diff --git a/typo3/sysext/reports/Classes/Report/Status/ConfigurationStatus.php b/typo3/sysext/reports/Classes/Report/Status/ConfigurationStatus.php
index 1cd256a59a3b3853c4e8ca3dfebddbc805801f13..74c688be39f471e735841fa5e544ad5c2b35a8e9 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/reports/Classes/Report/Status/ConfigurationStatus.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/reports/Classes/Report/Status/ConfigurationStatus.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace TYPO3\CMS\Reports\Report\Status;
 
 use TYPO3\CMS\Backend\Utility\BackendUtility;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\ConnectionPool;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Database\Query\QueryBuilder;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Messaging\FlashMessage;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Messaging\FlashMessageService;
 use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Registry;
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ class ConfigurationStatus implements StatusProviderInterface
     {
         $connection = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(ConnectionPool::class)
             ->getConnectionByName(ConnectionPool::DEFAULT_CONNECTION_NAME);
+        /** @var QueryBuilder $queryBuilder */
         $queryBuilder = $connection->createQueryBuilder();
         $defaultDatabaseCharset = (string)$queryBuilder->select('DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME')
             ->from('information_schema.SCHEMATA')
@@ -302,10 +304,29 @@ class ConfigurationStatus implements StatusProviderInterface
         $statusValue = $this->getLanguageService()->getLL('status_ok');
         // also allow utf8mb4
         if (!StringUtility::beginsWith($defaultDatabaseCharset, 'utf8')) {
-            $message = sprintf($this->getLanguageService()
-                ->getLL('status_MysqlDatabaseCharacterSet_Unsupported'), $defaultDatabaseCharset);
-            $severity = ReportStatus::ERROR;
-            $statusValue = $this->getLanguageService()->getLL('status_wrongValue');
+            // If the default character set is e.g. latin1, BUT all tables in the system are UTF-8,
+            // we assume that TYPO3 has the correct charset for adding tables, and everything is fine
+            $nonUtf8TableCollationsFound = $queryBuilder->select('table_collation')
+                ->from('information_schema.tables')
+                ->where(
+                    $queryBuilder->expr()->andX(
+                        $queryBuilder->expr()->eq('table_schema', $queryBuilder->quote($connection->getDatabase())),
+                        $queryBuilder->expr()->notLike('table_collation', $queryBuilder->quote('utf8%'))
+                    )
+                )
+                ->setMaxResults(1)
+                ->execute();
+
+            if ($nonUtf8TableCollationsFound->rowCount() > 0) {
+                $message = sprintf($this->getLanguageService()
+                    ->getLL('status_MysqlDatabaseCharacterSet_Unsupported'), $defaultDatabaseCharset);
+                $severity = ReportStatus::ERROR;
+                $statusValue = $this->getLanguageService()->getLL('status_wrongValue');
+            } else {
+                $message = $this->getLanguageService()->getLL('status_MysqlDatabaseCharacterSet_Info');
+                $severity = ReportStatus::INFO;
+                $statusValue = $this->getLanguageService()->getLL('status_info');
+            }
         } else {
             $message = $this->getLanguageService()->getLL('status_MysqlDatabaseCharacterSet_Ok');
         }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/reports/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_reports.xlf b/typo3/sysext/reports/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_reports.xlf
index 4a5f656a31fd006b5756194ac8701e801ef69746..a1fc98495a1952b111aa3d3753c84d5d385db2e8 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/reports/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_reports.xlf
+++ b/typo3/sysext/reports/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_reports.xlf
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
 			<trans-unit id="status_wrongValue">
 				<source>Wrong value detected</source>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="status_info">
+				<source>Information</source>
+			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="status_insecure">
 				<source>Insecure</source>
 			</trans-unit>
@@ -114,6 +117,9 @@
 			<trans-unit id="status_MysqlDatabaseCharacterSet_Ok">
 				<source>Your default database uses utf-8. All good.</source>
 			</trans-unit>
+			<trans-unit id="status_MysqlDatabaseCharacterSet_Info">
+				<source>Your default database uses a different charset, but all tables uses utf-8. All good. But consider fixing your database collation and check the table creation settings.</source>
+			</trans-unit>
 			<trans-unit id="status_trustedHostsPattern">
 				<source>Trusted Hosts Pattern</source>
 			</trans-unit>