diff --git a/lib/private/DB/ConnectionFactory.php b/lib/private/DB/ConnectionFactory.php
index ef98ff570169..1469c160a39e 100644
--- a/lib/private/DB/ConnectionFactory.php
+++ b/lib/private/DB/ConnectionFactory.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 use Doctrine\DBAL\DriverManager;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Event\Listeners\OracleSessionInit;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Event\Listeners\SQLSessionInit;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Events;
 use OC\SystemConfig;
 
 /**
@@ -116,6 +117,10 @@ public function getConnection($type, $additionalConnectionParams) {
 			case 'mysql':
 				$eventManager->addEventSubscriber(
 					new SQLSessionInit("SET SESSION AUTOCOMMIT=1"));
+				$eventManager->addEventListener(
+					Events::onSchemaColumnDefinition,
+					new MySqlSchemaColumnDefinitionListener()
+				);
 				break;
 			case 'oci':
 				$eventManager->addEventSubscriber(new OracleSessionInit);
diff --git a/lib/private/DB/MySqlSchemaColumnDefinitionListener.php b/lib/private/DB/MySqlSchemaColumnDefinitionListener.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..715e25c0e02e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/private/DB/MySqlSchemaColumnDefinitionListener.php
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @author Viktar Dubiniuk <dubiniuk@owncloud.com>
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2017, ownCloud GmbH
+ * @license AGPL-3.0
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OC\DB;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Event\SchemaColumnDefinitionEventArgs;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MySqlPlatform;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Column;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
+
+
+/**
+ * Class MySqlSchemaColumnDefinitionListener
+ *
+ * @package OC\DB
+ *
+ * This class contains the smallest portion of native Doctrine code taken from
+ * Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\MySqlSchemaManager that allows to bypass the call to
+ * native _getPortableTableColumnDefinition method
+ *
+ * TODO: remove once https://github.com/owncloud/core/issues/28695 is fixed and Doctrine upgraded
+ */
+class MySqlSchemaColumnDefinitionListener{
+	/**
+	 * @var \Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform
+	 */
+	protected $_platform;
+
+	public function onSchemaColumnDefinition(SchemaColumnDefinitionEventArgs $eventArgs) {
+		// We need an instance of platform with ownCloud-specific mappings
+		//  this part  can't be moved to constructor - it leads to an infinite recursion
+		if (is_null($this->_platform)) {
+			$this->_platform = \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection()->getDatabasePlatform();
+		}
+
+		$tableColumn = $eventArgs->getTableColumn();
+		$eventArgs->preventDefault();
+		$column = $this->_getPortableTableColumnDefinition($tableColumn);
+		$eventArgs->setColumn($column);
+	}
+
+	
+	/**
+	 * Given a table comment this method tries to extract a typehint for Doctrine Type, or returns
+	 * the type given as default.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $comment
+	 * @param string $currentType
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function extractDoctrineTypeFromComment($comment, $currentType)
+	{
+		if (preg_match("(\(DC2Type:([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)\))", $comment, $match)) {
+			$currentType = $match[1];
+		}
+
+		return $currentType;
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * @param string $comment
+	 * @param string $type
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function removeDoctrineTypeFromComment($comment, $type)
+	{
+		return str_replace('(DC2Type:'.$type.')', '', $comment);
+	}
+	
+	protected function _getPortableTableColumnDefinition($tableColumn)
+	{
+		$tableColumn = array_change_key_case($tableColumn, CASE_LOWER);
+
+		$dbType = strtolower($tableColumn['type']);
+		$dbType = strtok($dbType, '(), ');
+		if (isset($tableColumn['length'])) {
+			$length = $tableColumn['length'];
+		} else {
+			$length = strtok('(), ');
+		}
+
+		$fixed = null;
+
+		if ( ! isset($tableColumn['name'])) {
+			$tableColumn['name'] = '';
+		}
+
+		$scale = null;
+		$precision = null;
+
+		$type = $this->_platform->getDoctrineTypeMapping($dbType);
+
+		// In cases where not connected to a database DESCRIBE $table does not return 'Comment'
+		if (isset($tableColumn['comment'])) {
+			$type = $this->extractDoctrineTypeFromComment($tableColumn['comment'], $type);
+			$tableColumn['comment'] = $this->removeDoctrineTypeFromComment($tableColumn['comment'], $type);
+		}
+
+		switch ($dbType) {
+			case 'char':
+			case 'binary':
+				$fixed = true;
+				break;
+			case 'float':
+			case 'double':
+			case 'real':
+			case 'numeric':
+			case 'decimal':
+				if (preg_match('([A-Za-z]+\(([0-9]+)\,([0-9]+)\))', $tableColumn['type'], $match)) {
+					$precision = $match[1];
+					$scale = $match[2];
+					$length = null;
+				}
+				break;
+			case 'tinytext':
+				$length = MySqlPlatform::LENGTH_LIMIT_TINYTEXT;
+				break;
+			case 'text':
+				$length = MySqlPlatform::LENGTH_LIMIT_TEXT;
+				break;
+			case 'mediumtext':
+				$length = MySqlPlatform::LENGTH_LIMIT_MEDIUMTEXT;
+				break;
+			case 'tinyblob':
+				$length = MySqlPlatform::LENGTH_LIMIT_TINYBLOB;
+				break;
+			case 'blob':
+				$length = MySqlPlatform::LENGTH_LIMIT_BLOB;
+				break;
+			case 'mediumblob':
+				$length = MySqlPlatform::LENGTH_LIMIT_MEDIUMBLOB;
+				break;
+			case 'tinyint':
+			case 'smallint':
+			case 'mediumint':
+			case 'int':
+			case 'integer':
+			case 'bigint':
+			case 'year':
+				$length = null;
+				break;
+		}
+
+		$length = ((int) $length == 0) ? null : (int) $length;
+
+		$options = array(
+			'length'		=> $length,
+			'unsigned'	  => (bool) (strpos($tableColumn['type'], 'unsigned') !== false),
+			'fixed'		 => (bool) $fixed,
+			// This line was changed to fix breaking change introduced in MariaDB 10.2.6
+			'default'	   => isset($tableColumn['default']) && !($tableColumn['default'] === 'NULL' && $tableColumn['null'] === 'YES') ? $tableColumn['default'] : null,
+			'notnull'	   => (bool) ($tableColumn['null'] != 'YES'),
+			'scale'		 => null,
+			'precision'	 => null,
+			'autoincrement' => (bool) (strpos($tableColumn['extra'], 'auto_increment') !== false),
+			'comment'	   => isset($tableColumn['comment']) && $tableColumn['comment'] !== ''
+				? $tableColumn['comment']
+				: null,
+		);
+
+		if ($scale !== null && $precision !== null) {
+			$options['scale'] = $scale;
+			$options['precision'] = $precision;
+		}
+
+		$column = new Column($tableColumn['field'], Type::getType($type), $options);
+
+		if (isset($tableColumn['collation'])) {
+			$column->setPlatformOption('collation', $tableColumn['collation']);
+		}
+
+		return $column;
+	}
+}