diff --git a/column/column.go b/column/column.go
index 1e5a16cbd5..fee76a9e45 100644
--- a/column/column.go
+++ b/column/column.go
@@ -161,7 +161,12 @@ func (c *Col) GetTypeDesc() string {
 	switch c.Tp {
 	case mysql.TypeSet, mysql.TypeEnum:
 		// Format is ENUM ('e1', 'e2') or SET ('e1', 'e2')
-		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("('%s')", strings.Join(c.Elems, "','")))
+		// If elem contain ', we will convert ' -> ''
+		elems := make([]string, len(c.Elems))
+		for i := range elems {
+			elems[i] = strings.Replace(c.Elems[i], "'", "''", -1)
+		}
+		buf.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("('%s')", strings.Join(elems, "','")))
 	default:
 		if c.Flen != -1 {
 			if c.Decimal == -1 {
diff --git a/column/column_test.go b/column/column_test.go
index 5ff94d0c68..11baace5d6 100644
--- a/column/column_test.go
+++ b/column/column_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ func (s *testColumnSuite) TestString(c *C) {
 	col.Elems = []string{"a", "b"}
 
 	c.Assert(col.GetTypeDesc(), Equals, "enum('a','b')")
+
+	col.Elems = []string{"'a'", "b"}
+	c.Assert(col.GetTypeDesc(), Equals, "enum('''a''','b')")
 }
 
 func (s *testColumnSuite) TestFind(c *C) {
diff --git a/stmt/stmts/stmt_helper.go b/stmt/stmts/stmt_helper.go
index e9b3b1cdf0..d8ebe8682a 100644
--- a/stmt/stmts/stmt_helper.go
+++ b/stmt/stmts/stmt_helper.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 
 func getDefaultValue(ctx context.Context, c *column.Col) (interface{}, bool, error) {
 	// Check no default value flag.
-	if mysql.HasNoDefaultValueFlag(c.Flag) {
+	if mysql.HasNoDefaultValueFlag(c.Flag) && c.Tp != mysql.TypeEnum {
 		return nil, false, errors.Errorf("Field '%s' doesn't have a default value", c.Name)
 	}
 
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ func getDefaultValue(ctx context.Context, c *column.Col) (interface{}, bool, err
 		}
 
 		return value, true, nil
+	} else if c.Tp == mysql.TypeEnum {
+		// For enum type, if no default value and not null is set,
+		// the default value is the first element of the enum list
+		if c.DefaultValue == nil && mysql.HasNotNullFlag(c.Flag) {
+			return c.FieldType.Elems[0], true, nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	return c.DefaultValue, true, nil
diff --git a/stmt/stmts/stmt_helper_test.go b/stmt/stmts/stmt_helper_test.go
index 1ce496120d..a9d50737d2 100644
--- a/stmt/stmts/stmt_helper_test.go
+++ b/stmt/stmts/stmt_helper_test.go
@@ -53,4 +53,27 @@ func (s *testStmtSuite) TestGetColDefaultValue(c *C) {
 
 	testSQL = " insert helper_test (c1) values (1);"
 	mustExec(c, s.testDB, testSQL)
+
+	testSQL = `drop table if exists helper_test;
+    create table helper_test (c1 enum("a"), c2 enum("b", "e") not null, c3 enum("c") default "c", c4 enum("d") default "d" not null);`
+	mustExec(c, s.testDB, testSQL)
+
+	testSQL = "insert into helper_test values();"
+	mustExec(c, s.testDB, testSQL)
+
+	row := s.testDB.QueryRow("select * from helper_test")
+	var (
+		v1 interface{}
+		v2 interface{}
+		v3 interface{}
+		v4 interface{}
+	)
+
+	err = row.Scan(&v1, &v2, &v3, &v4)
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(v1, IsNil)
+	c.Assert(v2, Equals, "b")
+	c.Assert(v3, Equals, "c")
+	c.Assert(v4, Equals, "d")
+
 }