diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9a011c0743d18923be73d36cd389b4978a0cea9a..5ca279ddc495ecfb146cc6dd601b883bad7d66ba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ version 1.0 -- UNRELEASED
 	   example.dup.
 	 . Add support for RackSpace's CloudFiles.
 	   Thanks to Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org> for the patch.
+	mysql:
+	 . Don't attempt to dump performance_schema database (Redmine#3741).
 
 version 0.9.10 -- September 23, 2011
     backupninja changes
diff --git a/handlers/mysql.in b/handlers/mysql.in
index 185a98a74db4d149be37dff6fe2306267a4ae506..65deebbc62ac840a6c10c15e263daf37141768a7 100644
--- a/handlers/mysql.in
+++ b/handlers/mysql.in
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ then
    for db in $databases
    do
       DUMP_BASE="$MYSQLDUMP $defaultsfile $sqldumpoptions"
-      if [ "$db" = "information_schema" ]
+      if [ "$db" = "information_schema" ] || [ "$db" = "performance_schema" ]
       then
          DUMP_BASE="${DUMP_BASE} --skip-lock-tables"
       fi