diff --git a/mod/admin.php b/mod/admin.php
index 67b8ed29f7..7114ca7be7 100644
--- a/mod/admin.php
+++ b/mod/admin.php
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ function admin_page_queue(&$a) {
  * @return string
  */
 function admin_page_summary(&$a) {
+	global $db;
 	// are there MyISAM tables in the DB? If so, trigger a warning message
 	$r = q("SELECT `engine` FROM `information_schema`.`tables` WHERE `engine`='myisam' LIMIT 1");
 	$showwarning = false;
@@ -436,6 +437,11 @@ function admin_page_summary(&$a) {
 		$showwarning = true;
 		$warningtext[] = sprintf(t('Your DB still runs with MyISAM tables. You should change the engine type to InnoDB. As Friendica will use InnoDB only features in the future, you should change this! See <a href="%s">here</a> for a guide that may be helpful converting the table engines. You may also use the <tt>convert_innodb.sql</tt> in the <tt>/util</tt> directory of your Friendica installation.<br />'), 'https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/converting-tables-to-innodb.html');
 	}
+	// MySQL >= 5.7.4 doesn't support the IGNORE keyword in ALTER TABLE statements
+	if ((version_compare($db->server_info(), '5.7.4') >= 0) AND
+		!(strpos($db->server_info(), 'MariaDB') !== false)) {
+		$warningtext[] = t('You are using a MySQL version which does not support all features that Friendica uses. You should consider switching to MariaDB.');
+	}
 	$r = q("SELECT `page-flags`, COUNT(`uid`) AS `count` FROM `user` GROUP BY `page-flags`");
 	$accounts = array(
 		array(t('Normal Account'), 0),