diff --git a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
index 9789d8f2fe..f43d08c8e1 100644
--- a/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
+++ b/phpBB/docs/CHANGELOG.html
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
 		<li>[Fix] Fix download count increments for image attachments without corresponding thumbnails. (Bug #42505)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Fix wrong bot ip check if bot ip was wrongly entered by admin. (Bug #42485)</li>
 		<li>[Fix] Fix javascript errors in simple header (prosilver) by adding forum_fn.js and the corresponding variables. (Bug #42135)</li>
+		<li>[Fix] Set connection encoding for MySQL versions 4.1.0 to 4.1.2. This may fix some conversion issues with special characters. (Bug #41805)</li>
 		<li>[Change] Allow download of conflicting file for later reference in automatic updater</li>
 		<li>[Change] Default difference view is now 'inline' instead of 'side by side'</li>
 		<li>[Change] Added new option for merging differences to conflicting files in automatic updater</li>
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php b/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php
index 080f3d541a..c03b38708c 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/mysql.php
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 			if (@mysql_select_db($this->dbname, $this->db_connect_id))
 			{
 				// Determine what version we are using and if it natively supports UNICODE
-				if (version_compare($this->sql_server_info(true), '4.1.3', '>='))
+				if (version_compare($this->sql_server_info(true), '4.1.0', '>='))
 				{
 					@mysql_query("SET NAMES 'utf8'", $this->db_connect_id);
 
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class dbal_mysql extends dbal
 
 		return $data;
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	* return sql error array
 	* @access private