diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 73a700137..d46d09a1c 100644
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -3046,7 +3046,10 @@ def decodeIntToUnicode(value):
                     _ = "0%s" % _
                 raw = hexdecode(_)
 
-                if Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MSSQL):
+                if Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MYSQL):
+                    # https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/issues/1531
+                    retVal = getUnicode(raw, conf.charset or UNICODE_ENCODING)
+                elif Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MSSQL):
                     retVal = getUnicode(raw, "UTF-16-BE")
                 elif Backend.getIdentifiedDbms() in (DBMS.PGSQL, DBMS.ORACLE):
                     retVal = unichr(value)
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index e24f89471..5c8170b89 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from lib.core.revision import getRevisionNumber
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.0.5.47"
+VERSION = "1.0.5.48"
 REVISION = getRevisionNumber()
 STABLE = VERSION.count('.') <= 2
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % (VERSION, "stable" if STABLE else "dev")