diff --git a/htdocs/core/db/mysql.class.php b/htdocs/core/db/mysql.class.php
index e504edb8a11..a5194a6c217 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/db/mysql.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/db/mysql.class.php
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ class DoliDBMysql
 		if (! $ret)
 		{
 			// We try again for compatibility with Mysql < 4.1.1
-			$sql = 'CREATE DATABASE '.$database;
+            $sql = "CREATE DATABASE `".$this->escape($database)."`";
 			dol_syslog($sql,LOG_DEBUG);
 			$ret=$this->query($sql);
 		}
diff --git a/htdocs/core/db/mysqli.class.php b/htdocs/core/db/mysqli.class.php
index 438c4b83f19..6e8541d19bc 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/db/mysqli.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/db/mysqli.class.php
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ class DoliDBMysqli
         if (! $ret)
         {
             // We try again for compatibility with Mysql < 4.1.1
-            $sql = 'CREATE DATABASE '.$database;
+            $sql = "CREATE DATABASE `".$this->escape($database)."`";
             dol_syslog($sql,LOG_DEBUG);
             $ret=$this->query($sql);
         }