diff --git a/client/mysqlshow.c b/client/mysqlshow.c
index d090495ff81..40405c53565 100644
--- a/client/mysqlshow.c
+++ b/client/mysqlshow.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ list_dbs(MYSQL *mysql,const char *wild)
   char query[255];
   MYSQL_FIELD *field;
   MYSQL_RES *result;
-  MYSQL_ROW row, rrow;
+  MYSQL_ROW row= NULL, rrow;
 
   if (!(result=mysql_list_dbs(mysql,wild)))
   {
@@ -352,6 +352,26 @@ list_dbs(MYSQL *mysql,const char *wild)
 	    mysql_error(mysql));
     return 1;
   }
+
+  /*
+    If a wildcard was used, but there was only one row and it's name is an
+    exact match, we'll assume they really wanted to see the contents of that
+    database. This is because it is fairly common for database names to
+    contain the underscore (_), like INFORMATION_SCHEMA.
+   */
+  if (wild && mysql_num_rows(result) == 1)
+  {
+    row= mysql_fetch_row(result);
+    if (!my_strcasecmp(&my_charset_latin1, row[0], wild))
+    {
+      mysql_free_result(result);
+      if (opt_status)
+        return list_table_status(mysql, wild, NULL);
+      else
+        return list_tables(mysql, wild, NULL);
+    }
+  }
+
   if (wild)
     printf("Wildcard: %s\n",wild);
 
@@ -368,7 +388,8 @@ list_dbs(MYSQL *mysql,const char *wild)
   else
     print_header(header,length,"Tables",6,"Total Rows",12,NullS);
 
-  while ((row = mysql_fetch_row(result)))
+  /* The first row may have already been read up above. */
+  while (row || (row= mysql_fetch_row(result)))
   {
     counter++;
 
@@ -422,6 +443,8 @@ list_dbs(MYSQL *mysql,const char *wild)
       print_row(row[0],length,tables,6,NullS);
     else
       print_row(row[0],length,tables,6,rows,12,NullS);
+
+    row= NULL;
   }
 
   print_trailer(length,
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/mysqlshow.result b/mysql-test/r/mysqlshow.result
index 942cde83f21..2bf8a58de4e 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/mysqlshow.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/mysqlshow.result
@@ -75,3 +75,52 @@ Database: test
 2 rows in set.
 
 DROP TABLE t1, t2;
+Database: information_schema
++---------------------------------------+
+|                Tables                 |
++---------------------------------------+
+| CHARACTER_SETS                        |
+| COLLATIONS                            |
+| COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY |
+| COLUMNS                               |
+| COLUMN_PRIVILEGES                     |
+| KEY_COLUMN_USAGE                      |
+| ROUTINES                              |
+| SCHEMATA                              |
+| SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES                     |
+| STATISTICS                            |
+| TABLES                                |
+| TABLE_CONSTRAINTS                     |
+| TABLE_PRIVILEGES                      |
+| TRIGGERS                              |
+| USER_PRIVILEGES                       |
+| VIEWS                                 |
++---------------------------------------+
+Database: INFORMATION_SCHEMA
++---------------------------------------+
+|                Tables                 |
++---------------------------------------+
+| CHARACTER_SETS                        |
+| COLLATIONS                            |
+| COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY |
+| COLUMNS                               |
+| COLUMN_PRIVILEGES                     |
+| KEY_COLUMN_USAGE                      |
+| ROUTINES                              |
+| SCHEMATA                              |
+| SCHEMA_PRIVILEGES                     |
+| STATISTICS                            |
+| TABLES                                |
+| TABLE_CONSTRAINTS                     |
+| TABLE_PRIVILEGES                      |
+| TRIGGERS                              |
+| USER_PRIVILEGES                       |
+| VIEWS                                 |
++---------------------------------------+
+Wildcard: inf_rmation_schema
++--------------------+
+|     Databases      |
++--------------------+
+| information_schema |
++--------------------+
+End of 5.0 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/mysqlshow.test b/mysql-test/t/mysqlshow.test
index 78c4ae2b531..9ed93079f57 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/mysqlshow.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/mysqlshow.test
@@ -25,3 +25,12 @@ select "---- -v -t ---------" as "";
 select "---- -v -v -t ------" as "";
 --exec $MYSQL_SHOW test -v -v -t
 DROP TABLE t1, t2;
+
+#
+# Bug #19147: mysqlshow INFORMATION_SCHEMA does not work
+#
+--exec $MYSQL_SHOW information_schema
+--exec $MYSQL_SHOW INFORMATION_SCHEMA
+--exec $MYSQL_SHOW inf_rmation_schema
+
+--echo End of 5.0 tests