diff --git a/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh b/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh
index ae3f65bc39f9b85253489db809c8d5473e47c064..7c834a32b74fb28ca790c4beaadbf77208f5290f 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/mysql.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function mysql.db.dump(){
             "$_dbname" 2>&1
   fetchrc >/dev/null
 
-  zgrep -i "INSERT" "$_dumpfile" >/dev/null
+  zgrep -iE "(CREATE|INSERT)" "$_dumpfile" >/dev/null
   typeset -i local _rc2=$?
   test $_rc2 -ne 0 && echo "ERROR: the dump does not contain an insert statement."