diff --git a/dbdimp.c b/dbdimp.c
index 6104405d..869a4d21 100644
--- a/dbdimp.c
+++ b/dbdimp.c
@@ -883,6 +883,8 @@ static char *parse_params(
 
 	/* in case this is a nested LIMIT */
       case ')':
+        /* in case this is table named "limit" */
+      case '=':
         limit_flag = FALSE;
 	*ptr++ = *statement_ptr++;
         break;
diff --git a/t/35limit.t b/t/35limit.t
index 35429049..5525f96b 100644
--- a/t/35limit.t
+++ b/t/35limit.t
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require 'lib.pl';
 
 my $dbh = DbiTestConnect($test_dsn, $test_user, $test_password,
                       { RaiseError => 1, PrintError => 0, AutoCommit => 0 });
-plan tests => 120;
+plan tests => 122;
 
 ok(defined $dbh, "Connected to database");
 
@@ -75,4 +75,16 @@ SQL
 
 ok($dbh->do("DROP TABLE dbd_mysql_t35"));
 
+# Issue #205: A table named "limits" shouldn't be parsed as LIMIT.
+$dbh->do('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS dbd_mysql_t35_1 ( id INT(10) PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, limits INT(10), flag ENUM("9","0","1") )');
+my $limits = 500;
+my $flag = 1;
+$dbh->do('INSERT INTO dbd_mysql_t35_1 SET limits=?, flag=?', undef, $limits, $flag);
+my ($set_flag) = $dbh->selectrow_array('SELECT flag FROM dbd_mysql_t35_1 WHERE id=?', undef, $dbh->last_insert_id);
+
+is($set_flag, $flag, 'limit set');
+
+
+ok($dbh->do("DROP TABLE dbd_mysql_t35_1"));
+
 ok($dbh->disconnect);