diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
index d7ac3ebf7d..be948639fc 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php
@@ -2195,6 +2195,7 @@ function dbDelta( $queries = '', $execute = true ) {
 				$keyname = $tableindex->Key_name;
 				$index_ary[$keyname]['columns'][] = array('fieldname' => $tableindex->Column_name, 'subpart' => $tableindex->Sub_part);
 				$index_ary[$keyname]['unique'] = ($tableindex->Non_unique == 0)?true:false;
+				$index_ary[$keyname]['index_type'] = $tableindex->Index_type;
 			}
 
 			// For each actual index in the index array.
@@ -2207,6 +2208,9 @@ function dbDelta( $queries = '', $execute = true ) {
 				} elseif ( $index_data['unique'] ) {
 					$index_string .= 'UNIQUE ';
 				}
+				if ( 'FULLTEXT' === strtoupper( $index_data['index_type'] ) ) {
+					$index_string .= 'FULLTEXT ';
+				}
 				$index_string .= 'KEY ';
 				if ($index_name != 'PRIMARY') {
 					$index_string .= $index_name;
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/dbdelta.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/dbdelta.php
index 51bedb101c..174e7e5156 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/dbdelta.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/dbdelta.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Tests_dbDelta extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 		global $wpdb;
 
+		// Forcing MyISAM, because InnoDB only started supporting FULLTEXT indexes in MySQL 5.7.
 		$wpdb->query(
 			"
 			CREATE TABLE {$wpdb->prefix}dbdelta_test (
@@ -32,8 +33,9 @@ class Tests_dbDelta extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 				column_1 varchar(255) NOT NULL,
 				PRIMARY KEY  (id),
 				KEY key_1 (column_1),
-				KEY compoud_key (id,column_1)
-			)
+				KEY compoud_key (id,column_1),
+				FULLTEXT KEY fulltext_key (column_1)
+			) ENGINE=MyISAM
 			"
 		);
 
@@ -248,7 +250,30 @@ class Tests_dbDelta extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertTableRowHasValue( 'column_1', 'wcphilly2015',  $wpdb->prefix . 'dbdelta_test' );
 
 	}
-	
+
+	/**
+	 * Test that FULLTEXT indexes are detected.
+	 * @ticket 14445
+	 */
+	public function test_fulltext_index() {
+		global $wpdb;
+
+		$updates = dbDelta(
+			"
+			CREATE TABLE {$wpdb->prefix}dbdelta_test (
+				id bigint(20) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+				column_1 varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+				PRIMARY KEY  (id),
+				KEY key_1 (column_1),
+				KEY compoud_key (id,column_1),
+				FULLTEXT KEY fulltext_key (column_1)
+			)
+			", false
+		);
+
+		$this->assertEmpty( $updates );
+	}
+
 	//
 	// Assertions.
 	//