diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
index 52eea73ab..2e474f726 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
@@ -1173,12 +1173,15 @@ abstract class AbstractPlatform
     /**
      * Gets the SQL statement specific for the platform to set the charset.
      *
+     * This function is MySQL specific and required by
+     * {@see \Doctrine\DBAL\Connection::setCharset($charset)}
+     *
      * @param string $charset
      * @return string
      */
     public function getSetCharsetSql($charset)
     {
-        return 'SET NAMES ' . $this->quote($charset);
+        return "SET NAMES '".$charset."'";
     }
 
     /**