diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
index 30d580b9e3..d4a68a39f9 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+*   Quote database name in db:create grant statement (when database_user does not have access to create the database).
+
+    *Rune Philosof*
+
 Please check [5-1-stable](https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/5-1-stable/activerecord/CHANGELOG.md) for previous changes.
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb
index 920830b9cf..c05f0a8fbb 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/mysql_database_tasks.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module ActiveRecord
 
         def grant_statement
           <<-SQL
-GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON #{configuration['database']}.*
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `#{configuration['database']}`.*
   TO '#{configuration['username']}'@'localhost'
 IDENTIFIED BY '#{configuration['password']}' WITH GRANT OPTION;
           SQL
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/tasks/mysql_rake_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/tasks/mysql_rake_test.rb
index f30e0958c3..b85d303a91 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/tasks/mysql_rake_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/tasks/mysql_rake_test.rb
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ if current_adapter?(:Mysql2Adapter)
         def assert_permissions_granted_for(db_user)
           db_name = @configuration["database"]
           db_password = @configuration["password"]
-          @connection.expects(:execute).with("GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON #{db_name}.* TO '#{db_user}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '#{db_password}' WITH GRANT OPTION;")
+          @connection.expects(:execute).with("GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `#{db_name}`.* TO '#{db_user}'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '#{db_password}' WITH GRANT OPTION;")
         end
     end