diff --git a/mysql-test/r/myisam.result b/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
index a18018657e0..bf57b6e1006 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/myisam.result
@@ -2185,4 +2185,23 @@ CHECK TABLE t1 EXTENDED;
 Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
 test.t1	check	status	OK
 DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+c1 VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
+c2 CHAR(10) DEFAULT NULL,
+c3 VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
+KEY (c1),
+KEY (c2)
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 PACK_KEYS=0;
+
+MyISAM file:         MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/master-data/test/t1
+Record format:       Packed
+Character set:       utf8_general_ci (33)
+Data records:                    0  Deleted blocks:                 0
+Recordlength:                   94
+
+table description:
+Key Start Len Index   Type
+1   2     30  multip. varchar              
+2   33    30  multip. char NULL            
+DROP TABLE t1;
 End of 5.1 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/myisam.test b/mysql-test/t/myisam.test
index bb2c295eac2..21ffa0683b6 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/myisam.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/myisam.test
@@ -1448,5 +1448,19 @@ CHECK TABLE t1;
 CHECK TABLE t1 EXTENDED;
 DROP TABLE t1;
 
+#
+# Bug#29182 - MyISAMCHK reports wrong character set
+#
+CREATE TABLE t1 (
+  c1 VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
+  c2 CHAR(10) DEFAULT NULL,
+  c3 VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
+  KEY (c1),
+  KEY (c2)
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 PACK_KEYS=0;
+--replace_result $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR MYSQLTEST_VARDIR
+--exec $MYISAMCHK -d $MYSQLTEST_VARDIR/master-data/test/t1
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
 --echo End of 5.1 tests
 
diff --git a/storage/myisam/ha_myisam.cc b/storage/myisam/ha_myisam.cc
index 0b69f9d135f..09393d58d1a 100644
--- a/storage/myisam/ha_myisam.cc
+++ b/storage/myisam/ha_myisam.cc
@@ -1859,6 +1859,7 @@ int ha_myisam::create(const char *name, register TABLE *table_arg,
                                  share->avg_row_length);
   create_info.data_file_name= ha_create_info->data_file_name;
   create_info.index_file_name= ha_create_info->index_file_name;
+  create_info.language= share->table_charset->number;
 
   if (ha_create_info->options & HA_LEX_CREATE_TMP_TABLE)
     create_flags|= HA_CREATE_TMP_TABLE;