diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ctype_hebrew.result b/mysql-test/r/ctype_hebrew.result
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d938b2e47f37d0369e44fc6100bc05933fef15ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ctype_hebrew.result
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+SET NAMES hebrew;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a char(1)) DEFAULT CHARSET=hebrew;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (0xFD),(0xFE);
+ALTER TABLE t1 CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8;
+SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1;
+HEX(a)
+E2808E
+E2808F
+DROP TABLE t1;
+End of 4.1 tests
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ctype_hebrew.test b/mysql-test/t/ctype_hebrew.test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f786d05141d698ac7bb6b3c50e405f7458646386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ctype_hebrew.test
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# BUG #24037: Lossy Hebrew to Unicode conversion
+#
+# Test if LRM and RLM characters are correctly converted to UTF-8
+--disable_warnings
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
+--enable_warnings
+
+SET NAMES hebrew;
+CREATE TABLE t1 (a char(1)) DEFAULT CHARSET=hebrew;
+INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (0xFD),(0xFE);
+ALTER TABLE t1 CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8;
+SELECT HEX(a) FROM t1;
+DROP TABLE t1;
+
+--echo End of 4.1 tests
diff --git a/sql/share/charsets/hebrew.xml b/sql/share/charsets/hebrew.xml
index 5bcf222a7283d95bfee3e3a85758c96fba461d2e..981f308bfb5425f78912b6651a430284642ba4e9 100644
--- a/sql/share/charsets/hebrew.xml
+++ b/sql/share/charsets/hebrew.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
  02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02
- 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 00 00 00 00 00
+ 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 00 00 20 20 00
  </map>
 </ctype>
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 2017
 05D0 05D1 05D2 05D3 05D4 05D5 05D6 05D7 05D8 05D9 05DA 05DB 05DC 05DD 05DE 05DF
-05E0 05E1 05E2 05E3 05E4 05E5 05E6 05E7 05E8 05E9 05EA 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
+05E0 05E1 05E2 05E3 05E4 05E5 05E6 05E7 05E8 05E9 05EA 0000 0000 200E 200F 0000
 </map>
 </unicode>
 
diff --git a/strings/conf_to_src.c b/strings/conf_to_src.c
index 505bf154becd9c7c682ef8e31b069c883730462b..b0b943df02a85b84c8783842ab9a2fa5ccba6668 100644
--- a/strings/conf_to_src.c
+++ b/strings/conf_to_src.c
@@ -270,7 +270,14 @@ main(int argc, char **argv  __attribute__((unused)))
     }
   }
   
-  
+  fprintf(f, "/*\n");
+  fprintf(f, "  This file was generated by the conf_to_src utility. "
+          "Do not edit it directly,\n");
+  fprintf(f, "  edit the XML definitions in sql/share/charsets/ instead.\n\n");
+  fprintf(f, "  To re-generate, run the following in the strings/ "
+          "directory:\n");
+  fprintf(f, "    ./conf_to_src ../sql/share/charsets/ > FILE\n");
+  fprintf(f, "*/\n\n");
   fprintf(f,"#include <my_global.h>\n");
   fprintf(f,"#include <m_ctype.h>\n\n");
   
diff --git a/strings/ctype-extra.c b/strings/ctype-extra.c
index b680b69028cc64ae6e0125e651e3cf27a9216186..63d33086a2ec7083da8cf01611836b3937556158 100644
--- a/strings/ctype-extra.c
+++ b/strings/ctype-extra.c
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+/*
+  This file was generated by the conf_to_src utility. Do not edit it directly,
+  edit the XML definitions in sql/share/charsets/ instead.
+
+  To re-generate, run the following in the strings/ directory:
+    ./conf_to_src ../sql/share/charsets/ > FILE
+*/
+
 #include <my_global.h>
 #include <m_ctype.h>
 
@@ -1169,7 +1177,7 @@ uchar ctype_hebrew_general_ci[] = {
 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
 0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,
-0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00
+0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x00,0x00,0x20,0x20,0x00
 };
 
 uchar to_lower_hebrew_general_ci[] = {
@@ -1261,7 +1269,7 @@ uint16 to_uni_hebrew_general_ci[] = {
 0x05D0,0x05D1,0x05D2,0x05D3,0x05D4,0x05D5,0x05D6,0x05D7,
 0x05D8,0x05D9,0x05DA,0x05DB,0x05DC,0x05DD,0x05DE,0x05DF,
 0x05E0,0x05E1,0x05E2,0x05E3,0x05E4,0x05E5,0x05E6,0x05E7,
-0x05E8,0x05E9,0x05EA,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000
+0x05E8,0x05E9,0x05EA,0x0000,0x0000,0x200E,0x200F,0x0000
 };
 
 #endif
@@ -5100,7 +5108,7 @@ uchar ctype_hebrew_bin[] = {
 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
 0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,
 0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,
-0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00
+0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x02,0x00,0x00,0x20,0x20,0x00
 };
 
 uchar to_lower_hebrew_bin[] = {
@@ -5173,7 +5181,7 @@ uint16 to_uni_hebrew_bin[] = {
 0x05D0,0x05D1,0x05D2,0x05D3,0x05D4,0x05D5,0x05D6,0x05D7,
 0x05D8,0x05D9,0x05DA,0x05DB,0x05DC,0x05DD,0x05DE,0x05DF,
 0x05E0,0x05E1,0x05E2,0x05E3,0x05E4,0x05E5,0x05E6,0x05E7,
-0x05E8,0x05E9,0x05EA,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000,0x0000
+0x05E8,0x05E9,0x05EA,0x0000,0x0000,0x200E,0x200F,0x0000
 };
 
 #endif