diff --git a/classes/db/Db.php b/classes/db/Db.php
index e543f35ce..f408d3af9 100644
--- a/classes/db/Db.php
+++ b/classes/db/Db.php
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ abstract class DbCore
 
 	/* do not remove, useful for some modules */
 	abstract public function set_db($db_name);
+	
+	abstract public function getBestEngine();
 
 	/**
 	 * Get Db object instance
@@ -674,7 +676,7 @@ abstract class DbCore
 		return call_user_func_array(array(Db::getClass(), 'hasTableWithSamePrefix'), array($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix));
 	}
 
-	public static function checkCreatePrivilege($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix, $engine)
+	public static function checkCreatePrivilege($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix, $engine = null)
 	{
 		return call_user_func_array(array(Db::getClass(), 'checkCreatePrivilege'), array($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix, $engine));
 	}
diff --git a/classes/db/DbMySQLi.php b/classes/db/DbMySQLi.php
index 3d5556908..e03974a38 100644
--- a/classes/db/DbMySQLi.php
+++ b/classes/db/DbMySQLi.php
@@ -172,21 +172,36 @@ class DbMySQLiCore extends Db
 		if (!$link->real_connect($server, $user, $pwd, $db))
 			return (mysqli_connect_errno() == 1049) ? 2 : 1;
 
-		if (strtolower($engine) == 'innodb')
-		{
-			$sql = 'SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name = \'have_innodb\'';
-			$result = $link->query($sql);
-			if (!$result)
-				return 4;
-			$row = $result->fetch_assoc();
-			if (!$row || strtolower($row['Value']) != 'yes')
-				return 4;
-		}
 		$link->close();
 		return 0;
 	}
 	
-	public static function checkCreatePrivilege($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix, $engine)
+	public function getBestEngine()
+	{
+		$value = 'InnoDB';
+		
+		$sql = 'SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name = \'have_innodb\'';
+		$result = $link->query($sql);
+		if (!$result)
+			$value = 'MyISAM';
+		$row = $result->fetch_assoc();
+		if (!$row || strtolower($row['Value']) != 'yes')
+			$value = 'MyISAM';
+			
+		/* MySQL >= 5.6 */
+		$sql = 'SHOW ENGINES';
+		$result = $link->query($sql);
+		while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc())
+			if ($row['Engine'] == 'InnoDB')
+			{
+				if (in_array($row['Support'], array('DEFAULT', 'YES')))
+					$value = 'InnoDB';
+				break;
+			}
+		return $value;
+	}
+	
+	public static function checkCreatePrivilege($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix, $engine = null)
 	{
 		$link = @new mysqli($server, $user, $pwd, $db);
 		if (mysqli_connect_error())
diff --git a/classes/db/DbPDO.php b/classes/db/DbPDO.php
index ed2870a16..9a381d721 100644
--- a/classes/db/DbPDO.php
+++ b/classes/db/DbPDO.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class DbPDOCore extends Db
 		return (bool)$result->fetch();
 	}
 
-	public static function checkCreatePrivilege($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix, $engine)
+	public static function checkCreatePrivilege($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix, $engine = null)
 	{
 		try {
 			$link = DbPDO::_getPDO($server, $user, $pwd, $db, 5);
@@ -206,34 +206,34 @@ class DbPDOCore extends Db
 		} catch (PDOException $e) {
 			return ($e->getCode() == 1049) ? 2 : 1;
 		}
-
-		if (strtolower($engine) == 'innodb')
-		{
-			$value = 0;
-			
-			$sql = 'SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name = \'have_innodb\'';
-			$result = $link->query($sql);
-			if (!$result)
-				$value = 4;
-			$row = $result->fetch();
-			if (!$row || strtolower($row['Value']) != 'yes')
-				$value = 4;
-			
-			/* MySQL >= 5.6 */
-			$sql = 'SHOW ENGINES';
-			$result = $link->query($sql);
-			while ($row = $result->fetch())
-				if ($row['Engine'] == 'InnoDB')
-				{
-					if (in_array($row['Support'], array('DEFAULT', 'YES')))
-						$value = 0;
-					break;
-				}
-			return $value;
-		}
 		unset($link);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	
+	public function getBestEngine()
+	{
+		$value = 'InnoDB';
+		
+		$sql = 'SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name = \'have_innodb\'';
+		$result = $link->query($sql);
+		if (!$result)
+			$value = 'MyISAM';
+		$row = $result->fetch();
+		if (!$row || strtolower($row['Value']) != 'yes')
+			$value = 'MyISAM';
+		
+		/* MySQL >= 5.6 */
+		$sql = 'SHOW ENGINES';
+		$result = $link->query($sql);
+		while ($row = $result->fetch())
+			if ($row['Engine'] == 'InnoDB')
+			{
+				if (in_array($row['Support'], array('DEFAULT', 'YES')))
+					$value = 'InnoDB';
+				break;
+			}
+		return $value;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * @see Db::checkEncoding()
diff --git a/classes/db/MySQL.php b/classes/db/MySQL.php
index ba05fd29c..d66f488da 100644
--- a/classes/db/MySQL.php
+++ b/classes/db/MySQL.php
@@ -165,36 +165,36 @@ class MySQLCore extends Db
 			return 1;
 		if (!@mysql_select_db($db, $link))
 			return 2;
-
-		if (strtolower($engine) == 'innodb')
-		{
-			$value = 0;
-			
-			$sql = 'SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name = \'have_innodb\'';
-			$result = mysql_query($sql);
-			if (!$result)
-				$value = 4;
-			$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
-			if (!$row || strtolower($row['Value']) != 'yes')
-				$value = 4;
-			
-			/* MySQL >= 5.6 */
-			$sql = 'SHOW ENGINES';
-			$result = mysql_query($sql);
-			while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
-				if ($row['Engine'] == 'InnoDB')
-				{
-					if (in_array($row['Support'], array('DEFAULT', 'YES')))
-						$value = 0;
-					break;
-				}
-			return $value;
-		}
 		@mysql_close($link);
 		return 0;
 	}
+		
+	public function getBestEngine()
+	{
+		$value = 'InnoDB';
+		
+		$sql = 'SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name = \'have_innodb\'';
+		$result = mysql_query($sql);
+		if (!$result)
+			$value = 'MyISAM';
+		$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
+		if (!$row || strtolower($row['Value']) != 'yes')
+			$value = 'MyISAM';
+		
+		/* MySQL >= 5.6 */
+		$sql = 'SHOW ENGINES';
+		$result = mysql_query($sql);
+		while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
+			if ($row['Engine'] == 'InnoDB')
+			{
+				if (in_array($row['Support'], array('DEFAULT', 'YES')))
+					$value = 'InnoDB';
+				break;
+			}
+		return $value;
+	}
 	
-	public static function checkCreatePrivilege($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix, $engine)
+	public static function checkCreatePrivilege($server, $user, $pwd, $db, $prefix, $engine = null)
 	{
 		ini_set('mysql.connect_timeout', 5);
 		if (!$link = @mysql_connect($server, $user, $pwd, true))
diff --git a/install-dev/controllers/http/database.php b/install-dev/controllers/http/database.php
index 6ec8ece98..3a603acdc 100644
--- a/install-dev/controllers/http/database.php
+++ b/install-dev/controllers/http/database.php
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class InstallControllerHttpDatabase extends InstallControllerHttp
 		$this->session->database_login = trim(Tools::getValue('dbLogin'));
 		$this->session->database_password = trim(Tools::getValue('dbPassword'));
 		$this->session->database_prefix = trim(Tools::getValue('db_prefix'));
-		$this->session->database_engine = Tools::getValue('dbEngine');
 		$this->session->database_clear = Tools::getValue('database_clear');
 
 		// Save email config
@@ -81,13 +80,15 @@ class InstallControllerHttpDatabase extends InstallControllerHttp
 			$this->session->database_login,
 			$this->session->database_password,
 			$this->session->database_prefix,
-			$this->session->database_engine,
-
 			// We do not want to validate table prefix if we are already in install process
 			($this->session->step == 'process') ? true : $this->session->database_clear
 		);
-
-		return count($this->errors) ? false : true;
+		if (count($this->errors))
+			return false;
+		
+		if (!isset($this->session->database_engine))
+			$this->session->database_engine = $this->model_database->getBestEngine($this->session->database_server, $this->session->database_name, $this->session->database_login, $this->session->database_password);
+		return true;
 	}
 
 	public function process()
@@ -108,10 +109,9 @@ class InstallControllerHttpDatabase extends InstallControllerHttp
 		$login = Tools::getValue('dbLogin');
 		$password = Tools::getValue('dbPassword');
 		$prefix = Tools::getValue('db_prefix');
-		$engine = Tools::getValue('dbEngine');
 		$clear = Tools::getValue('clear');
 
-		$errors = $this->model_database->testDatabaseSettings($server, $database, $login, $password, $prefix, $engine, $clear);
+		$errors = $this->model_database->testDatabaseSettings($server, $database, $login, $password, $prefix, $clear);
 
 		$this->ajaxJsonAnswer(
 			(count($errors)) ? false : true,
diff --git a/install-dev/models/database.php b/install-dev/models/database.php
index 387713854..7105ebe9b 100644
--- a/install-dev/models/database.php
+++ b/install-dev/models/database.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class InstallModelDatabase extends InstallAbstractModel
 	 * @param bool $clear
 	 * @return array List of errors
 	 */
-	public function testDatabaseSettings($server, $database, $login, $password, $prefix, $engine, $clear = false)
+	public function testDatabaseSettings($server, $database, $login, $password, $prefix, $clear = false)
 	{
 		$errors = array();
 
@@ -55,14 +55,11 @@ class InstallModelDatabase extends InstallAbstractModel
 		if ($prefix && !Validate::isTablePrefix($prefix))
 			$errors[] = $this->language->l('Tables prefix is invalid');
 
-		if (!Validate::isMySQLEngine($engine))
-			$errors[] = $this->language->l('Wrong engine chosen for MySQL');
-
 		if (!$errors)
 		{
 			$dbtype = ' ('.Db::getClass().')';
 			// Try to connect to database
-			switch (Db::checkConnection($server, $login, $password, $database, true, $engine))
+			switch (Db::checkConnection($server, $login, $password, $database, true))
 			{
 				case 0:
 					if (!Db::checkEncoding($server, $login, $password))
@@ -71,28 +68,33 @@ class InstallModelDatabase extends InstallAbstractModel
 					// Check if a table with same prefix already exists
 					if (!$clear && Db::hasTableWithSamePrefix($server, $login, $password, $database, $prefix))
 						$errors[] = $this->language->l('At least one table with same prefix was already found, please change your prefix or drop your database');
-					if (($create_error = Db::checkCreatePrivilege($server, $login, $password, $database, $prefix, $engine)) !== true)
+					if (($create_error = Db::checkCreatePrivilege($server, $login, $password, $database, $prefix)) !== true)
 					{
 						$errors[] = $this->language->l(sprintf('Your database login don\'t have the privileges to create table on the database "%s". Ask your hosting provider:', $database));
 						if ($create_error != false)
 							$errors[] = $create_error;
 					}
-				break;
+					break;
 
 				case 1:
 					$errors[] = $this->language->l('Database Server is not found. Please verify the login, password and server fields').$dbtype;
-				break;
+					break;
 
 				case 2:
 					$errors[] = $this->language->l('Connection to MySQL server succeeded, but database "%s" not found', $database).$dbtype;
-				break;
-
-				case 4:
-					$errors[] = $this->language->l('Engine innoDB is not supported by your MySQL server, please use MyISAM').$dbtype;
-				break;
+					break;
 			}
 		}
 
 		return $errors;
 	}
+	
+	public function getBestEngine($server, $database, $login, $password)
+	{
+		$class = Db::getClass();
+		$instance = new $class($server, $login, $password, $database, true);
+		$engine = $instance->getBestEngine();
+		unset($instance);
+		return $engine;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/install-dev/theme/views/database.phtml b/install-dev/theme/views/database.phtml
index 8dae7d7a9..a24c92878 100644
--- a/install-dev/theme/views/database.phtml
+++ b/install-dev/theme/views/database.phtml
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@
 			<label for="dbPassword"><?php echo $this->l('Database password:') ?> </label>
 			<input class="text" size="10" type="password" id="dbPassword" name="dbPassword" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->database_password) ?>" />
 		</p>
+		<!--
 		<p>
 			<label for="dbEngine"><?php echo $this->l('Database Engine:') ?></label>
 			<select id="dbEngine" name="dbEngine">
 				<option value="InnoDB" <?php if ($this->database_engine == 'InnoDB'): ?>selected="selected"<?php endif; ?>>InnoDB</option>
 				<option value="MyISAM" <?php if ($this->database_engine == 'MyISAM'): ?>selected="selected"<?php endif; ?>>MyISAM</option>
 			</select>
-		</p>
+		</p>-->
 		<p>
 			<label for="db_prefix"><?php echo $this->l('Tables prefix:')?></label>
 			<input class="text" type="text" id="db_prefix" name="db_prefix" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($this->database_prefix) ?>" />