diff --git a/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh b/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh
index 072fd117a2b30619e4e5fd2c485b9a159eebb91e..2fad72e7759339b4f04ad87d99c63139a6887b18 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function mysql._check(){
 # param  string  name of the dabase scheme
 function mysql.db.create(){
   local _dbname=$1
-  echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS ${_dbname};" | mysql
+  echo "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS \`${_dbname}\`;" | mysql
   fetchrc >/dev/null
   test $myrc -eq 0 && mysql_COUNT_CREATE+=1
   test $myrc -eq 0 || mysql_COUNT_ERRORS+=1