diff --git a/mysql-test/r/view.result b/mysql-test/r/view.result
index 09393135fc6..2b71a58482f 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/view.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/view.result
@@ -2135,3 +2135,9 @@ DESCRIBE v1;
 ERROR HY000: View 'test.v1' references invalid table(s) or column(s) or function(s)
 DROP TABLE t1;
 DROP VIEW v1;
+create table t1 (f1 char);
+create view v1 as select strcmp(f1,'a') from t1;
+select * from v1;
+strcmp(f1,'a')
+drop view v1;
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/view.test b/mysql-test/t/view.test
index fa729d1e607..d786b61c8a8 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/view.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/view.test
@@ -1995,3 +1995,12 @@ ALTER TABLE t1 CHANGE COLUMN f4 f4x CHAR(5);
 DESCRIBE v1;
 DROP TABLE t1;
 DROP VIEW v1;
+
+# 
+# Bug #12489 wrongly printed strcmp() function results in creation of broken
+#            view
+create table t1 (f1 char);
+create view v1 as select strcmp(f1,'a') from t1;
+select * from v1;
+drop view v1;
+drop table t1;
diff --git a/sql/item_cmpfunc.h b/sql/item_cmpfunc.h
index 6b0cf3e80c2..1915dbaabf6 100644
--- a/sql/item_cmpfunc.h
+++ b/sql/item_cmpfunc.h
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ public:
   longlong val_int();
   optimize_type select_optimize() const { return OPTIMIZE_NONE; }
   const char *func_name() const { return "strcmp"; }
+  void print(String *str) { Item_func::print(str); }
 };