diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/maria/fulltext_parser_drop.result b/mysql-test/suite/maria/fulltext_parser_drop.result
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..41a7164ef48cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/maria/fulltext_parser_drop.result
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#
+# DROP TABLE of an Aria table with a fulltext parser plugin
+# must not warn about an unsupported extension
+#
+INSTALL PLUGIN simple_parser SONAME 'mypluglib';
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a TEXT, FULLTEXT(a) WITH PARSER simple_parser) ENGINE=Aria;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('hello world');
+DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a TEXT, FULLTEXT(a) WITH PARSER simple_parser)
+ENGINE=Aria TRANSACTIONAL=0;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+UNINSTALL PLUGIN simple_parser;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/maria/fulltext_parser_drop.test b/mysql-test/suite/maria/fulltext_parser_drop.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..726cd39e57510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/maria/fulltext_parser_drop.test
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--source include/have_simple_parser.inc
+
+--echo #
+--echo # DROP TABLE of an Aria table with a fulltext parser plugin
+--echo # must not warn about an unsupported extension
+--echo #
+
+INSTALL PLUGIN simple_parser SONAME 'mypluglib';
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a TEXT, FULLTEXT(a) WITH PARSER simple_parser) ENGINE=Aria;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('hello world');
+DROP TABLE t1;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a TEXT, FULLTEXT(a) WITH PARSER simple_parser)
+  ENGINE=Aria TRANSACTIONAL=0;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+UNINSTALL PLUGIN simple_parser;
diff --git a/storage/maria/ma_open.c b/storage/maria/ma_open.c
index 3a31663942d62..4952ee316dd6e 100644
--- a/storage/maria/ma_open.c
+++ b/storage/maria/ma_open.c
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ MARIA_HA *maria_open(const char *name, int mode, uint open_flags,
       goto err;
     }
     if ((share->options & HA_OPTION_RELIES_ON_SQL_LAYER) &&
-        ! (open_flags & HA_OPEN_FROM_SQL_LAYER))
+        ! (open_flags & (HA_OPEN_FROM_SQL_LAYER | HA_OPEN_FOR_DROP)))
     {
       DBUG_PRINT("error", ("table cannot be opened from non-sql layer"));
       my_errno= HA_ERR_UNSUPPORTED;