diff --git a/install/db/140-database.php b/install/db/140-database.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aae350a63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install/db/140-database.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+// +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+// | Piwigo - a PHP based photo gallery                                    |
+// +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+// | Copyright(C) 2008-2014 Piwigo Team                  http://piwigo.org |
+// | Copyright(C) 2003-2008 PhpWebGallery Team    http://phpwebgallery.net |
+// | Copyright(C) 2002-2003 Pierrick LE GALL   http://le-gall.net/pierrick |
+// +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+// | This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  |
+// | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  |
+// | the Free Software Foundation                                          |
+// |                                                                       |
+// | This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but   |
+// | WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            |
+// | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU      |
+// | General Public License for more details.                              |
+// |                                                                       |
+// | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License     |
+// | along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software           |
+// | Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, |
+// | USA.                                                                  |
+// +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+if (!defined('PHPWG_ROOT_PATH'))
+{
+  die('Hacking attempt!');
+}
+
+$upgrade_description = '#tags.name is not binary';
+
+// add fields
+$query = 'ALTER TABLE '.TAGS_TABLE.' CHANGE COLUMN `name` `name` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT \'\'';
+pwg_query($query);
+
+echo "\n".$upgrade_description."\n";
+
+?>
diff --git a/install/piwigo_structure-mysql.sql b/install/piwigo_structure-mysql.sql
index dadad1d1b..7520d99a4 100644
--- a/install/piwigo_structure-mysql.sql
+++ b/install/piwigo_structure-mysql.sql
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `piwigo_sites` (
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `piwigo_tags`;
 CREATE TABLE `piwigo_tags` (
   `id` smallint(5) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
-  `name` varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default '',
+  `name` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '',
   `url_name` varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default '',
   PRIMARY KEY  (`id`),
   KEY `tags_i1` (`url_name`)