diff --git a/scripts/sqlite2mysql.py b/scripts/sqlite2mysql.py
index 8b309852..176ba737 100644
--- a/scripts/sqlite2mysql.py
+++ b/scripts/sqlite2mysql.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def has_primary_key(line):
     if re.match(r'^CREATE TABLE.*', line):
         searching_for_end = True
 
-    m = re.search('CREATE TABLE [`"]?(\w*)[`"]?(.*)', line)
+    m = re.search('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS [`"]?(\w*)[`"]?(.*)', line)
     if m:
         name, sub = m.groups()
         sub = sub.replace('"','`')