Index: t/02mysql-parser.t
===================================================================
--- t/02mysql-parser.t	(revision 1464)
+++ t/02mysql-parser.t	(working copy)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 use Test::SQL::Translator qw(maybe_plan);
 
 BEGIN {
-    maybe_plan(265, "SQL::Translator::Parser::MySQL");
+    maybe_plan(274, "SQL::Translator::Parser::MySQL");
     SQL::Translator::Parser::MySQL->import('parse');
 }
 
@@ -726,3 +726,39 @@
     is( $c->type, PRIMARY_KEY, 'Constraint is a PK' );
     is( join(',', $c->fields), 'id', 'Constraint is on "id"' );
 }
+
+{
+    my $tr = SQL::Translator->new;
+    my $data = q|create table quote (
+       id int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
+       PRIMARY KEY (id)
+    ) ENGINE="innodb";|;
+
+    my $val = parse($tr, $data);
+    my $schema = $tr->schema;
+    is( $schema->is_valid, 1, 'Schema is valid' );
+    my @tables = $schema->get_tables;
+    is( scalar @tables, 1, 'Right number of tables (1)' );
+    my $table  = shift @tables;
+    is( $table->name, 'quote', 'Found "quote" table' );
+
+    my $tableTypeFound = 0;
+    for my $t_option_ref ( $table->options ) {
+      my($key, $value) = %{$t_option_ref};
+      if ( $key eq 'ENGINE' ) {
+        is($value, 'innodb', 'Table has right table engine option' );
+        $tableTypeFound = 1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    fail('Table did not have a type option') unless $tableTypeFound;
+
+    my @fields = $table->get_fields;
+    my $f1 = shift @fields;
+    is( $f1->name, 'id', 'First field name is "id"' );
+    is( $f1->data_type, 'int', 'Type is "int"' );
+    is( $f1->size, 11, 'Size is "11"' );
+    is( $f1->is_nullable, 0, 'Field cannot be null' );
+    is( $f1->is_primary_key, 1, 'Field is PK' );
+}
+
Index: lib/SQL/Translator/Parser/MySQL.pm
===================================================================
--- lib/SQL/Translator/Parser/MySQL.pm	(revision 1464)
+++ lib/SQL/Translator/Parser/MySQL.pm	(working copy)
@@ -715,11 +715,17 @@
     { 
         $return = { $item[1] => $item[4] };
     }
-    | WORD /\s*=\s*/ WORD
-    { 
+    | WORD /\s*=\s*/ MAYBE_QUOTED_WORD
+    {
         $return = { $item[1] => $item[3] };
     }
-    
+
+MAYBE_QUOTED_WORD: /\w+/
+                 | /'(\w+)'/
+                 { $return = $1 }
+                 | /"\w+"/
+                 { $return = $1 }
+
 default : /default/i
 
 ADD : /add/i