diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
index 2193c6fbaa..4eb9708fc9 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ DATA_TYPES = {
     'PositiveSmallIntegerField': 'smallint UNSIGNED',
     'SlugField':         'varchar(50)',
     'SmallIntegerField': 'smallint',
-    'TextField':         'text',
+    'TextField':         'longtext',
     'TimeField':         'time',
     'URLField':          'varchar(200)',
     'USStateField':      'varchar(2)',