diff --git a/include/m_ctype.h b/include/m_ctype.h
index d7a4af08b0f..50673b6d494 100644
--- a/include/m_ctype.h
+++ b/include/m_ctype.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ enum my_lex_states
 {
   MY_LEX_START, MY_LEX_CHAR, MY_LEX_IDENT, 
   MY_LEX_IDENT_SEP, MY_LEX_IDENT_START,
-  MY_LEX_REAL, MY_LEX_HEX_NUMBER,
+  MY_LEX_REAL, MY_LEX_HEX_NUMBER, MY_LEX_BIN_NUMBER,
   MY_LEX_CMP_OP, MY_LEX_LONG_CMP_OP, MY_LEX_STRING, MY_LEX_COMMENT, MY_LEX_END,
   MY_LEX_OPERATOR_OR_IDENT, MY_LEX_NUMBER_IDENT, MY_LEX_INT_OR_REAL,
   MY_LEX_REAL_OR_POINT, MY_LEX_BOOL, MY_LEX_EOL, MY_LEX_ESCAPE, 
diff --git a/include/my_base.h b/include/my_base.h
index 88d3ec0b270..a1b14ecbb65 100644
--- a/include/my_base.h
+++ b/include/my_base.h
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ enum ha_base_keytype {
   HA_KEYTYPE_UINT24=13,
   HA_KEYTYPE_INT8=14,
   HA_KEYTYPE_VARTEXT=15,		/* Key is sorted as letters */
-  HA_KEYTYPE_VARBINARY=16		/* Key is sorted as unsigned chars */
+  HA_KEYTYPE_VARBINARY=16,		/* Key is sorted as unsigned chars */
+  HA_KEYTYPE_BIT=17
 };
 
 #define HA_MAX_KEYTYPE	31		/* Must be log2-1 */
diff --git a/include/my_handler.h b/include/my_handler.h
index d81c4590f8e..9ddc0c61eee 100644
--- a/include/my_handler.h
+++ b/include/my_handler.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ typedef struct st_HA_KEYSEG		/* Key-portion */
   uint32 start;				/* Start of key in record */
   uint32 null_pos;			/* position to NULL indicator */
   CHARSET_INFO *charset;
+  uint8 bit_length;                     /* Length of bit part */
+  uint16 bit_pos;                       /* Position to bit part */
 } HA_KEYSEG;
 
 #define get_key_length(length,key) \
@@ -64,6 +66,21 @@ typedef struct st_HA_KEYSEG		/* Key-portion */
   { *(key)=255; mi_int2store((key)+1,(length)); (key)+=3; } \
 }
 
+#define get_rec_bits(bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len) \
+  (((((uint16) (bit_ptr)[1] << 8) | (uint16) (bit_ptr)[0]) >> (bit_ofs)) & \
+   ((1 << (bit_len)) - 1))
+
+#define set_rec_bits(bits, bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len) \
+{ \
+  (bit_ptr)[0]= ((bit_ptr)[0] & ((1 << (bit_ofs)) - 1)) | \
+                ((bits) << (bit_ofs)); \
+  if ((bit_ofs) + (bit_len) > 8) \
+    (bit_ptr)[1]= ((bits) & ((1 << (bit_len)) - 1)) >> (8 - (bit_ofs)); \
+}
+
+#define clr_rec_bits(bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len) \
+  set_rec_bits(0, bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len)
+
 extern int mi_compare_text(CHARSET_INFO *, uchar *, uint, uchar *, uint ,
 			   my_bool, my_bool);
 extern int ha_key_cmp(register HA_KEYSEG *keyseg, register uchar *a,
diff --git a/include/mysql_com.h b/include/mysql_com.h
index 6a03fe90eb5..59b2ee743ec 100644
--- a/include/mysql_com.h
+++ b/include/mysql_com.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ enum enum_field_types { MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL, MYSQL_TYPE_TINY,
 			MYSQL_TYPE_DATE,   MYSQL_TYPE_TIME,
 			MYSQL_TYPE_DATETIME, MYSQL_TYPE_YEAR,
 			MYSQL_TYPE_NEWDATE, MYSQL_TYPE_VARCHAR,
+			MYSQL_TYPE_BIT,
 			MYSQL_TYPE_ENUM=247,
 			MYSQL_TYPE_SET=248,
 			MYSQL_TYPE_TINY_BLOB=249,
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ enum enum_field_types { MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL, MYSQL_TYPE_TINY,
 #define FIELD_TYPE_CHAR        MYSQL_TYPE_TINY
 #define FIELD_TYPE_INTERVAL    MYSQL_TYPE_ENUM
 #define FIELD_TYPE_GEOMETRY    MYSQL_TYPE_GEOMETRY
+#define FIELD_TYPE_BIT         MYSQL_TYPE_BIT
 
 
 /* Shutdown/kill enums and constants */ 
diff --git a/myisam/mi_key.c b/myisam/mi_key.c
index a775e0ba2d0..c1400033254 100644
--- a/myisam/mi_key.c
+++ b/myisam/mi_key.c
@@ -82,6 +82,19 @@ uint _mi_make_key(register MI_INFO *info, uint keynr, uchar *key,
                   length);
 
     pos= (byte*) record+keyseg->start;
+    if (type == HA_KEYTYPE_BIT)
+    {
+      if (keyseg->bit_length)
+      {
+        uchar bits= get_rec_bits((uchar*) record + keyseg->bit_pos,
+                                 keyseg->bit_start, keyseg->bit_length);
+        *key++= bits;
+        length--;
+      }
+      memcpy((byte*) key, pos, length);
+      key+= length;
+      continue;
+    }
     if (keyseg->flag & HA_SPACE_PACK)
     {
       end=pos+length;
@@ -333,6 +346,26 @@ static int _mi_put_key_in_record(register MI_INFO *info, uint keynr,
       }
       record[keyseg->null_pos]&= ~keyseg->null_bit;
     }
+    if (keyseg->type == HA_KEYTYPE_BIT)
+    {
+      uint length= keyseg->length;
+
+      if (keyseg->bit_length)
+      {
+        uchar bits= *key++;
+        set_rec_bits(bits, record + keyseg->bit_pos, keyseg->bit_start,
+                     keyseg->bit_length);
+        length--;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        clr_rec_bits(record + keyseg->bit_pos, keyseg->bit_start,
+                     keyseg->bit_length);
+      }
+      memcpy(record + keyseg->start, (byte*) key, length);
+      key+= length;
+      continue;
+    }
     if (keyseg->flag & HA_SPACE_PACK)
     {
       uint length;
diff --git a/myisam/mi_open.c b/myisam/mi_open.c
index 562227d2f03..615e6bb5dd1 100644
--- a/myisam/mi_open.c
+++ b/myisam/mi_open.c
@@ -1049,12 +1049,13 @@ int mi_keyseg_write(File file, const HA_KEYSEG *keyseg)
   *ptr++ =keyseg->null_bit;
   *ptr++ =keyseg->bit_start;
   *ptr++ =keyseg->bit_end;
-  *ptr++ =0;					/* Not used */
+  *ptr++= keyseg->bit_length;
   mi_int2store(ptr,keyseg->flag);	ptr+=2;
   mi_int2store(ptr,keyseg->length);	ptr+=2;
   mi_int4store(ptr,keyseg->start);	ptr+=4;
-  mi_int4store(ptr,keyseg->null_pos);	ptr+=4;
-
+  mi_int4store(ptr, keyseg->null_bit ? keyseg->null_pos : keyseg->bit_pos);
+  ptr+=4;
+  
   return my_write(file,(char*) buff, (uint) (ptr-buff), MYF(MY_NABP));
 }
 
@@ -1066,12 +1067,19 @@ char *mi_keyseg_read(char *ptr, HA_KEYSEG *keyseg)
    keyseg->null_bit	= *ptr++;
    keyseg->bit_start	= *ptr++;
    keyseg->bit_end	= *ptr++;
-   ptr++;
+   keyseg->bit_length   = *ptr++;
    keyseg->flag		= mi_uint2korr(ptr);  ptr +=2;
    keyseg->length	= mi_uint2korr(ptr);  ptr +=2;
    keyseg->start	= mi_uint4korr(ptr);  ptr +=4;
    keyseg->null_pos	= mi_uint4korr(ptr);  ptr +=4;
    keyseg->charset=0;				/* Will be filled in later */
+   if (keyseg->null_bit)
+     keyseg->bit_pos= keyseg->null_pos + (keyseg->null_bit == 7);
+   else
+   {
+     keyseg->bit_pos= keyseg->null_pos;
+     keyseg->null_pos= 0;
+   }
    return ptr;
 }
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/type_bit.result b/mysql-test/r/type_bit.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41d84584870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/type_bit.result
@@ -0,0 +1,364 @@
+select 0 + b'1';
+0 + b'1'
+1
+select 0 + b'0';
+0 + b'0'
+0
+select 0 + b'000001';
+0 + b'000001'
+1
+select 0 + b'000011';
+0 + b'000011'
+3
+select 0 + b'000101';
+0 + b'000101'
+5
+select 0 + b'000000';
+0 + b'000000'
+0
+select 0 + b'10000000';
+0 + b'10000000'
+128
+select 0 + b'11111111';
+0 + b'11111111'
+255
+select 0 + b'10000001';
+0 + b'10000001'
+129
+select 0 + b'1000000000000000';
+0 + b'1000000000000000'
+32768
+select 0 + b'1111111111111111';
+0 + b'1111111111111111'
+65535
+select 0 + b'1000000000000001';
+0 + b'1000000000000001'
+32769
+drop table if exists t1;
+create table t1 (a bit(65));
+ERROR 42000: Column length too big for column 'a' (max = 64); use BLOB instead
+create table t1 (a bit(0));
+show create table t1;
+Table	Create Table
+t1	CREATE TABLE `t1` (
+  `a` bit(1) default NULL
+) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1
+drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a bit, key(a)) engine=innodb;
+ERROR 42000: The storage engine for the table doesn't support BIT FIELD
+create table t1 (a bit(64));
+insert into t1 values 
+(b'1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111'),
+(b'1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'),
+(b'0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001'),
+(b'1010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010'),
+(b'0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101');
+select hex(a) from t1;
+hex(a)
+FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
+8000000000000000
+1
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+5555555555555555
+drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a bit);
+insert into t1 values (b'0'), (b'1'), (b'000'), (b'100'), (b'001');
+Warnings:
+Warning	1264	Out of range value adjusted for column 'a' at row 4
+select hex(a) from t1;
+hex(a)
+0
+1
+0
+1
+1
+alter table t1 add unique (a);
+ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '' for key 1
+drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a bit(2));
+insert into t1 values (b'00'), (b'01'), (b'10'), (b'100');
+Warnings:
+Warning	1264	Out of range value adjusted for column 'a' at row 4
+select a+0 from t1;
+a+0
+0
+1
+2
+3
+alter table t1 add key (a);
+explain select a+0 from t1;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t1	index	NULL	a	2	NULL	4	Using index
+select a+0 from t1;
+a+0
+0
+1
+2
+3
+drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a bit(7), b bit(9), key(a, b));
+insert into t1 values 
+(94, 46), (31, 438), (61, 152), (78, 123), (88, 411), (122, 118), (0, 177),    
+(75, 42), (108, 67), (79, 349), (59, 188), (68, 206), (49, 345), (118, 380),   
+(111, 368), (94, 468), (56, 379), (77, 133), (29, 399), (9, 363), (23, 36),    
+(116, 390), (119, 368), (87, 351), (123, 411), (24, 398), (34, 202), (28, 499),
+(30, 83), (5, 178), (60, 343), (4, 245), (104, 280), (106, 446), (127, 403),   
+(44, 307), (68, 454), (57, 135);
+explain select a+0 from t1;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t1	index	NULL	a	5	NULL	38	Using index
+select a+0 from t1;
+a+0
+0
+4
+5
+9
+23
+24
+28
+29
+30
+31
+34
+44
+49
+56
+57
+59
+60
+61
+68
+68
+75
+77
+78
+79
+87
+88
+94
+94
+104
+106
+108
+111
+116
+118
+119
+122
+123
+127
+explain select b+0 from t1;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t1	index	NULL	a	5	NULL	38	Using index
+select b+0 from t1;
+b+0
+177
+245
+178
+363
+36
+398
+499
+399
+83
+438
+202
+307
+345
+379
+135
+188
+343
+152
+206
+454
+42
+133
+123
+349
+351
+411
+46
+468
+280
+446
+67
+368
+390
+380
+368
+118
+411
+403
+explain select a+0, b+0 from t1;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t1	index	NULL	a	5	NULL	38	Using index
+select a+0, b+0 from t1;
+a+0	b+0
+0	177
+4	245
+5	178
+9	363
+23	36
+24	398
+28	499
+29	399
+30	83
+31	438
+34	202
+44	307
+49	345
+56	379
+57	135
+59	188
+60	343
+61	152
+68	206
+68	454
+75	42
+77	133
+78	123
+79	349
+87	351
+88	411
+94	46
+94	468
+104	280
+106	446
+108	67
+111	368
+116	390
+118	380
+119	368
+122	118
+123	411
+127	403
+explain select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and b > 200 order by 1;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t1	range	a	a	2	NULL	27	Using where; Using index; Using filesort
+select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and b > 200 order by 1;
+a+0	b+0
+44	307
+49	345
+56	379
+60	343
+68	206
+68	454
+79	349
+87	351
+88	411
+94	468
+104	280
+106	446
+111	368
+116	390
+118	380
+119	368
+123	411
+127	403
+explain select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and a < 70 order by 2;
+id	select_type	table	type	possible_keys	key	key_len	ref	rows	Extra
+1	SIMPLE	t1	range	a	a	2	NULL	8	Using where; Using index; Using filesort
+select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and a < 70 order by 2;
+a+0	b+0
+57	135
+61	152
+59	188
+68	206
+44	307
+60	343
+49	345
+56	379
+68	454
+set @@max_length_for_sort_data=0;
+select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and a < 70 order by 2;
+a+0	b+0
+57	135
+61	152
+59	188
+68	206
+44	307
+60	343
+49	345
+56	379
+68	454
+select hex(min(a)) from t1;
+hex(min(a))
+0
+select hex(min(b)) from t1;
+hex(min(b))
+24
+select hex(min(a)), hex(max(a)), hex(min(b)), hex(max(b)) from t1;
+hex(min(a))	hex(max(a))	hex(min(b))	hex(max(b))
+0	7F	24	1F3
+drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a int not null, b bit, c bit(9), key(a, b, c));
+insert into t1 values
+(4, NULL, 1), (4, 0, 3), (2, 1, 4), (1, 1, 100), (4, 0, 23), (4, 0, 54),
+(56, 0, 22), (4, 1, 100), (23, 0, 1), (4, 0, 34);
+select a+0, b+0, c+0 from t1;
+a+0	b+0	c+0
+1	1	100
+2	1	4
+4	NULL	1
+4	0	3
+4	0	23
+4	0	34
+4	0	54
+4	1	100
+23	0	1
+56	0	22
+select hex(min(b)) from t1 where a = 4;
+hex(min(b))
+0
+select hex(min(c)) from t1 where a = 4 and b = 0;
+hex(min(c))
+3
+select hex(max(b)) from t1;
+hex(max(b))
+1
+select a+0, b+0, c+0 from t1 where a = 4 and b = 0 limit 2;
+a+0	b+0	c+0
+4	0	3
+4	0	23
+select a+0, b+0, c+0 from t1 order by b desc;
+a+0	b+0	c+0
+2	1	4
+1	1	100
+4	1	100
+4	0	3
+4	0	23
+4	0	54
+56	0	22
+23	0	1
+4	0	34
+4	NULL	1
+select a+0, b+0, c+0 from t1 order by c;
+a+0	b+0	c+0
+4	NULL	1
+23	0	1
+4	0	3
+2	1	4
+56	0	22
+4	0	23
+4	0	34
+4	0	54
+1	1	100
+4	1	100
+drop table t1;
+create table t1(a bit(2), b bit(2));
+insert into t1 (a) values (0x01), (0x03), (0x02);
+update t1 set b= concat(a);
+select a+0, b+0 from t1;
+a+0	b+0
+1	1
+3	3
+2	2
+drop table t1;
+create table t1 (a bit(7), key(a));
+insert into t1 values (44), (57);
+select a+0 from t1;
+a+0
+44
+57
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/type_bit.test b/mysql-test/t/type_bit.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..075fd5bce07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/type_bit.test
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+#
+# testing of the BIT column type
+#
+
+select 0 + b'1';
+select 0 + b'0';
+select 0 + b'000001';
+select 0 + b'000011';
+select 0 + b'000101';
+select 0 + b'000000';
+select 0 + b'10000000';
+select 0 + b'11111111';
+select 0 + b'10000001';
+select 0 + b'1000000000000000';
+select 0 + b'1111111111111111';
+select 0 + b'1000000000000001';
+
+--disable_warnings
+drop table if exists t1;
+--enable_warnings
+
+--error 1074
+create table t1 (a bit(65));
+
+create table t1 (a bit(0));
+show create table t1;
+drop table t1;
+
+--error 1178
+create table t1 (a bit, key(a)) engine=innodb;
+
+create table t1 (a bit(64));
+insert into t1 values 
+(b'1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111'),
+(b'1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'),
+(b'0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001'),
+(b'1010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010'),
+(b'0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101');
+select hex(a) from t1;
+drop table t1;
+
+create table t1 (a bit);
+insert into t1 values (b'0'), (b'1'), (b'000'), (b'100'), (b'001');
+select hex(a) from t1;
+--error 1062
+alter table t1 add unique (a);
+drop table t1;
+
+create table t1 (a bit(2));
+insert into t1 values (b'00'), (b'01'), (b'10'), (b'100');
+select a+0 from t1;
+alter table t1 add key (a);
+explain select a+0 from t1;
+select a+0 from t1;
+drop table t1;
+
+create table t1 (a bit(7), b bit(9), key(a, b));
+insert into t1 values 
+(94, 46), (31, 438), (61, 152), (78, 123), (88, 411), (122, 118), (0, 177),    
+(75, 42), (108, 67), (79, 349), (59, 188), (68, 206), (49, 345), (118, 380),   
+(111, 368), (94, 468), (56, 379), (77, 133), (29, 399), (9, 363), (23, 36),    
+(116, 390), (119, 368), (87, 351), (123, 411), (24, 398), (34, 202), (28, 499),
+(30, 83), (5, 178), (60, 343), (4, 245), (104, 280), (106, 446), (127, 403),   
+(44, 307), (68, 454), (57, 135);
+explain select a+0 from t1;
+select a+0 from t1;
+explain select b+0 from t1;
+select b+0 from t1;
+explain select a+0, b+0 from t1;
+select a+0, b+0 from t1;
+explain select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and b > 200 order by 1;
+select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and b > 200 order by 1;
+explain select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and a < 70 order by 2;
+select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and a < 70 order by 2;
+set @@max_length_for_sort_data=0;
+select a+0, b+0 from t1 where a > 40 and a < 70 order by 2;
+select hex(min(a)) from t1;
+select hex(min(b)) from t1;
+select hex(min(a)), hex(max(a)), hex(min(b)), hex(max(b)) from t1;
+drop table t1;
+
+create table t1 (a int not null, b bit, c bit(9), key(a, b, c));
+insert into t1 values
+(4, NULL, 1), (4, 0, 3), (2, 1, 4), (1, 1, 100), (4, 0, 23), (4, 0, 54),
+(56, 0, 22), (4, 1, 100), (23, 0, 1), (4, 0, 34);
+select a+0, b+0, c+0 from t1;
+select hex(min(b)) from t1 where a = 4;
+select hex(min(c)) from t1 where a = 4 and b = 0;
+select hex(max(b)) from t1;
+select a+0, b+0, c+0 from t1 where a = 4 and b = 0 limit 2;
+select a+0, b+0, c+0 from t1 order by b desc;
+select a+0, b+0, c+0 from t1 order by c;
+drop table t1;
+
+create table t1(a bit(2), b bit(2));
+insert into t1 (a) values (0x01), (0x03), (0x02);
+update t1 set b= concat(a);
+select a+0, b+0 from t1;
+drop table t1;
+
+# Some magic numbers
+
+create table t1 (a bit(7), key(a));
+insert into t1 values (44), (57);                                                                     
+select a+0 from t1;
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysys/my_handler.c b/mysys/my_handler.c
index cf8bde31e73..e4dc55964da 100644
--- a/mysys/my_handler.c
+++ b/mysys/my_handler.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ int ha_key_cmp(register HA_KEYSEG *keyseg, register uchar *a,
       }
       break;
     case HA_KEYTYPE_BINARY:
+    case HA_KEYTYPE_BIT:
       if (keyseg->flag & HA_SPACE_PACK)
       {
         int a_length,b_length,pack_length;
diff --git a/sql/field.cc b/sql/field.cc
index 6f38bd3c85a..7b555571850 100644
--- a/sql/field.cc
+++ b/sql/field.cc
@@ -6048,6 +6048,227 @@ bool Field_num::eq_def(Field *field)
 }
 
 
+/*
+  Bit field.
+
+  We store the first 0 - 6 uneven bits among the null bits 
+  at the start of the record. The rest bytes are stored in 
+  the record itself.
+
+  For example:
+
+  CREATE TABLE t1 (a int, b bit(17), c bit(21) not null, d bit(8));
+  We would store data  as follows in the record:
+
+  Byte        Bit
+  1           7 - reserve for delete
+              6 - null bit for 'a'
+              5 - null bit for 'b'
+              4 - first (high) bit of 'b'
+              3 - first (high) bit of 'c'
+              2 - second bit of 'c'
+              1 - third bit of 'c'
+              0 - forth bit of 'c'
+  2           7 - firth bit of 'c'
+              6 - null bit for 'd'
+  3 - 6       four bytes for 'a'
+  7 - 8       two bytes for 'b'
+  9 - 10      two bytes for 'c'
+  11          one byte for 'd'
+*/
+
+void Field_bit::make_field(Send_field *field)
+{
+  /* table_cache_key is not set for temp tables */
+  field->db_name= (orig_table->table_cache_key ? orig_table->table_cache_key :
+		   "");
+  field->org_table_name= orig_table->real_name;
+  field->table_name= orig_table->table_name;
+  field->col_name= field->org_col_name= field_name;
+  field->charsetnr= charset()->number;
+  field->length= field_length;
+  field->type= type();
+  field->flags= table->maybe_null ? (flags & ~NOT_NULL_FLAG) : flags;
+  field->decimals= 0;
+}
+
+
+int Field_bit::store(const char *from, uint length, CHARSET_INFO *cs)
+{
+  int delta;
+
+  for (; !*from && length; from++, length--);          // skip left 0's
+  delta= field_length - length;
+
+  if (delta < -1 ||
+      (delta == -1 && (uchar) *from > ((1 << bit_len) - 1)) ||
+      (!bit_len && delta < 0))
+  {
+    set_rec_bits(0xff, bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+    memset(ptr, 0xff, field_length);
+    set_warning(MYSQL_ERROR::WARN_LEVEL_WARN, ER_WARN_DATA_OUT_OF_RANGE, 1);
+    return 1;
+  }
+  /* delta is >= -1 here */
+  if (delta > 0)
+  {
+    if (bit_len)
+      clr_rec_bits(bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+    bzero(ptr, delta);
+    memcpy(ptr + delta, from, length);
+  }
+  else if (delta == 0)
+  {
+    if (bit_len)
+      clr_rec_bits(bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+    memcpy(ptr, from, length);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    if (bit_len)
+    {
+      set_rec_bits((uchar) *from, bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+      from++;
+    }
+    memcpy(ptr, from, field_length);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+int Field_bit::store(double nr)
+{
+  return (Field_bit::store((longlong) nr));
+}
+
+
+int Field_bit::store(longlong nr)
+{
+  char buf[8];
+
+  mi_int8store(buf, nr);
+  return store(buf, 8, NULL);
+}
+
+
+double Field_bit::val_real(void)
+{
+  return (double) Field_bit::val_int();
+}
+
+
+longlong Field_bit::val_int(void)
+{
+  ulonglong bits= 0;
+  if (bit_len)
+    bits= get_rec_bits(bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+  bits<<= (field_length * 8);
+
+  switch (field_length) {
+  case 0: return bits;
+  case 1: return bits | (ulonglong) (uchar) ptr[0];
+  case 2: return bits | mi_uint2korr(ptr);
+  case 3: return bits | mi_uint3korr(ptr);
+  case 4: return bits | mi_uint4korr(ptr);
+  case 5: return bits | mi_uint5korr(ptr);
+  case 6: return bits | mi_uint6korr(ptr);
+  case 7: return bits | mi_uint7korr(ptr);
+  default: return mi_uint8korr(ptr + field_length - sizeof(longlong));
+  }
+}  
+
+
+String *Field_bit::val_str(String *val_buffer,
+                           String *val_ptr __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+  uint length= min(pack_length(), sizeof(longlong));
+  ulonglong bits= val_int();
+
+  val_buffer->alloc(length);
+  memcpy_fixed((char*) val_buffer->ptr(), (char*) &bits, length);
+  val_buffer->length(length);
+  val_buffer->set_charset(&my_charset_bin);
+  return val_buffer;
+}
+
+
+int Field_bit::key_cmp(const byte *str, uint length)
+{
+  if (bit_len)
+  {
+    int flag;
+    uchar bits= get_rec_bits(bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+    if ((flag= (int) (bits - *str)))
+      return flag;
+    str++;
+    length--;
+  }
+  return bcmp(ptr, str, length);
+}
+
+
+int Field_bit::cmp_offset(uint row_offset)
+{
+  if (bit_len)
+  {
+    int flag;
+    uchar bits_a= get_rec_bits(bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+    uchar bits_b= get_rec_bits(bit_ptr + row_offset, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+    if ((flag= (int) (bits_a - bits_b)))
+      return flag;
+  }
+  return bcmp(ptr, ptr + row_offset, field_length);
+}
+
+
+void Field_bit::get_key_image(char *buff, uint length, imagetype type)
+{
+  if (bit_len)
+  {
+    uchar bits= get_rec_bits(bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+    *buff++= bits;
+    length--;
+  }
+  memcpy(buff, ptr, min(length, field_length));
+}
+
+
+void Field_bit::sql_type(String &res) const
+{
+  CHARSET_INFO *cs= res.charset();
+  ulong length= cs->cset->snprintf(cs, (char*) res.ptr(), res.alloced_length(),
+                                   "bit(%d)", 
+                                   (int) field_length * 8 + bit_len);
+  res.length((uint) length);
+}
+
+
+char *Field_bit::pack(char *to, const char *from, uint max_length)
+{
+  uint length= min(field_length + (bit_len > 0), max_length);
+  if (bit_len)
+  {
+    uchar bits= get_rec_bits(bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+    *to++= bits;
+    length--;
+  }
+  memcpy(to, from, length); 
+  return to + length;
+}
+
+
+const char *Field_bit::unpack(char *to, const char *from)
+{
+  if (bit_len)
+  {
+    set_rec_bits(*from, bit_ptr, bit_ofs, bit_len);
+    from++;
+  }
+  memcpy(to, from, field_length);
+  return from + field_length;
+}
+
+
 /*****************************************************************************
   Handling of field and create_field
 *****************************************************************************/
@@ -6124,6 +6345,7 @@ uint32 calc_pack_length(enum_field_types type,uint32 length)
   case FIELD_TYPE_GEOMETRY:	return 4+portable_sizeof_char_ptr;
   case FIELD_TYPE_SET:
   case FIELD_TYPE_ENUM: abort(); return 0;	// This shouldn't happen
+  case FIELD_TYPE_BIT: return length / 8;
   default: return 0;
   }
   return 0;					// Keep compiler happy
@@ -6154,11 +6376,30 @@ Field *make_field(char *ptr, uint32 field_length,
 		  const char *field_name,
 		  struct st_table *table)
 {
+  uchar *bit_ptr;
+  uchar bit_offset;
+  LINT_INIT(bit_ptr);
+  LINT_INIT(bit_offset);
+  if (field_type == FIELD_TYPE_BIT)
+  {
+    bit_ptr= null_pos;
+    bit_offset= null_bit;
+    if (f_maybe_null(pack_flag))         // if null field
+    {
+       bit_ptr+= (null_bit == 7);        // shift bit_ptr and bit_offset
+       bit_offset= (bit_offset + 1) & 7;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (!f_maybe_null(pack_flag))
   {
     null_pos=0;
     null_bit=0;
   }
+  else
+  {
+    null_bit= ((uchar) 1) << null_bit;
+  }
 
   switch (field_type)
   {
@@ -6280,6 +6521,9 @@ Field *make_field(char *ptr, uint32 field_length,
 			      unireg_check, field_name, table, field_charset);
   case FIELD_TYPE_NULL:
     return new Field_null(ptr,field_length,unireg_check,field_name,table, field_charset);
+  case FIELD_TYPE_BIT:
+    return new Field_bit(ptr, field_length, null_pos, null_bit, bit_ptr,
+                         bit_offset, unireg_check, field_name, table);
   default:					// Impossible (Wrong version)
     break;
   }
@@ -6338,6 +6582,9 @@ create_field::create_field(Field *old_field,Field *orig_field)
     geom_type= ((Field_geom*)old_field)->geom_type;
     break;
 #endif
+  case FIELD_TYPE_BIT:
+    length= ((Field_bit *) old_field)->bit_len + length * 8;
+    break;
   default:
     break;
   }
diff --git a/sql/field.h b/sql/field.h
index 90827c44e45..de31f60350d 100644
--- a/sql/field.h
+++ b/sql/field.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public:
     FIELD_CAST_TIMESTAMP, FIELD_CAST_YEAR, FIELD_CAST_DATE, FIELD_CAST_NEWDATE,
     FIELD_CAST_TIME, FIELD_CAST_DATETIME,
     FIELD_CAST_STRING, FIELD_CAST_VARSTRING, FIELD_CAST_BLOB,
-    FIELD_CAST_GEOM, FIELD_CAST_ENUM, FIELD_CAST_SET
+    FIELD_CAST_GEOM, FIELD_CAST_ENUM, FIELD_CAST_SET, FIELD_CAST_BIT
   };
 
   utype		unireg_check;
@@ -1182,6 +1182,53 @@ public:
 };
 
 
+class Field_bit :public Field {
+public:
+  uchar *bit_ptr;     // position in record where 'uneven' bits store
+  uchar bit_ofs;      // offset to 'uneven' high bits
+  uint bit_len;       // number of 'uneven' high bits
+  Field_bit(char *ptr_arg, uint32 len_arg, uchar *null_ptr_arg,
+            uchar null_bit_arg, uchar *bit_ptr_arg, uchar bit_ofs_arg,
+            enum utype unireg_check_arg, const char *field_name_arg,
+            struct st_table *table_arg)
+    : Field(ptr_arg, len_arg >> 3, null_ptr_arg, null_bit_arg,
+            unireg_check_arg, field_name_arg, table_arg),
+        bit_ptr(bit_ptr_arg), bit_ofs(bit_ofs_arg), bit_len(len_arg & 7)
+    { }
+  enum_field_types type() const { return FIELD_TYPE_BIT; }
+  enum ha_base_keytype key_type() const { return HA_KEYTYPE_BIT; }
+  uint32 key_length() const { return (uint32) field_length + (bit_len > 0); }
+  uint32 max_length() { return (uint32) field_length + (bit_len > 0); }
+  uint size_of() const { return sizeof(*this); }
+  Item_result result_type () const { return INT_RESULT; }
+  void make_field(Send_field *);
+  void reset(void) { bzero(ptr, field_length); }
+  int store(const char *to, uint length, CHARSET_INFO *charset);
+  int store(double nr);
+  int store(longlong nr);
+  double val_real(void);
+  longlong val_int(void);
+  String *val_str(String*, String *);
+  int cmp(const char *a, const char *b)
+  { return cmp_binary(a, b); }
+  int key_cmp(const byte *a, const byte *b)
+  { return cmp_binary(a, b); }
+  int key_cmp(const byte *str, uint length);
+  int cmp_offset(uint row_offset);
+  void get_key_image(char *buff, uint length, imagetype type);
+  void set_key_image(char *buff, uint length)
+  { Field_bit::store(buff, length, &my_charset_bin); }
+  void sort_string(char *buff, uint length)
+  { get_key_image(buff, length, itRAW); }
+  uint32 pack_length() const 
+  { return (uint32) field_length + (bit_len > 0); }
+  void sql_type(String &str) const;
+  field_cast_enum field_cast_type() { return FIELD_CAST_BIT; }
+  char *pack(char *to, const char *from, uint max_length=~(uint) 0);
+  const char *unpack(char* to, const char *from);
+};
+
+  
 /*
   Create field class for CREATE TABLE
 */
diff --git a/sql/field_conv.cc b/sql/field_conv.cc
index f6cc851639a..f0887d8343a 100644
--- a/sql/field_conv.cc
+++ b/sql/field_conv.cc
@@ -485,6 +485,9 @@ void (*Copy_field::get_copy_func(Field *to,Field *from))(Copy_field*)
   }
   else
   {
+    if (to->real_type() == FIELD_TYPE_BIT ||
+        from->real_type() == FIELD_TYPE_BIT)
+      return do_field_int;
     // Check if identical fields
     if (from->result_type() == STRING_RESULT)
     {
diff --git a/sql/ha_myisam.cc b/sql/ha_myisam.cc
index 726647cd131..c1516e61c88 100644
--- a/sql/ha_myisam.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_myisam.cc
@@ -1428,6 +1428,13 @@ int ha_myisam::create(const char *name, register TABLE *table_arg,
 	keydef[i].seg[j].bit_start= (uint) (field->pack_length() -
 					    table_arg->blob_ptr_size);
       }
+      else if (field->type() == FIELD_TYPE_BIT)
+      {
+        keydef[i].seg[j].bit_length= ((Field_bit *) field)->bit_len;
+        keydef[i].seg[j].bit_start= ((Field_bit *) field)->bit_ofs;
+        keydef[i].seg[j].bit_pos= (uint) (((Field_bit *) field)->bit_ptr -
+                                          (uchar*) table_arg->record[0]);
+      }
     }
     keyseg+=pos->key_parts;
   }
diff --git a/sql/ha_myisam.h b/sql/ha_myisam.h
index 527e6a49aba..d2fe36c8357 100644
--- a/sql/ha_myisam.h
+++ b/sql/ha_myisam.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class ha_myisam: public handler
     int_table_flags(HA_NULL_IN_KEY | HA_CAN_FULLTEXT | HA_CAN_SQL_HANDLER |
 		    HA_DUPP_POS | HA_CAN_INDEX_BLOBS | HA_AUTO_PART_KEY |
 		    HA_FILE_BASED | HA_CAN_GEOMETRY | HA_READ_RND_SAME |
-                    HA_CAN_INSERT_DELAYED),
+                    HA_CAN_INSERT_DELAYED | HA_CAN_BIT_FIELD),
     can_enable_indexes(1)
   {}
   ~ha_myisam() {}
diff --git a/sql/handler.h b/sql/handler.h
index c5c2d6d0508..3ee66e4b3cf 100644
--- a/sql/handler.h
+++ b/sql/handler.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 /* Table data are stored in separate files (for lower_case_table_names) */
 #define HA_FILE_BASED	       (1 << 26)
 #define HA_NO_VARCHAR	       (1 << 27)
+#define HA_CAN_BIT_FIELD       (1 << 28) /* supports bit fields */
 
 
 /* bits in index_flags(index_number) for what you can do with index */
diff --git a/sql/item.cc b/sql/item.cc
index f00a35fe628..9117105f26e 100644
--- a/sql/item.cc
+++ b/sql/item.cc
@@ -2573,11 +2573,11 @@ void Item_real::print(String *str)
 }
 
 
-/****************************************************************************
-** varbinary item
-** In string context this is a binary string
-** In number context this is a longlong value.
-****************************************************************************/
+/*
+  hex item
+  In string context this is a binary string.
+  In number context this is a longlong value.
+*/
 
 inline uint char_val(char X)
 {
@@ -2587,7 +2587,7 @@ inline uint char_val(char X)
 }
 
 
-Item_varbinary::Item_varbinary(const char *str, uint str_length)
+Item_hex_string::Item_hex_string(const char *str, uint str_length)
 {
   name=(char*) str-2;				// Lex makes this start with 0x
   max_length=(str_length+1)/2;
@@ -2608,7 +2608,7 @@ Item_varbinary::Item_varbinary(const char *str, uint str_length)
   fixed= 1;
 }
 
-longlong Item_varbinary::val_int()
+longlong Item_hex_string::val_int()
 {
   // following assert is redundant, because fixed=1 assigned in constructor
   DBUG_ASSERT(fixed == 1);
@@ -2622,7 +2622,7 @@ longlong Item_varbinary::val_int()
 }
 
 
-int Item_varbinary::save_in_field(Field *field, bool no_conversions)
+int Item_hex_string::save_in_field(Field *field, bool no_conversions)
 {
   int error;
   field->set_notnull();
@@ -2639,6 +2639,44 @@ int Item_varbinary::save_in_field(Field *field, bool no_conversions)
 }
 
 
+/*
+  bin item.
+  In string context this is a binary string.
+  In number context this is a longlong value.
+*/
+  
+Item_bin_string::Item_bin_string(const char *str, uint str_length)
+{
+  const char *end= str + str_length - 1;
+  uchar bits= 0;
+  uint power= 1;
+
+  name= (char*) str - 2;
+  max_length= (str_length + 7) >> 3;
+  char *ptr= (char*) sql_alloc(max_length + 1);
+  if (!ptr)
+    return;
+  str_value.set(ptr, max_length, &my_charset_bin);
+  ptr+= max_length - 1;
+  ptr[1]= 0;                     // Set end null for string
+  for (; end >= str; end--)
+  {
+    if (power == 256)
+    {
+      power= 1;
+      *ptr--= bits;
+      bits= 0;     
+    }
+    if (*end == '1')
+      bits|= power; 
+    power<<= 1;
+  }
+  *ptr= (char) bits;
+  collation.set(&my_charset_bin, DERIVATION_COERCIBLE);
+  fixed= 1;
+}
+
+
 /*
   Pack data in buffer for sending
 */
@@ -2672,6 +2710,7 @@ bool Item::send(Protocol *protocol, String *buffer)
   case MYSQL_TYPE_STRING:
   case MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING:
   case MYSQL_TYPE_VARCHAR:
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_BIT:
   {
     String *res;
     if ((res=val_str(buffer)))
diff --git a/sql/item.h b/sql/item.h
index cf3dc8896a5..d5361bdcc8a 100644
--- a/sql/item.h
+++ b/sql/item.h
@@ -959,13 +959,14 @@ public:
 };
 
 
-class Item_varbinary :public Item
+class Item_hex_string: public Item
 {
 public:
-  Item_varbinary(const char *str,uint str_length);
+  Item_hex_string(): Item() {}
+  Item_hex_string(const char *str,uint str_length);
   enum Type type() const { return VARBIN_ITEM; }
   double val_real()
-    { DBUG_ASSERT(fixed == 1); return (double) Item_varbinary::val_int(); }
+    { DBUG_ASSERT(fixed == 1); return (double) Item_hex_string::val_int(); }
   longlong val_int();
   bool basic_const_item() const { return 1; }
   String *val_str(String*) { DBUG_ASSERT(fixed == 1); return &str_value; }
@@ -977,6 +978,12 @@ public:
 };
 
 
+class Item_bin_string: public Item_hex_string
+{
+public:
+  Item_bin_string(const char *str,uint str_length);
+};
+
 class Item_result_field :public Item	/* Item with result field */
 {
 public:
diff --git a/sql/key.cc b/sql/key.cc
index dfd924f1dc7..fe35638608d 100644
--- a/sql/key.cc
+++ b/sql/key.cc
@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ void key_copy(byte *to_key, byte *from_record, KEY *key_info, uint key_length)
 		   key_part->null_bit);
       key_length--;
     }
+    if (key_part->type == HA_KEYTYPE_BIT)
+    {
+      Field_bit *field= (Field_bit *) (key_part->field);
+      if (field->bit_len)
+      {
+        uchar bits= get_rec_bits((uchar*) from_record +
+                                 key_part->null_offset +
+                                 (key_part->null_bit == 128),
+                                 field->bit_ofs, field->bit_len);
+        *to_key++= bits;
+        key_length--;
+      }
+    }
     if (key_part->key_part_flag & HA_BLOB_PART)
     {
       char *pos;
@@ -170,6 +183,23 @@ void key_restore(byte *to_record, byte *from_key, KEY *key_info,
 	to_record[key_part->null_offset]&= ~key_part->null_bit;
       key_length--;
     }
+    if (key_part->type == HA_KEYTYPE_BIT)
+    {
+      Field_bit *field= (Field_bit *) (key_part->field);
+      if (field->bit_len)
+      {
+        uchar bits= *(from_key + key_part->length - field->field_length -1);
+        set_rec_bits(bits, to_record + key_part->null_offset +
+                     (key_part->null_bit == 128),
+                     field->bit_ofs, field->bit_len);
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        clr_rec_bits(to_record + key_part->null_offset +
+                     (key_part->null_bit == 128),
+                     field->bit_ofs, field->bit_len);
+      }
+    }
     if (key_part->key_part_flag & HA_BLOB_PART)
     {
       uint blob_length= uint2korr(from_key);
diff --git a/sql/protocol.cc b/sql/protocol.cc
index d2e63539610..4c916d78378 100644
--- a/sql/protocol.cc
+++ b/sql/protocol.cc
@@ -726,6 +726,7 @@ bool Protocol_simple::store(const char *from, uint length,
 #ifndef DEBUG_OFF
   DBUG_ASSERT(field_types == 0 ||
 	      field_types[field_pos] == MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL ||
+              field_types[field_pos] == MYSQL_TYPE_BIT ||
 	      (field_types[field_pos] >= MYSQL_TYPE_ENUM &&
 	       field_types[field_pos] <= MYSQL_TYPE_GEOMETRY));
   field_pos++;
@@ -741,6 +742,7 @@ bool Protocol_simple::store(const char *from, uint length,
 #ifndef DEBUG_OFF
   DBUG_ASSERT(field_types == 0 ||
 	      field_types[field_pos] == MYSQL_TYPE_DECIMAL ||
+              field_types[field_pos] == MYSQL_TYPE_BIT ||
 	      (field_types[field_pos] >= MYSQL_TYPE_ENUM &&
 	       field_types[field_pos] <= MYSQL_TYPE_GEOMETRY));
   field_pos++;
diff --git a/sql/sql_lex.cc b/sql/sql_lex.cc
index 12e4d912f15..2205ec504e9 100644
--- a/sql/sql_lex.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_lex.cc
@@ -567,8 +567,12 @@ int yylex(void *arg, void *yythd)
 	state= MY_LEX_HEX_NUMBER;
 	break;
       }
-      /* Fall through */
-    case MY_LEX_IDENT_OR_BIN:		// TODO: Add binary string handling
+    case MY_LEX_IDENT_OR_BIN:
+      if (yyPeek() == '\'')
+      {                                 // Found b'bin-number'
+        state= MY_LEX_BIN_NUMBER;
+        break;
+      }
     case MY_LEX_IDENT:
       uchar *start;
 #if defined(USE_MB) && defined(USE_MB_IDENT)
@@ -689,6 +693,20 @@ int yylex(void *arg, void *yythd)
 	}
 	yyUnget();
       }
+      else if (c == 'b' && (lex->ptr - lex->tok_start) == 2 &&
+               lex->tok_start[0] == '0' )
+      {						// b'bin-number'
+	while (my_isxdigit(cs,(c = yyGet()))) ;
+	if ((lex->ptr - lex->tok_start) >= 4 && !ident_map[c])
+	{
+	  yylval->lex_str= get_token(lex, yyLength());
+	  yylval->lex_str.str+= 2;		// Skip 0x
+	  yylval->lex_str.length-= 2;
+	  lex->yytoklen-= 2;
+	  return (BIN_NUM);
+	}
+	yyUnget();
+      }
       // fall through
     case MY_LEX_IDENT_START:			// We come here after '.'
       result_state= IDENT;
@@ -801,6 +819,19 @@ int yylex(void *arg, void *yythd)
       lex->yytoklen-=3;
       return (HEX_NUM);
 
+    case MY_LEX_BIN_NUMBER:           // Found b'bin-string'
+      yyGet();                                // Skip '
+      while ((c= yyGet()) == '0' || c == '1');
+      length= (lex->ptr - lex->tok_start);    // Length of bin-num + 3
+      if (c != '\'')
+      return(ABORT_SYM);              // Illegal hex constant
+      yyGet();                        // get_token makes an unget
+      yylval->lex_str= get_token(lex, length);
+      yylval->lex_str.str+= 2;        // Skip b'
+      yylval->lex_str.length-= 3;     // Don't count b' and last '
+      lex->yytoklen-= 3;
+      return (BIN_NUM); 
+
     case MY_LEX_CMP_OP:			// Incomplete comparison operator
       if (state_map[yyPeek()] == MY_LEX_CMP_OP ||
 	  state_map[yyPeek()] == MY_LEX_LONG_CMP_OP)
diff --git a/sql/sql_parse.cc b/sql/sql_parse.cc
index 3d4252a2b17..5720aac8dbd 100644
--- a/sql/sql_parse.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_parse.cc
@@ -5063,6 +5063,19 @@ bool add_field_to_list(THD *thd, char *field_name, enum_field_types type,
   case MYSQL_TYPE_VAR_STRING:
     DBUG_ASSERT(0);                             // Impossible
     break;
+  case MYSQL_TYPE_BIT:
+    {
+      if (!length)
+        new_field->length= 1;
+      if (new_field->length > MAX_BIT_FIELD_LENGTH)
+      {
+        my_error(ER_TOO_BIG_FIELDLENGTH, MYF(0), field_name,
+                 MAX_BIT_FIELD_LENGTH);
+        DBUG_RETURN(1);
+      }
+      new_field->pack_length= (new_field->length + 7) / 8;
+      break;
+    }
   }
 
   if (!(new_field->flags & BLOB_FLAG) &&
diff --git a/sql/sql_select.cc b/sql/sql_select.cc
index e9097370664..8fe83e4f1d7 100644
--- a/sql/sql_select.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_select.cc
@@ -7777,6 +7777,7 @@ create_tmp_table(THD *thd,TMP_TABLE_PARAM *param,List<Item> &fields,
   KEY_PART_INFO *key_part_info;
   Item **copy_func;
   MI_COLUMNDEF *recinfo;
+  uint total_uneven_bit_length= 0;
   DBUG_ENTER("create_tmp_table");
   DBUG_PRINT("enter",("distinct: %d  save_sum_fields: %d  rows_limit: %lu  group: %d",
 		      (int) distinct, (int) save_sum_fields,
@@ -7966,6 +7967,8 @@ create_tmp_table(THD *thd,TMP_TABLE_PARAM *param,List<Item> &fields,
       reclength+=new_field->pack_length();
       if (!(new_field->flags & NOT_NULL_FLAG))
 	null_count++;
+      if (new_field->type() == FIELD_TYPE_BIT)
+        total_uneven_bit_length+= new_field->field_length & 7;
       if (new_field->flags & BLOB_FLAG)
       {
 	*blob_field++= new_field;
@@ -8014,7 +8017,8 @@ create_tmp_table(THD *thd,TMP_TABLE_PARAM *param,List<Item> &fields,
       null_count++;
   }
   hidden_null_pack_length=(hidden_null_count+7)/8;
-  null_pack_length=hidden_null_count+(null_count+7)/8;
+  null_pack_length= hidden_null_count +
+                    (null_count + total_uneven_bit_length + 7) / 8;
   reclength+=null_pack_length;
   if (!reclength)
     reclength=1;				// Dummy select
diff --git a/sql/sql_table.cc b/sql/sql_table.cc
index 56605d1c6e0..8662eb63ce6 100644
--- a/sql/sql_table.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_table.cc
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ int mysql_prepare_table(THD *thd, HA_CREATE_INFO *create_info,
   int		field_no,dup_no;
   int		select_field_pos,auto_increment=0;
   List_iterator<create_field> it(fields),it2(fields);
+  uint total_uneven_bit_length= 0;
   DBUG_ENTER("mysql_prepare_table");
 
   select_field_pos=fields.elements - select_field_count;
@@ -614,6 +615,9 @@ int mysql_prepare_table(THD *thd, HA_CREATE_INFO *create_info,
     if (!(sql_field->flags & NOT_NULL_FLAG))
       null_fields++;
 
+    if (sql_field->sql_type == FIELD_TYPE_BIT)
+      total_uneven_bit_length+= sql_field->length & 7;
+
     if (check_column_name(sql_field->field_name))
     {
       my_error(ER_WRONG_COLUMN_NAME, MYF(0), sql_field->field_name);
@@ -666,7 +670,7 @@ int mysql_prepare_table(THD *thd, HA_CREATE_INFO *create_info,
   /* If fixed row records, we need one bit to check for deleted rows */
   if (!(db_options & HA_OPTION_PACK_RECORD))
     null_fields++;
-  pos=(null_fields+7)/8;
+  pos= (null_fields + total_uneven_bit_length + 7) / 8;
 
   it.rewind();
   while ((sql_field=it++))
@@ -762,6 +766,14 @@ int mysql_prepare_table(THD *thd, HA_CREATE_INFO *create_info,
     case FIELD_TYPE_NULL:
       sql_field->pack_flag=f_settype((uint) sql_field->sql_type);
       break;
+    case FIELD_TYPE_BIT:
+      if (!(file->table_flags() & HA_CAN_BIT_FIELD))
+      {
+        my_error(ER_CHECK_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, MYF(0), "BIT FIELD");
+        DBUG_RETURN(-1);
+      }
+      sql_field->pack_flag= FIELDFLAG_NUMBER;
+      break;
     case FIELD_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
       /* We should replace old TIMESTAMP fields with their newer analogs */
       if (sql_field->unireg_check == Field::TIMESTAMP_OLD_FIELD)
diff --git a/sql/sql_yacc.yy b/sql/sql_yacc.yy
index 3511777dd27..55a0f6ff692 100644
--- a/sql/sql_yacc.yy
+++ b/sql/sql_yacc.yy
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ bool my_yyoverflow(short **a, YYSTYPE **b, ulong *yystacksize);
 %token	BACKUP_SYM
 %token	BERKELEY_DB_SYM
 %token	BINARY
+%token  BIN_NUM
 %token	BIT_SYM
 %token	BOOL_SYM
 %token	BOOLEAN_SYM
@@ -664,7 +665,7 @@ bool my_yyoverflow(short **a, YYSTYPE **b, ulong *yystacksize);
 	LEX_HOSTNAME ULONGLONG_NUM field_ident select_alias ident ident_or_text
         UNDERSCORE_CHARSET IDENT_sys TEXT_STRING_sys TEXT_STRING_literal
 	NCHAR_STRING opt_component key_cache_name
-        sp_opt_label
+        sp_opt_label BIN_NUM
 
 %type <lex_str_ptr>
 	opt_table_alias
@@ -2750,8 +2751,10 @@ type:
 	int_type opt_len field_options	{ $$=$1; }
 	| real_type opt_precision field_options { $$=$1; }
 	| FLOAT_SYM float_options field_options { $$=FIELD_TYPE_FLOAT; }
-	| BIT_SYM opt_len		{ Lex->length=(char*) "1";
-					  $$=FIELD_TYPE_TINY; }
+	| BIT_SYM			{ Lex->length= (char*) "1";
+					  $$=FIELD_TYPE_BIT; }
+	| BIT_SYM '(' NUM ')'		{ Lex->length= $3.str;
+					  $$=FIELD_TYPE_BIT; }
 	| BOOL_SYM			{ Lex->length=(char*) "1";
 					  $$=FIELD_TYPE_TINY; }
 	| BOOLEAN_SYM			{ Lex->length=(char*) "1";
@@ -6458,15 +6461,25 @@ text_string:
 	{ $$=  new (YYTHD->mem_root) String($1.str,$1.length,YYTHD->variables.collation_connection); }
 	| HEX_NUM
 	  {
-	    Item *tmp = new Item_varbinary($1.str,$1.length);
+	    Item *tmp= new Item_hex_string($1.str, $1.length);
 	    /*
-	      it is OK only emulate fix_fieds, because we need only
+	      it is OK only emulate fix_fields, because we need only
               value of constant
 	    */
 	    $$= tmp ?
 	      tmp->quick_fix_field(), tmp->val_str((String*) 0) :
 	      (String*) 0;
 	  }
+        | BIN_NUM
+          {
+	    Item *tmp= new Item_bin_string($1.str, $1.length);
+	    /*
+	      it is OK only emulate fix_fields, because we need only
+              value of constant
+	    */
+	    $$= tmp ? tmp->quick_fix_field(), tmp->val_str((String*) 0) :
+		      (String*) 0;
+          }
 	;
 
 param_marker:
@@ -6508,10 +6521,11 @@ literal:
 	| NUM_literal	{ $$ = $1; }
 	| NULL_SYM	{ $$ =	new Item_null();
 			  Lex->next_state=MY_LEX_OPERATOR_OR_IDENT;}
-	| HEX_NUM	{ $$ =	new Item_varbinary($1.str,$1.length);}
+	| HEX_NUM	{ $$ =	new Item_hex_string($1.str, $1.length);}
+	| BIN_NUM	{ $$= new Item_bin_string($1.str, $1.length); }
 	| UNDERSCORE_CHARSET HEX_NUM
 	  {
-	    Item *tmp= new Item_varbinary($2.str,$2.length);
+	    Item *tmp= new Item_hex_string($2.str, $2.length);
 	    /*
 	      it is OK only emulate fix_fieds, because we need only
               value of constant
@@ -6523,6 +6537,20 @@ literal:
 				str ? str->length() : 0,
 				Lex->charset);
 	  }
+	| UNDERSCORE_CHARSET BIN_NUM
+          {
+	    Item *tmp= new Item_bin_string($2.str, $2.length);
+	    /*
+	      it is OK only emulate fix_fieds, because we need only
+              value of constant
+	    */
+	    String *str= tmp ?
+	      tmp->quick_fix_field(), tmp->val_str((String*) 0) :
+	      (String*) 0;
+	    $$= new Item_string(str ? str->ptr() : "",
+				str ? str->length() : 0,
+				Lex->charset);
+          }
 	| DATE_SYM text_literal { $$ = $2; }
 	| TIME_SYM text_literal { $$ = $2; }
 	| TIMESTAMP text_literal { $$ = $2; };
diff --git a/sql/table.cc b/sql/table.cc
index b54cc351dff..610de9e4e9b 100644
--- a/sql/table.cc
+++ b/sql/table.cc
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int openfrm(THD *thd, const char *name, const char *alias, uint db_stat,
   KEY	 *keyinfo;
   KEY_PART_INFO *key_part;
   uchar *null_pos;
-  uint null_bit, new_frm_ver, field_pack_length;
+  uint null_bit_pos, new_frm_ver, field_pack_length;
   SQL_CRYPT *crypted=0;
   MEM_ROOT **root_ptr, *old_root;
   DBUG_ENTER("openfrm");
@@ -409,15 +409,15 @@ int openfrm(THD *thd, const char *name, const char *alias, uint db_stat,
   if (null_field_first)
   {
     outparam->null_flags=null_pos=(uchar*) record+1;
-    null_bit= (db_create_options & HA_OPTION_PACK_RECORD) ? 1 : 2;
-    outparam->null_bytes=(outparam->null_fields+null_bit+6)/8;
+    null_bit_pos= (db_create_options & HA_OPTION_PACK_RECORD) ? 0 : 1;
+    outparam->null_bytes= (outparam->null_fields + null_bit_pos + 7) / 8;
   }
   else
   {
     outparam->null_bytes=(outparam->null_fields+7)/8;
     outparam->null_flags=null_pos=
       (uchar*) (record+1+outparam->reclength-outparam->null_bytes);
-    null_bit=1;
+    null_bit_pos= 0;
   }
 
   use_hash= outparam->fields >= MAX_FIELDS_BEFORE_HASH;
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ int openfrm(THD *thd, const char *name, const char *alias, uint db_stat,
     *field_ptr=reg_field=
       make_field(record+recpos,
 		 (uint32) field_length,
-		 null_pos,null_bit,
+		 null_pos, null_bit_pos,
 		 pack_flag,
 		 field_type,
 		 charset,
@@ -529,13 +529,18 @@ int openfrm(THD *thd, const char *name, const char *alias, uint db_stat,
       goto err_not_open;			/* purecov: inspected */
     }
     reg_field->comment=comment;
+    if (field_type == FIELD_TYPE_BIT)
+    {
+      if ((null_bit_pos+= field_length & 7) > 7)
+      {
+        null_pos++;
+        null_bit_pos-= 8;
+      }
+    }
     if (!(reg_field->flags & NOT_NULL_FLAG))
     {
-      if ((null_bit<<=1) == 256)
-      {
-	null_pos++;
-	null_bit=1;
-      }
+      if (!(null_bit_pos= (null_bit_pos + 1) & 7))
+        null_pos++;
     }
     if (f_no_default(pack_flag))
       reg_field->flags|= NO_DEFAULT_VALUE_FLAG;
diff --git a/sql/unireg.cc b/sql/unireg.cc
index 636156940a4..dbd3da58a33 100644
--- a/sql/unireg.cc
+++ b/sql/unireg.cc
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ static bool make_empty_rec(File file,enum db_type table_type,
     Field *regfield=make_field((char*) buff+field->offset,field->length,
 			       field->flags & NOT_NULL_FLAG ? 0:
 			       null_pos+null_count/8,
-			       1 << (null_count & 7),
+			       null_count & 7,
 			       field->pack_flag,
 			       field->sql_type,
 			       field->charset,
diff --git a/sql/unireg.h b/sql/unireg.h
index 31b28da2423..932bdf4dfc5 100644
--- a/sql/unireg.h
+++ b/sql/unireg.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 /* Max column width +1 */
 #define MAX_FIELD_WIDTH		(MAX_FIELD_CHARLENGTH*MAX_MBWIDTH+1)
 
+#define MAX_BIT_FIELD_LENGTH    64      /* Max length in bits for bit fields */
+
 #define MAX_DATE_WIDTH		10	/* YYYY-MM-DD */
 #define MAX_TIME_WIDTH		23	/* -DDDDDD HH:MM:SS.###### */
 #define MAX_DATETIME_FULL_WIDTH 29	/* YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.###### AM */