diff --git a/src/infrastructure/storage/management/PhabricatorStorageManagementAPI.php b/src/infrastructure/storage/management/PhabricatorStorageManagementAPI.php
--- a/src/infrastructure/storage/management/PhabricatorStorageManagementAPI.php
+++ b/src/infrastructure/storage/management/PhabricatorStorageManagementAPI.php
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@
     foreach ($queries as $query) {
       $query = str_replace('{$NAMESPACE}', $this->namespace, $query);
       $query = str_replace('{$CHARSET}', $charset, $query);
-      $query = str_replace('{$COLLATE_TEXT}', $collate_text, $query);
-      $query = str_replace('{$COLLATE_SORT}', $collate_sort, $query);
+      $query = str_replace('{$COLLATE_TEXT}', '`'.$collate_text.'`', $query);
+      $query = str_replace('{$COLLATE_SORT}', '`'.$collate_sort.'`', $query);
       queryfx(
         $conn,
         '%Q',