diff --git a/mysql-test/r/statistics.result b/mysql-test/r/statistics.result
index a2d3d39..bd6a084 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/statistics.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/statistics.result
@@ -1622,3 +1622,22 @@ test	t2	id	1	1024	0.0000	8.0000	63	SINGLE_PREC_HB	03070B0F13171B1F23272B2F33373B
 set histogram_size=default;
 drop table t1, t2;
 set use_stat_tables=@save_use_stat_tables;
+#
+# Bug MDEV-7383: min/max value for a column not utf8 compatible
+#
+create table t1 (a varchar(100)) engine=MyISAM;
+insert into t1 values(unhex('D879626AF872675F73E662F8'));
+analyze table t1 persistent for all;
+Table	Op	Msg_type	Msg_text
+test.t1	analyze	status	Engine-independent statistics collected
+test.t1	analyze	status	OK
+show warnings;
+Level	Code	Message
+select db_name, table_name, column_name,
+HEX(min_value), HEX(max_value),
+nulls_ratio, avg_frequency,
+hist_size, hist_type, HEX(histogram)
+FROM mysql.column_stats;
+db_name	table_name	column_name	HEX(min_value)	HEX(max_value)	nulls_ratio	avg_frequency	hist_size	hist_type	HEX(histogram)
+test	t1	a	D879626AF872675F73E662F8	D879626AF872675F73E662F8	0.0000	1.0000	0	NULL	NULL
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/statistics.test b/mysql-test/t/statistics.test
index 36e2c5a..2c8dec3 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/statistics.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/statistics.test
@@ -701,3 +701,19 @@ drop table t1, t2;
 
 set use_stat_tables=@save_use_stat_tables;
 
+--echo #
+--echo # Bug MDEV-7383: min/max value for a column not utf8 compatible
+--echo #
+
+create table t1 (a varchar(100)) engine=MyISAM;
+insert into t1 values(unhex('D879626AF872675F73E662F8'));
+analyze table t1 persistent for all;
+show warnings;
+
+select db_name, table_name, column_name,
+       HEX(min_value), HEX(max_value),
+       nulls_ratio, avg_frequency,
+       hist_size, hist_type, HEX(histogram)
+  FROM mysql.column_stats;
+
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/scripts/mysql_system_tables.sql b/scripts/mysql_system_tables.sql
index bc89ae8..14b59bb 100644
--- a/scripts/mysql_system_tables.sql
+++ b/scripts/mysql_system_tables.sql
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ set @had_proxies_priv_table= @@warning_count != 0;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS table_stats (db_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, table_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, cardinality bigint(21) unsigned DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (db_name,table_name) ) ENGINE=MyISAM CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin comment='Statistics on Tables';
 
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS column_stats (db_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, table_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, column_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, min_value varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL, max_value varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL, nulls_ratio decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, avg_length decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, avg_frequency decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, hist_size tinyint unsigned, hist_type enum('SINGLE_PREC_HB','DOUBLE_PREC_HB'), histogram varbinary(255), PRIMARY KEY (db_name,table_name,column_name) ) ENGINE=MyISAM CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin comment='Statistics on Columns';
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS column_stats (db_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, table_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, column_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, min_value varbinary(255) DEFAULT NULL, max_value varbinary(255) DEFAULT NULL, nulls_ratio decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, avg_length decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, avg_frequency decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, hist_size tinyint unsigned, hist_type enum('SINGLE_PREC_HB','DOUBLE_PREC_HB'), histogram varbinary(255), PRIMARY KEY (db_name,table_name,column_name) ) ENGINE=MyISAM CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin comment='Statistics on Columns';
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS index_stats (db_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, table_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, index_name varchar(64) NOT NULL, prefix_arity int(11) unsigned NOT NULL, avg_frequency decimal(12,4) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (db_name,table_name,index_name,prefix_arity) ) ENGINE=MyISAM CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin comment='Statistics on Indexes';
 
diff --git a/scripts/mysql_system_tables_fix.sql b/scripts/mysql_system_tables_fix.sql
index b81eb4e..cbeb2f0 100644
--- a/scripts/mysql_system_tables_fix.sql
+++ b/scripts/mysql_system_tables_fix.sql
@@ -709,3 +709,5 @@ flush privileges;
 ALTER TABLE help_category MODIFY url TEXT NOT NULL;
 ALTER TABLE help_topic MODIFY url TEXT NOT NULL;
 
+# MDEV-7383 - varbinary on mix/max of column_stats
+alter table column_stats modify min_value varbinary(255) DEFAULT NULL, modify max_value varbinary(255) DEFAULT NULL;