diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 23feda577..c3612e263 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 	* Increased pagination limit to 500 articles. [#872](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/issues/872)
 	* Improved UI for installation. [#855](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/issues/855)
 * Misc.
-	* Restore support for PHP 5.2. [#214a5cc](https://github.com/Alkarex/FreshRSS/commit/214a5cc9a4c2b821961bc21f22b4b08e34b5be68)
+	* Restore support for PHP 5.2.1+. [#214a5cc](https://github.com/Alkarex/FreshRSS/commit/214a5cc9a4c2b821961bc21f22b4b08e34b5be68) [#894](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/issues/894)
 	* Support for data-src for images of articles retrieved via the full-content module. [#877](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/issues/877)
 	* Add a couple of default feeds for fresh installations. [#886](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/issues/886)
 	* Changed some log visibilities. [#885](https://github.com/FreshRSS/FreshRSS/issues/885)
diff --git a/app/Models/EntryDAO.php b/app/Models/EntryDAO.php
index 9ddcfcfb3..f74055835 100644
--- a/app/Models/EntryDAO.php
+++ b/app/Models/EntryDAO.php
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ class FreshRSS_EntryDAO extends Minz_ModelPdo implements FreshRSS_Searchable {
 		return parent::$sharedDbType !== 'sqlite';
 	}
 
+	public function hasNativeHex() {
+		return parent::$sharedDbType !== 'sqlite';
+	}
+
 	protected function addColumn($name) {
 		Minz_Log::debug('FreshRSS_EntryDAO::autoAddColumn: ' . $name);
 		$hasTransaction = false;
@@ -64,7 +68,9 @@ class FreshRSS_EntryDAO extends Minz_ModelPdo implements FreshRSS_Searchable {
 			     . ', link, date, lastSeen, hash, is_read, is_favorite, id_feed, tags) '
 			     . 'VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, '
 			     . ($this->isCompressed() ? 'COMPRESS(?)' : '?')
-			     . ', ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)';
+			     . ', ?, ?, ?, '
+			     . ($this->hasNativeHex() ? 'X?' : '?')
+			     . ', ?, ?, ?, ?)';
 			$this->addEntryPrepared = $this->bd->prepare($sql);
 		}
 
@@ -77,7 +83,7 @@ class FreshRSS_EntryDAO extends Minz_ModelPdo implements FreshRSS_Searchable {
 			substr($valuesTmp['link'], 0, 1023),
 			$valuesTmp['date'],
 			time(),
-			hex2bin($valuesTmp['hash']),	// X'09AF' hexadecimal literals do not work with SQLite/PDO
+			$this->hasNativeHex() ? $valuesTmp['hash'] : pack('H*', $valuesTmp['hash']),	// X'09AF' hexadecimal literals do not work with SQLite/PDO	//hex2bin() is PHP5.4+
 			$valuesTmp['is_read'] ? 1 : 0,
 			$valuesTmp['is_favorite'] ? 1 : 0,
 			$valuesTmp['id_feed'],
@@ -109,8 +115,9 @@ class FreshRSS_EntryDAO extends Minz_ModelPdo implements FreshRSS_Searchable {
 			$sql = 'UPDATE `' . $this->prefix . 'entry` '
 			     . 'SET title=?, author=?, '
 			     . ($this->isCompressed() ? 'content_bin=COMPRESS(?)' : 'content=?')
-			     . ', link=?, date=?, lastSeen=?, hash=?, '
-			     . ($valuesTmp['is_read'] === null ? '' : 'is_read=?, ')
+			     . ', link=?, date=?, lastSeen=?, hash='
+			     . ($this->hasNativeHex() ? 'X?' : '?')
+			     . ', ' . ($valuesTmp['is_read'] === null ? '' : 'is_read=?, ')
 			     . 'tags=? '
 			     . 'WHERE id_feed=? AND guid=?';
 			$this->updateEntryPrepared = $this->bd->prepare($sql);
@@ -123,7 +130,7 @@ class FreshRSS_EntryDAO extends Minz_ModelPdo implements FreshRSS_Searchable {
 			substr($valuesTmp['link'], 0, 1023),
 			$valuesTmp['date'],
 			time(),
-			hex2bin($valuesTmp['hash']),
+			$this->hasNativeHex() ? $valuesTmp['hash'] : pack('H*', $valuesTmp['hash']),
 		);
 		if ($valuesTmp['is_read'] !== null) {
 			$values[] = $valuesTmp['is_read'] ? 1 : 0;