diff --git a/source/insertfiles.pas b/source/insertfiles.pas
index d391c7ad..1e4f5f96 100644
--- a/source/insertfiles.pas
+++ b/source/insertfiles.pas
@@ -641,9 +641,12 @@ begin
           if Pos('%filecontent%', ColInfo.Value) > 0 then begin
             if not FileReadDone then begin
               // Import binaries as-is (byte for byte), and auto-detect encoding of text files.
-              if FileInfo.IsBinary then
-                FileContent := '_binary 0x' + BinToWideHex(ReadBinaryFile(FileInfo.Filename, 0))
-              else
+              if FileInfo.IsBinary then begin
+                FileContent := '';
+                if FConnection.Parameters.NetTypeGroup = ngMySQL then
+                  FileContent := '_binary ';
+                FileContent := FileContent + '0x' + BinToWideHex(ReadBinaryFile(FileInfo.Filename, 0))
+              end else
                 FileContent := esc(ReadTextfile(FileInfo.Filename, nil));
               FileReadDone := True;
             end;