diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Revision history for mysql-haskell-openssl
 
+## 0.8.0.0  -- 2016-11-09
+
+* Add `ciCharset` field to support `utf8mb4` charset.
+* Add `BitMap` field to `COM_STMT_EXECUTE`, and [#8](https://github.com/winterland1989/mysql-haskell/pull/8) by [alexbiehl](https://github.com/alexbiehl).
+
 ## 0.7.0.0  -- 2016-11-09
 
 * Split from mysql-haskell.
diff --git a/Database/MySQL/OpenSSL.hs b/Database/MySQL/OpenSSL.hs
--- a/Database/MySQL/OpenSSL.hs
+++ b/Database/MySQL/OpenSSL.hs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 connect c cp = fmap snd (connectDetail c cp)
 
 connectDetail :: ConnectInfo -> (Session.SSLContext, String) -> IO (Greeting, MySQLConn)
-connectDetail (ConnectInfo host port db user pass) (ctx, subname) =
+connectDetail (ConnectInfo host port db user pass charset) (ctx, subname) =
     bracketOnError (TCP.connectWithBufferSize host port bUFSIZE)
        (\(_, _, sock) -> N.close sock) $ \ (is, os, sock) -> do
             is' <- decodeInputStream is
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             greet <- decodeFromPacket p
             if supportTLS (greetingCaps greet)
             then SSL.withOpenSSL $ do
-                Stream.write (Just (encodeToPacket 1 sslRequest)) os'
+                Stream.write (Just (encodeToPacket 1 $ sslRequest charset)) os'
                 bracketOnError (Session.connection ctx sock) SSL.close $ \ ssl -> do
                     Session.connect ssl
                     trusted <- Session.getVerifyResult ssl
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
                     (sslIs, sslOs) <- SSL.sslToStreams ssl
                     sslIs' <- decodeInputStream sslIs
                     sslOs' <- Binary.encodeOutputStream sslOs
-                    let auth = mkAuth db user pass greet
+                    let auth = mkAuth db user pass charset greet
                     Stream.write (Just (encodeToPacket 2 auth)) sslOs'
                     q <- readPacket sslIs'
                     if isOK q
diff --git a/mysql-haskell-openssl.cabal b/mysql-haskell-openssl.cabal
--- a/mysql-haskell-openssl.cabal
+++ b/mysql-haskell-openssl.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                mysql-haskell-openssl
-version:             0.7.0.0
+version:             0.8.0.0
 synopsis:            TLS support for mysql-haskell package using openssl
 description:         TLS support for mysql-haskell package using openssl
 license:             BSD3
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
                     ,   tcp-streams   >= 0.6 && < 0.7
                     ,   tcp-streams-openssl  >= 0.6 && < 0.7
                     ,   wire-streams  >= 0.1
-                    ,   mysql-haskell >= 0.7
+                    ,   mysql-haskell >= 0.8
                     ,   HsOpenSSL      >=0.10.3 && <0.12
 
     default-language:    Haskell2010