diff --git a/parser/parser.y b/parser/parser.y
index 80b283c5a9a53..73bc66d76c556 100644
--- a/parser/parser.y
+++ b/parser/parser.y
@@ -6821,25 +6821,29 @@ RevokeStmt:
  * See https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/load-data.html
  *******************************************************************************************/
 LoadDataStmt:
-	"LOAD" "DATA" LocalOpt "INFILE" stringLit "INTO" "TABLE" TableName Fields Lines ColumnNameListOptWithBrackets
+	"LOAD" "DATA" LocalOpt "INFILE" stringLit "INTO" "TABLE" TableName CharsetOpt Fields Lines ColumnNameListOptWithBrackets
 	{
 		x := &ast.LoadDataStmt{
 			Path:       $5,
 			Table:      $8.(*ast.TableName),
-			Columns:    $11.([]*ast.ColumnName),
+			Columns:    $12.([]*ast.ColumnName),
 		}
 		if $3 != nil {
 			x.IsLocal = true
 		}
-		if $9 != nil {
-			x.FieldsInfo = $9.(*ast.FieldsClause)
-		}
 		if $10 != nil {
-			x.LinesInfo = $10.(*ast.LinesClause)
+			x.FieldsInfo = $10.(*ast.FieldsClause)
+		}
+		if $11 != nil {
+			x.LinesInfo = $11.(*ast.LinesClause)
 		}
 		$$ = x
 	}
 
+CharsetOpt:
+	{}
+|	"CHARACTER" "SET" CharsetName
+
 LocalOpt:
 	{
 		$$ = nil
diff --git a/parser/parser_test.go b/parser/parser_test.go
index 6ec18688bf07d..b38e1e2de34b0 100644
--- a/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ func (s *testParserSuite) TestDMLStmt(c *C) {
 
 		// load data
 		{"load data infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t", true},
+		{"load data infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t character set utf8", true},
 		{"load data infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t fields terminated by 'ab'", true},
 		{"load data infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t columns terminated by 'ab'", true},
 		{"load data infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t fields terminated by 'ab' enclosed by 'b'", true},
@@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ func (s *testParserSuite) TestDMLStmt(c *C) {
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t columns terminated by 'ab'", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t fields terminated by 'ab' enclosed by 'b'", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t fields terminated by 'ab' enclosed by 'b' escaped by '*'", true},
+		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t character set utf8 fields terminated by 'ab' enclosed by 'b' escaped by '*'", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t lines starting by 'ab'", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t lines starting by 'ab' terminated by 'xy'", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t fields terminated by 'ab' lines terminated by 'xy'", true},
@@ -381,8 +383,10 @@ func (s *testParserSuite) TestDMLStmt(c *C) {
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t columns terminated by 'ab' (a,b)", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t fields terminated by 'ab' enclosed by 'b' (a,b)", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t fields terminated by 'ab' enclosed by 'b' escaped by '*' (a,b)", true},
+		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t character set utf8 fields terminated by 'ab' enclosed by 'b' escaped by '*' (a,b)", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t lines starting by 'ab' (a,b)", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t lines starting by 'ab' terminated by 'xy' (a,b)", true},
+		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t character set utf8 fields terminated by 'ab' lines terminated by 'xy' (a,b)", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t fields terminated by 'ab' lines terminated by 'xy' (a,b)", true},
 		{"load data local infile '/tmp/t.csv' into table t (a,b) fields terminated by 'ab'", false},