diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
index e428cae50cb..b1054a0926b 100644
--- a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
@@ -2100,6 +2100,8 @@ QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem QgsOgrProvider::crs()
     }
   }
 
+  CPLSetConfigOption( "GDAL_FIX_ESRI_WKT", "TOWGS84" ); // add towgs84 parameter
+
   OGRSpatialReferenceH mySpatialRefSys = OGR_L_GetSpatialRef( ogrLayer );
   if ( mySpatialRefSys )
   {