diff --git a/ddl/db_integration_test.go b/ddl/db_integration_test.go
index 4943c00432b6e..367549acc13cb 100644
--- a/ddl/db_integration_test.go
+++ b/ddl/db_integration_test.go
@@ -770,6 +770,33 @@ func (s *testIntegrationSuite4) TestChangingTableCharset(c *C) {
 
 }
 
+func (s *testIntegrationSuite5) TestModifyingColumnOption(c *C) {
+	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)
+	tk.MustExec("create database if not exists test")
+	tk.MustExec("use test")
+
+	errMsg := "[ddl:203]" // unsupported modify column with references
+	assertErrCode := func(sql string, errCodeStr string) {
+		_, err := tk.Exec(sql)
+		c.Assert(err, NotNil)
+		c.Assert(err.Error()[:len(errCodeStr)], Equals, errCodeStr)
+	}
+
+	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t1")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t1 (b char(1) default null) engine=InnoDB default charset=utf8mb4 collate=utf8mb4_general_ci")
+	tk.MustExec("alter table t1 modify column b char(1) character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci")
+
+	tk.MustExec("drop table t1")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t1 (b char(1) collate utf8mb4_general_ci)")
+	tk.MustExec("alter table t1 modify b char(1) character set utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci")
+
+	tk.MustExec("drop table t1")
+	tk.MustExec("drop table if exists t2")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t1 (a int)")
+	tk.MustExec("create table t2 (b int, c int)")
+	assertErrCode("alter table t2 modify column c int references t1(a)", errMsg)
+}
+
 func (s *testIntegrationSuite2) TestCaseInsensitiveCharsetAndCollate(c *C) {
 	tk := testkit.NewTestKit(c, s.store)
 
diff --git a/ddl/ddl_api.go b/ddl/ddl_api.go
index a279c501dd0ca..5a930f6aafcf6 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl_api.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl_api.go
@@ -2520,9 +2520,14 @@ func processColumnOptions(ctx sessionctx.Context, col *table.Column, options []*
 			for _, colName := range findColumnNamesInExpr(opt.Expr) {
 				col.Dependences[colName.Name.L] = struct{}{}
 			}
+		case ast.ColumnOptionCollate:
+			col.Collate = opt.StrValue
+		case ast.ColumnOptionReference:
+			return errors.Trace(errUnsupportedModifyColumn.GenWithStackByArgs("with references"))
+		case ast.ColumnOptionFulltext:
+			return errors.Trace(errUnsupportedModifyColumn.GenWithStackByArgs("with full text"))
 		default:
-			// TODO: Support other types.
-			return errors.Trace(errUnsupportedModifyColumn.GenWithStackByArgs(opt.Tp))
+			return errors.Trace(errUnsupportedModifyColumn.GenWithStackByArgs(fmt.Sprintf("unknown column option type: %d", opt.Tp)))
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2604,11 +2609,12 @@ func (d *ddl) getModifiableColumnJob(ctx sessionctx.Context, ident ast.Ident, or
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	err = modifiable(&col.FieldType, &newCol.FieldType)
-	if err != nil {
+
+	if err = processColumnOptions(ctx, newCol, specNewColumn.Options); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	if err = processColumnOptions(ctx, newCol, specNewColumn.Options); err != nil {
+
+	if err = modifiable(&col.FieldType, &newCol.FieldType); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Trace(err)
 	}