diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/dialect/mysql/parser/MySqlStatementParser.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/dialect/mysql/parser/MySqlStatementParser.java
index 7490f700bb..417dfe631d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/dialect/mysql/parser/MySqlStatementParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/dialect/mysql/parser/MySqlStatementParser.java
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ public class MySqlStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
     private static final String ENGINE = "ENGINE";
     private static final String BINLOG = "BINLOG";
     private static final String EVENTS = "EVENTS";
-    private static final String CHARACTER = "CHARACTER";
     private static final String SESSION = "SESSION";
     private static final String GLOBAL = "GLOBAL";
     private static final String VARIABLES = "VARIABLES";
@@ -1311,7 +1310,7 @@ public class MySqlStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
             return new MySqlShowMasterStatusStatement();
         }
 
-        if (lexer.identifierEquals(CHARACTER)) {
+        if (lexer.identifierEquals(FnvHash.Constants.CHARACTER)) {
             lexer.nextToken();
             accept(Token.SET);
             MySqlShowCharacterSetStatement stmt = new MySqlShowCharacterSetStatement();
@@ -2171,7 +2170,7 @@ public class MySqlStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
         SQLName tableName = exprParser.name();
         stmt.setTableName(tableName);
 
-        if (lexer.identifierEquals(CHARACTER)) {
+        if (lexer.identifierEquals(FnvHash.Constants.CHARACTER)) {
             lexer.nextToken();
             accept(Token.SET);
 
@@ -2245,7 +2244,7 @@ public class MySqlStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
         SQLName tableName = exprParser.name();
         stmt.setTableName(tableName);
 
-        if (lexer.identifierEquals(CHARACTER)) {
+        if (lexer.identifierEquals(FnvHash.Constants.CHARACTER)) {
             lexer.nextToken();
             accept(Token.SET);
 
@@ -3693,7 +3692,7 @@ public class MySqlStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
                 stmt.addItem(item);
             } else if (lexer.token() == Token.DEFAULT) {
                 lexer.nextToken();
-                if (lexer.identifierEquals(CHARACTER)) {
+                if (lexer.identifierEquals(FnvHash.Constants.CHARACTER)) {
                     SQLAlterCharacter item = alterTableCharacter();
                     stmt.addItem(item);
                 } else {
@@ -3887,7 +3886,7 @@ public class MySqlStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
                     stmt.addItem(new MySqlAlterTableOption("PACK_KEYS", lexer.stringVal()));
                     lexer.nextToken();
                 }
-            } else if (lexer.identifierEquals(CHARACTER)) {
+            } else if (lexer.identifierEquals(FnvHash.Constants.CHARACTER)) {
                 SQLAlterCharacter item = alterTableCharacter();
                 stmt.addItem(item);
             } else if (lexer.token() == Token.COMMENT) {
@@ -4187,7 +4186,7 @@ public class MySqlStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
             accept(Token.DATABASE);
         }
 
-        SQLAlterDatabaseStatement stmt = new SQLAlterDatabaseStatement();
+        SQLAlterDatabaseStatement stmt = new SQLAlterDatabaseStatement(dbType);
 
         SQLName name = this.exprParser.name();
         stmt.setName(name);
@@ -4202,12 +4201,17 @@ public class MySqlStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
 
         if (lexer.token() == Token.DEFAULT) {
             lexer.nextToken();
-            if (lexer.identifierEquals(CHARACTER)) {
+            if (lexer.identifierEquals(FnvHash.Constants.CHARACTER)) {
                 SQLAlterCharacter item = alterTableCharacter();
                 stmt.setCharacter(item);
             } else {
                 throw new ParserException("TODO " + lexer.info());
             }
+        } else if (lexer.identifierEquals(FnvHash.Constants.CHARACTER)) {
+            SQLAlterCharacter item = alterTableCharacter();
+            stmt.setCharacter(item);
+        } else {
+            throw new ParserException("TODO " + lexer.info());
         }
 
         return stmt;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/mysql/alter/MySqlAlterDbTest1.java b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/mysql/alter/MySqlAlterDbTest1.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..240c9f6013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/mysql/alter/MySqlAlterDbTest1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2017 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.alibaba.druid.bvt.sql.mysql.alter;
+
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.SQLUtils;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.SQLStatement;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.dialect.mysql.parser.MySqlStatementParser;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.parser.Token;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+public class MySqlAlterDbTest1 extends TestCase {
+
+    public void test_alter_first() throws Exception {
+        String sql = "alter database test CHARACTER SET='big5' COLLATE='big5_chinese_ci'";
+        MySqlStatementParser parser = new MySqlStatementParser(sql);
+        SQLStatement stmt = parser.parseStatementList().get(0);
+        parser.match(Token.EOF);
+        
+        assertEquals("ALTER DATABASE test CHARACTER SET = 'big5' COLLATE big5_chinese_ci", SQLUtils.toMySqlString(stmt));
+        assertEquals("alter database test character set = 'big5' collate big5_chinese_ci", SQLUtils.toMySqlString(stmt, SQLUtils.DEFAULT_LCASE_FORMAT_OPTION));
+    }
+
+}