diff --git a/adminer/dump.inc.php b/adminer/dump.inc.php
index 67032522..7af973a5 100644
--- a/adminer/dump.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/dump.inc.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if ($_POST && !$error) {
 	if ($is_sql) {
 		echo "-- Adminer $VERSION " . $drivers[DRIVER] . " dump\n\n";
 		if ($jush == "sql") {
-			echo "SET NAMES " . charset($connection) . ";
+			echo "SET NAMES utf8;
 SET time_zone = '+00:00';
 " . ($_POST["data_style"] ? "SET foreign_key_checks = 0;
 SET sql_mode = 'NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO';
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ SET sql_mode = 'NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO';
 		$adminer->dumpDatabase($db);
 		if ($connection->select_db($db)) {
 			if ($is_sql && preg_match('~CREATE~', $style) && ($create = $connection->result("SHOW CREATE DATABASE " . idf_escape($db), 1))) {
+				set_utf8mb4($create);
 				if ($style == "DROP+CREATE") {
 					echo "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS " . idf_escape($db) . ";\n";
 				}
@@ -53,16 +54,18 @@ SET sql_mode = 'NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO';
 				if ($_POST["routines"]) {
 					foreach (array("FUNCTION", "PROCEDURE") as $routine) {
 						foreach (get_rows("SHOW $routine STATUS WHERE Db = " . q($db), null, "-- ") as $row) {
-							$out .= ($style != 'DROP+CREATE' ? "DROP $routine IF EXISTS " . idf_escape($row["Name"]) . ";;\n" : "")
-							. remove_definer($connection->result("SHOW CREATE $routine " . idf_escape($row["Name"]), 2)) . ";;\n\n";
+							$create = remove_definer($connection->result("SHOW CREATE $routine " . idf_escape($row["Name"]), 2));
+							set_utf8mb4($create);
+							$out .= ($style != 'DROP+CREATE' ? "DROP $routine IF EXISTS " . idf_escape($row["Name"]) . ";;\n" : "") . "$create;;\n\n";
 						}
 					}
 				}
 
 				if ($_POST["events"]) {
 					foreach (get_rows("SHOW EVENTS", null, "-- ") as $row) {
-						$out .= ($style != 'DROP+CREATE' ? "DROP EVENT IF EXISTS " . idf_escape($row["Name"]) . ";;\n" : "")
-						. remove_definer($connection->result("SHOW CREATE EVENT " . idf_escape($row["Name"]), 3)) . ";;\n\n";
+						$create = remove_definer($connection->result("SHOW CREATE EVENT " . idf_escape($row["Name"]), 3));
+						set_utf8mb4($create);
+						$out .= ($style != 'DROP+CREATE' ? "DROP EVENT IF EXISTS " . idf_escape($row["Name"]) . ";;\n" : "") . "$create;;\n\n";
 					}
 				}
 
diff --git a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
index 4ef6ab44..f02455c5 100644
--- a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ username.form['auth[driver]'].onchange();
 			if ($style) {
 				dump_csv(array_keys(fields($table)));
 			}
-		} elseif ($style) {
+		} else {
 			if ($is_view == 2) {
 				$fields = array();
 				foreach (fields($table) as $name => $field) {
@@ -647,7 +647,8 @@ username.form['auth[driver]'].onchange();
 			} else {
 				$create = create_sql($table, $_POST["auto_increment"]);
 			}
-			if ($create) {
+			set_utf8mb4($create);
+			if ($style && $create) {
 				if ($style == "DROP+CREATE" || $is_view == 1) {
 					echo "DROP " . ($is_view == 2 ? "VIEW" : "TABLE") . " IF EXISTS " . table($table) . ";\n";
 				}
diff --git a/adminer/include/editing.inc.php b/adminer/include/editing.inc.php
index dc5efabb..f5e27e39 100644
--- a/adminer/include/editing.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/editing.inc.php
@@ -523,3 +523,15 @@ function db_size($db) {
 	}
 	return format_number($return);
 }
+
+/** Print SET NAMES if utf8mb4 might be needed
+* @param string
+* @return null
+*/
+function set_utf8mb4($create) {
+	static $set = false;
+	if (!$set && preg_match('~\butf8mb4~i', $create)) { // possible false positive
+		$set = true;
+		echo "SET NAMES utf8mb4;\n\n";
+	}
+}
diff --git a/adminer/include/version.inc.php b/adminer/include/version.inc.php
index e6fbc38c..ec06829a 100644
--- a/adminer/include/version.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/version.inc.php
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 <?php
-$VERSION = "4.2.0";
+$VERSION = "4.2.1-dev";
diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
index 85726d05..db588afb 100644
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-Adminer 4.2.0 (released 2015-02-07)
+Adminer 4.2.1-dev:
+MySQL: Use utf8mb4 in export only if required
+
+Adminer 4.2.0 (released 2015-02-07):
 Fix XSS in login form (bug #436)
 Allow limiting number of displayed rows in SQL command
 Fix reading routine column collations
@@ -21,7 +24,7 @@ Elasticsearch: Use where in select
 Firebird: Alpha version
 Danish translation
 
-Adminer 4.1.0 (released 2014-04-18)
+Adminer 4.1.0 (released 2014-04-18):
 Provide size of all databases in the overview
 Prevent against brute force login attempts from the same IP address
 Compute number of tables in the overview explicitly