diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 909a60953c5ffbdecbb815e9a1c9c56967f2754e..9ddb6240300707fc64235cd5bf91dd1ec89c6c0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Drupal 7.0, xxxx-xx-xx (development version)
 ----------------------
 - Database:
     * Fully rewritten database layer utilizing PHP 5's PDO abstraction layer.
-    * Drupal now requires MySQL >= 5.0 or PostgreSQL >= 8.3.
+    * Drupal now requires MySQL >= 5.0.15 or PostgreSQL >= 8.3.
     * Added query builders for INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, MERGE, and SELECT queries.
     * Support for master/slave replication, transactions, multi-insert queries,
       delayed inserts, and other features.
diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 22c91450049d88d167b16793d6ec9b9197699ac7..3bdf6b499de11c2c3794189c2490ae8b56ecac4f 100644
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Drupal requires:
 
  - a web server, Apache (version 2.0 or greater) is recommended,
  - PHP 5 (5.2.0 or greater) (http://www.php.net/),
- - and either MySQL (5.0 or greater) (http://www.mysql.com/), PostgreSQL (8.3
+ - and either MySQL (5.0.15 or greater) (http://www.mysql.com/), PostgreSQL (8.3
    or greater) (http://www.postgresql.org/), or SQLite (3.4.2 or greater)
    (http://www.sqlite.org/).
 
diff --git a/includes/bootstrap.inc b/includes/bootstrap.inc
index 8fff1c40e0493af2e7db798f1a7a324b06b72957..aee7d588aafb09ee9686d8a52a09bb0f1752d4b3 100644
--- a/includes/bootstrap.inc
+++ b/includes/bootstrap.inc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 /**
  * Minimum supported version of MySQL, if it is used.
  */
-define('DRUPAL_MINIMUM_MYSQL',  '5.0');
+define('DRUPAL_MINIMUM_MYSQL',  '5.0.15');
 
 /**
  * Minimum supported version of PostgreSQL, if it is used.