diff --git a/mysql/create_tables.sql b/mysql/create_tables.sql
index 3b2bcd06..19a76b31 100644
--- a/mysql/create_tables.sql
+++ b/mysql/create_tables.sql
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mxq_group (
 
    INDEX(group_id),
    INDEX(group_name)
-);
+) DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mxq_job (
    job_id         INT8 UNSIGNED   NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mxq_job (
    INDEX (host_id(128)),
    INDEX (host_hostname(64)),
    INDEX (server_id(64))
-);
+) DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mxq_daemon (
     daemon_id       INT4 UNSIGNED NOT NULL  PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -169,4 +169,4 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mxq_daemon (
 
     INDEX (daemon_name(64)),
     INDEX (hostname(64))
-);
+) DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;