diff --git a/src/drivers/AbstractDriver.ts b/src/drivers/AbstractDriver.ts
index 29c0d54..aa80300 100644
--- a/src/drivers/AbstractDriver.ts
+++ b/src/drivers/AbstractDriver.ts
@@ -408,9 +408,7 @@ export default abstract class AbstractDriver {
                 .forEach((col) => {
                     // eslint-disable-next-line no-param-reassign
                     col.primary = true;
-                    if (
-                        col.options.unique
-                    ) {
+                    if (col.options.unique) {
                         delete col.options.unique;
                     }
                 });
diff --git a/src/drivers/MysqlDriver.ts b/src/drivers/MysqlDriver.ts
index 665f5e9..8ce8248 100644
--- a/src/drivers/MysqlDriver.ts
+++ b/src/drivers/MysqlDriver.ts
@@ -328,8 +328,9 @@ export default class MysqlDriver extends AbstractDriver {
             ColumnName: string;
             is_unique: number;
             is_primary_key: number;
+            is_fulltext: number;
         }>(`SELECT TABLE_NAME TableName,INDEX_NAME IndexName,COLUMN_NAME ColumnName,CASE WHEN NON_UNIQUE=0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END is_unique,
-        CASE WHEN INDEX_NAME='PRIMARY' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END is_primary_key
+        CASE WHEN INDEX_NAME='PRIMARY' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END is_primary_key, CASE WHEN INDEX_TYPE="FULLTEXT" THEN 1 ELSE 0 END is_fulltext
         FROM information_schema.statistics sta
         WHERE table_schema IN (${MysqlDriver.buildEscapedObjectList(
             dbNames
@@ -351,6 +352,8 @@ export default class MysqlDriver extends AbstractDriver {
                     options: {},
                 };
                 if (records[0].is_primary_key === 1) indexInfo.primary = true;
+                if (records[0].is_fulltext === 1)
+                    indexInfo.options.fulltext = true;
                 if (records[0].is_unique === 1) indexInfo.options.unique = true;
 
                 records.forEach((record) => {
diff --git a/src/models/Index.ts b/src/models/Index.ts
index 1f171fa..22ab477 100644
--- a/src/models/Index.ts
+++ b/src/models/Index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ export type Index = {
     columns: string[];
     options: {
         unique?: boolean;
+        fulltext?: boolean;
     };
     primary?: boolean;
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/github-issues/285/entity/Post.ts b/test/integration/github-issues/285/entity/Post.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be987bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/github-issues/285/entity/Post.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { PrimaryGeneratedColumn, Column, Entity, OneToOne, JoinColumn, Index } from "typeorm";
+
+@Index("my_index", ["title"], { fulltext: true })
+@Entity("Post")
+export class Post {
+
+    @PrimaryGeneratedColumn()
+    id: number;
+
+
+    @Column("varchar")
+    title: string;
+}
diff --git a/test/integration/runTestsFromPath.test.ts b/test/integration/runTestsFromPath.test.ts
index c6b9f69..928540b 100644
--- a/test/integration/runTestsFromPath.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/runTestsFromPath.test.ts
@@ -199,10 +199,15 @@ function runTestForMultipleDrivers(
             case "248":
                 return dbDrivers.filter(dbDriver =>
                     dbDriver === "postgres"
-                );case "273":
+                );
+            case "273":
                 return dbDrivers.filter(dbDriver =>
                     ["mysql", "mariadb","mssql"].includes(dbDriver)
                 );
+            case "285":
+                return dbDrivers.filter(dbDriver =>
+                    ["mysql", "mariadb"].includes(dbDriver)
+                );
             default:
                 return dbDrivers;
         }
diff --git a/test/utils/EntityFileToJson.ts b/test/utils/EntityFileToJson.ts
index 2da8ebd..c61dfda 100644
--- a/test/utils/EntityFileToJson.ts
+++ b/test/utils/EntityFileToJson.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ class EntityIndex {
     public columnNames: string[] = [];
 
     public isUnique = false;
+
+    public fulltext = false;
 }
 
 function removeTrailingComas(input: string) {
@@ -208,6 +210,9 @@ export default class EntityFileToJson {
                                 ind.isUnique =
                                     optionsStr.split(":")[1].trim() === "true";
                                 break;
+                            case "fulltext":
+                                ind.fulltext = optionsStr.split(":")[1].trim() === "true";
+                                break;
                             default:
                                 console.log(
                                     `[EntityFileToJson:convert] Index option not recognized ${ind.indexName}:`