diff --git a/include/SqlDB.h b/include/SqlDB.h
index 09b6331a99..d4e534156e 100644
--- a/include/SqlDB.h
+++ b/include/SqlDB.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
     /**
      *  @return string with compatible LIMIT clause syntax
      *  LIMIT [offset], row_count
-     *  
+     *
      *  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--
      *  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |...
      *  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--
diff --git a/src/pool/PoolObjectSQL.cc b/src/pool/PoolObjectSQL.cc
index 9f8fc88882..7ba467e548 100644
--- a/src/pool/PoolObjectSQL.cc
+++ b/src/pool/PoolObjectSQL.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,14 @@ int PoolObjectSQL::select_oid(SqlDB *db, const char * _table,
 
     ostringstream oss;
 
-    oss << "SELECT oid FROM " << _table << " WHERE name = '" << sql_name << "'";
+    oss << "SELECT oid FROM " << _table << " WHERE ";
+
+    if (Nebula::instance().get_db_backend() == "mysql")
+    {
+        oss << "BINARY ";
+    }
+
+    oss << "name = '" << sql_name << "'";
 
     if ( _uid != -1 )
     {
@@ -176,7 +183,14 @@ int PoolObjectSQL::select(SqlDB *db, const string& _name, int _uid)
     set_callback(
             static_cast<Callbackable::Callback>(&PoolObjectSQL::select_cb));
 
-    oss << "SELECT body FROM " << table << " WHERE name = '" << sql_name << "'";
+    oss << "SELECT body FROM " << table << " WHERE ";
+
+    if (Nebula::instance().get_db_backend() == "mysql")
+    {
+        oss << "BINARY ";
+    }
+
+    oss << "name = '" << sql_name << "'";
 
     if ( _uid != -1 )
     {