diff --git a/innobase/dict/dict0dict.c b/innobase/dict/dict0dict.c
index aa5bab210ef..b4be9108659 100644
--- a/innobase/dict/dict0dict.c
+++ b/innobase/dict/dict0dict.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Created 1/8/1996 Heikki Tuuri
 #include "que0que.h"
 #include "rem0cmp.h"
 
+ibool		dict_char_0xA0_is_space = FALSE; /* A special fix for 4.0 */
+
 dict_sys_t*	dict_sys	= NULL;	/* the dictionary system */
 
 rw_lock_t	dict_operation_lock;	/* table create, drop, etc. reserve
@@ -172,7 +174,28 @@ and unique key errors */
 FILE*	dict_foreign_err_file		= NULL;
 mutex_t	dict_foreign_err_mutex; 	/* mutex protecting the foreign
 					and unique error buffers */
-	
+/************************************************************************
+Checks if a byte is considered space in the current charset of MySQL.
+TODO: find out if this works correctly in multibyte charsets. */ 
+static
+ibool
+dict_isspace(
+/*=========*/	
+		/* out: TRUE if considered space */
+	char c)	/* in: one-byte character */
+{
+	if (isspace(c)) {
+
+		return(TRUE);
+	}
+
+	if (dict_char_0xA0_is_space && (byte)c == (byte)0xA0) {
+
+		return(TRUE);
+	}
+
+	return(FALSE);
+}	
 	
 /************************************************************************
 Checks if the database name in two table names is the same. */
@@ -2198,7 +2221,7 @@ dict_accept(
 
 	*success = FALSE;
 	
-	while (isspace(*ptr)) {
+	while (dict_isspace(*ptr)) {
 		ptr++;
 	}
 
@@ -2241,7 +2264,7 @@ dict_scan_id(
 
 	*id = NULL;
 
-	while (isspace(*ptr)) {
+	while (dict_isspace(*ptr)) {
 		ptr++;
 	}
 
@@ -2272,7 +2295,7 @@ dict_scan_id(
 			len++;
 		}
 	} else {
-		while (!isspace(*ptr) && *ptr != '(' && *ptr != ')'
+		while (!dict_isspace(*ptr) && *ptr != '(' && *ptr != ')'
 		       && (accept_also_dot || *ptr != '.')
 		       && *ptr != ',' && *ptr != '\0') {
 
@@ -2765,11 +2788,11 @@ loop:
 
 		ut_a(success);
 
-		if (!isspace(*ptr) && *ptr != '"' && *ptr != '`') {
+		if (!dict_isspace(*ptr) && *ptr != '"' && *ptr != '`') {
 	        	goto loop;
 		}
 
-		while (isspace(*ptr)) {
+		while (dict_isspace(*ptr)) {
 			ptr++;
 		}
 
@@ -2795,7 +2818,7 @@ loop:
 
 	ptr = dict_accept(ptr, "FOREIGN", &success);		
 	
-	if (!isspace(*ptr)) {
+	if (!dict_isspace(*ptr)) {
 	        goto loop;
 	}
 
@@ -2883,7 +2906,7 @@ col_loop1:
 	}
 	ptr = dict_accept(ptr, "REFERENCES", &success);
 
-	if (!success || !isspace(*ptr)) {
+	if (!success || !dict_isspace(*ptr)) {
 		dict_foreign_report_syntax_err(name, start_of_latest_foreign,
 									ptr);
 		return(DB_CANNOT_ADD_CONSTRAINT);
@@ -3261,7 +3284,7 @@ loop:
 
 	ptr = dict_accept(ptr, "DROP", &success);
 
-	if (!isspace(*ptr)) {
+	if (!dict_isspace(*ptr)) {
 
 	        goto loop;
 	}
diff --git a/innobase/include/dict0dict.h b/innobase/include/dict0dict.h
index 9940be9832d..8b31e6f84a5 100644
--- a/innobase/include/dict0dict.h
+++ b/innobase/include/dict0dict.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Created 1/8/1996 Heikki Tuuri
 #include "ut0byte.h"
 #include "trx0types.h"
 
+extern ibool		dict_char_0xA0_is_space;
+
 /************************************************************************
 Get the database name length in a table name. */
 
diff --git a/sql/ha_innodb.cc b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
index 91f92c8cadb..c36075207ed 100644
--- a/sql/ha_innodb.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_innodb.cc
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "../innobase/include/log0log.h"
 #include "../innobase/include/lock0lock.h"
 #include "../innobase/include/dict0crea.h"
+#include "../innobase/include/dict0dict.h"
 #include "../innobase/include/btr0cur.h"
 #include "../innobase/include/btr0btr.h"
 #include "../innobase/include/fsp0fsp.h"
@@ -917,6 +918,10 @@ innobase_init(void)
 
 	srv_print_verbose_log = mysql_embedded ? 0 : 1;
 
+	if (my_isspace(default_charset_info, (char)0xA0)) {
+		dict_char_0xA0_is_space = TRUE;
+	}
+
 	if (strcmp(default_charset_info->name, "latin1") == 0) {
 
 		/* Store the character ordering table to InnoDB.