diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c70eaa7bb3b..2dcacc0be09 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     (Jakub Zelenka)
   . Fixed bug #79014 (PHP-FPM & Primary script unknown). (Jakub Zelenka)
 
+- MySQLi:
+  . Fixed bug #64032 (mysqli reports different client_version). (cmb)
+
 - PCRE:
   . Fixed bug #79188 (Memory corruption in preg_replace/preg_replace_callback
     and unicode). (Nikita)
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_driver.c b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_driver.c
index 3e21534dd93..a54f4dc46b2 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_driver.c
+++ b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_driver.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int driver_embedded_read(mysqli_object *obj, zval *retval, zend_bool quie
 /* {{{ property driver_client_version_read */
 static int driver_client_version_read(mysqli_object *obj, zval *retval, zend_bool quiet)
 {
-	ZVAL_LONG(retval, MYSQL_VERSION_ID);
+	ZVAL_LONG(retval, mysql_get_client_version());
 
 	return SUCCESS;
 }