diff --git a/bureau/class/m_mysql.php b/bureau/class/m_mysql.php
index e155d402..e1dfad23 100644
--- a/bureau/class/m_mysql.php
+++ b/bureau/class/m_mysql.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class m_mysql {
       $lo=addslashes($db->f("login"));
       $pa=addslashes($db->f("pass"));
     }
-    if ($db->query("CREATE DATABASE $dbname;")) {
+    if ($db->query("CREATE DATABASE `$dbname`;")) {
       // Ok, database does not exist, quota is ok and dbname is compliant. Let's proceed
       $db->query("INSERT INTO db (uid,login,pass,db,bck_mode) VALUES ('$cuid','$lo','$pa','$dbname',0);");
       // give everything but GRANT on db.*
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f139e1fb..3ea45aeb 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 alternc (0.9.10) stable; urgency=low
 
   * bugfixes:
+    * fix a "already exist" error when creating a database containing an hyphen (-)
     * #1163: fix sqlbackup script call routine to retain backwards
       compatibility
     * fix usage of ISO8859-15 charset (that may NOT be defined in locales...)