diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Platform/MysqlPlatform.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Platform/MysqlPlatform.php
index 674da5667..2815b909f 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Platform/MysqlPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Platform/MysqlPlatform.php
@@ -464,10 +464,6 @@ public function getColumnDDL(Column $col): string
             if ($def && $def->isExpression()) {
                 throw new EngineException('DATE columns cannot have default *expressions* in MySQL.');
             }
-        } elseif ($sqlType === 'TEXT' || $sqlType === 'BLOB') {
-            if ($domain->getDefaultValue()) {
-                throw new EngineException('BLOB and TEXT columns cannot have DEFAULT values. in MySQL.');
-            }
         }
 
         $ddl = [$this->quoteIdentifier($col->getName())];
diff --git a/src/Propel/Generator/Reverse/MysqlSchemaParser.php b/src/Propel/Generator/Reverse/MysqlSchemaParser.php
index 0e1350739..1b24730b5 100644
--- a/src/Propel/Generator/Reverse/MysqlSchemaParser.php
+++ b/src/Propel/Generator/Reverse/MysqlSchemaParser.php
@@ -262,7 +262,14 @@ public function getColumnFromRow(array $row, Table $table): Column
         }
 
         // BLOBs can't have any default values in MySQL
-        $default = preg_match('~blob|text~', $nativeType) ? null : $row['Default'];
+
+        $default = $row['Default'];
+        if ($default !== null) {
+            if (preg_match('~blob|text~', $nativeType)) {
+                // mariadb has extra single quotes on TEXT type default values, but not on other types
+                $default = preg_replace('@^\'(.*)\'$@', '$1', $row['Default']);
+            }
+        }
 
         $propelType = $this->getMappedPropelType($nativeType);
         if (!$propelType) {