(char *field_name, enum_field_types type,
   case FIELD_TYPE_TINY_BLOB:
   case FIELD_TYPE_LONG_BLOB:
   case FIELD_TYPE_MEDIUM_BLOB:
+  case FIELD_TYPE_GEOMETRY:
     if (default_value)				// Allow empty as default value
     {
       String str,*res;
@@ -3166,7 +3166,7 @@ bool add_field_to_list(char *field_name, enum_field_types type,
 
   if (new_field->length >= MAX_FIELD_WIDTH ||
       (!new_field->length && !(new_field->flags & BLOB_FLAG) &&
-       type != FIELD_TYPE_STRING && type != FIELD_TYPE_VAR_STRING))
+       type != FIELD_TYPE_STRING && type != FIELD_TYPE_VAR_STRING && type != FIELD_TYPE_GEOMETRY))
   {
     net_printf(&thd->net,ER_TOO_BIG_FIELDLENGTH,field_name,
 	       MAX_FIELD_WIDTH-1);		/* purecov: inspected */
diff --git a/sql/sql_table.cc b/sql/sql_table.cc
index 5a814daaa51..126e37ee3e8 100644
--- a/sql/sql_table.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_table.cc
@@ -351,6 +351,16 @@ int mysql_create_table(THD *thd,const char *db, const char *table_name,
       sql_field->unireg_check=Field::BLOB_FIELD;
       blob_columns++;
       break;
+    case FIELD_TYPE_GEOMETRY:
+      sql_field->pack_flag=FIELDFLAG_GEOM |
+	pack_length_to_packflag(sql_field->pack_length -
+				portable_sizeof_char_ptr);
+      if (sql_field->flags & BINARY_FLAG)
+	sql_field->pack_flag|=FIELDFLAG_BINARY;
+      sql_field->length=8;			// Unireg field length
+      sql_field->unireg_check=Field::BLOB_FIELD;
+      blob_columns++;
+      break;
     case FIELD_TYPE_VAR_STRING:
     case FIELD_TYPE_STRING:
       sql_field->pack_flag=0;