diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 73590bcd5d..adfdcf0560 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ CHANGES
       strptime/strftime, to generically support pre-1900 dates,
       dates with microseconds.  [ticket:968]
 
+- mysql
+    - Temporary tables are now reflectable.
+
 
 0.5.0rc1
 ========
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mysql.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mysql.py
index 9058df926b..f1187b8ac6 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mysql.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mysql.py
@@ -2406,7 +2406,7 @@ class MySQLSchemaReflector(object):
                             self.preparer._escape_identifier(_final))]))
 
         self._pr_name = _pr_compile(
-            r'^CREATE TABLE +'
+            r'^CREATE (?:\w+ +)?TABLE +'
             r'%(iq)s(?P<name>(?:%(esc_fq)s|[^%(fq)s])+)%(fq)s +\($' % quotes,
             self.preparer._unescape_identifier)