diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_trigger.result b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_trigger.result
index ac6d9155f4b..c0e35274594 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_trigger.result
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/r/rpl_trigger.result
@@ -986,4 +986,15 @@ Warning	1196	Some non-transactional changed tables couldn't be rolled back
 include/diff_tables.inc [master:t1, slave:t1]
 include/diff_tables.inc [master:log, slave:log]
 drop table t1, log;
+drop trigger if exists notexistent;
+Warnings:
+Note	1360	Trigger does not exist
+include/show_binlog_events.inc
+Log_name	Pos	Event_type	Server_id	End_log_pos	Info
+master-bin.000001	#	Gtid	#	#	GTID #-#-#
+master-bin.000001	#	Query	#	#	use `test`; drop trigger if exists notexistent
+include/show_binlog_events.inc
+Log_name	Pos	Event_type	Server_id	End_log_pos	Info
+slave-bin.000001	#	Gtid	#	#	GTID #-#-#
+slave-bin.000001	#	Query	#	#	use `test`; drop trigger if exists notexistent
 include/rpl_end.inc
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_trigger.test b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_trigger.test
index 723fa3e44e2..e062e821a25 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_trigger.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/rpl/t/rpl_trigger.test
@@ -532,6 +532,19 @@ connection master;
 drop table t1, log;
 sync_slave_with_master;
 
+#
+# MDEV-6769 DROP TRIGGER IF NOT EXIST binlogged on master but not on slave
+#
+let $slave_pos= query_get_value(SHOW MASTER STATUS, Position, 1);
+connection master;
+let $binlog_start= query_get_value(SHOW MASTER STATUS, Position, 1);
+drop trigger if exists notexistent;
+source include/show_binlog_events.inc;
+sync_slave_with_master;
+let $binlog_start= $slave_pos;
+source include/show_binlog_events.inc;
+connection master;
+
 #
 # End of tests
 #
diff --git a/sql/sql_parse.cc b/sql/sql_parse.cc
index 96e7bbc822e..9ecf168c60e 100644
--- a/sql/sql_parse.cc
+++ b/sql/sql_parse.cc
@@ -2283,11 +2283,15 @@ mysql_execute_command(THD *thd)
           according to slave filtering rules.
           Returning success without producing any errors in this case.
         */
-        DBUG_RETURN(0);
+        if (!thd->lex->check_exists)
+          DBUG_RETURN(0);
+        /*
+          DROP TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS will return without an error later
+          after possibly writing the query to a binlog
+        */
       }
-      
-      // force searching in slave.cc:tables_ok() 
-      all_tables->updating= 1;
+      else // force searching in slave.cc:tables_ok()
+        all_tables->updating= 1;
     }
 
     /*