diff --git a/lib/SchemaIterator.pm b/lib/SchemaIterator.pm
index 765d01ce..2c95c2c7 100644
--- a/lib/SchemaIterator.pm
+++ b/lib/SchemaIterator.pm
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ sub table_is_allowed {
 
    my $filter = $self->{filters};
 
+   # Always auto-skip these pseudo tables.
+   if ( $db eq 'mysql' && ($tbl eq 'general_log' || $tbl eq 'slow_log') ) {
+      return 0;
+   }
+
    if ( $filter->{'ignore-tables'}->{$tbl}
         && ($filter->{'ignore-tables'}->{$tbl} eq '*'
             || $filter->{'ignore-tables'}->{$tbl} eq $db) ) {
diff --git a/t/lib/samples/SchemaIterator/all-dbs-tbls.txt b/t/lib/samples/SchemaIterator/all-dbs-tbls.txt
index 1aa6a0ae..0df30105 100644
--- a/t/lib/samples/SchemaIterator/all-dbs-tbls.txt
+++ b/t/lib/samples/SchemaIterator/all-dbs-tbls.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ mysql.columns_priv
 mysql.db
 mysql.event
 mysql.func
-mysql.general_log
 mysql.help_category
 mysql.help_keyword
 mysql.help_relation
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ mysql.plugin
 mysql.proc
 mysql.procs_priv
 mysql.servers
-mysql.slow_log
 mysql.tables_priv
 mysql.time_zone
 mysql.time_zone_leap_second