diff --git a/canal/dump.go b/canal/dump.go
index 74086be6c..ff01dc880 100644
--- a/canal/dump.go
+++ b/canal/dump.go
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ func (h *dumpParseHandler) BinLog(name string, pos uint64) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (h *dumpParseHandler) GtidSet(gtidsets string) (err error) {
+	if h.gset != nil {
+		err = h.gset.Update(gtidsets)
+	} else {
+		h.gset, err = mysql.ParseGTIDSet("mysql", gtidsets)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 func (h *dumpParseHandler) Data(db string, table string, values []string) error {
 	if err := h.c.ctx.Err(); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -167,6 +176,7 @@ func (c *Canal) dump() error {
 
 	pos := mysql.Position{Name: h.name, Pos: uint32(h.pos)}
 	c.master.Update(pos)
+	c.master.UpdateGTIDSet(h.gset)
 	if err := c.eventHandler.OnPosSynced(pos, c.master.GTIDSet(), true); err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
diff --git a/canal/sync.go b/canal/sync.go
index 89bc0159d..0b5a0dc99 100644
--- a/canal/sync.go
+++ b/canal/sync.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 func (c *Canal) startSyncer() (*replication.BinlogStreamer, error) {
 	gset := c.master.GTIDSet()
-	if gset == nil {
+	if gset == nil || gset.String() == "" {
 		pos := c.master.Position()
 		s, err := c.syncer.StartSync(pos)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/dump/dump_test.go b/dump/dump_test.go
index eed4c7507..e42e8c1be 100644
--- a/dump/dump_test.go
+++ b/dump/dump_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	. "github.com/pingcap/check"
 	"github.com/siddontang/go-mysql/client"
+	"github.com/siddontang/go-mysql/mysql"
 )
 
 // use docker mysql for test
@@ -113,16 +114,88 @@ func (s *schemaTestSuite) TestDump(c *C) {
 }
 
 type testParseHandler struct {
+	gset mysql.GTIDSet
 }
 
 func (h *testParseHandler) BinLog(name string, pos uint64) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (h *testParseHandler) GtidSet(gtidsets string) (err error) {
+	if h.gset != nil {
+		err = h.gset.Update(gtidsets)
+	} else {
+		h.gset, err = mysql.ParseGTIDSet("mysql", gtidsets)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 func (h *testParseHandler) Data(schema string, table string, values []string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+type GtidParseTest struct {
+	gset mysql.GTIDSet
+}
+
+func (h *GtidParseTest) UpdateGtidSet(gtidStr string) (err error) {
+	if h.gset != nil {
+		err = h.gset.Update(gtidStr)
+	} else {
+		h.gset, err = mysql.ParseGTIDSet("mysql", gtidStr)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+func (s *parserTestSuite) TestParseGtidExp(c *C) {
+	//	binlogExp := regexp.MustCompile("^CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_LOG_FILE='(.+)', MASTER_LOG_POS=(\\d+);")
+	//	gtidExp := regexp.MustCompile("(\\w{8}(-\\w{4}){3}-\\w{12}:\\d+-\\d+)")
+	tbls := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{`SET @@GLOBAL.GTID_PURGED='071a84e8-b253-11e8-8472-005056a27e86:1-76,
+2337be48-0456-11e9-bd1c-00505690543b:1-7,
+41d816cd-0455-11e9-be42-005056901a22:1-2,
+5f1eea9e-b1e5-11e8-bc77-005056a221ed:1-144609156,
+75848cdb-8131-11e7-b6fc-1c1b0de85e7b:1-151378598,
+780ad602-0456-11e9-8bcd-005056901a22:1-516653148,
+92809ddd-1e3c-11e9-9d04-00505690f6ab:1-11858565,
+c59598c7-0467-11e9-bbbe-005056901a22:1-226464969,
+cbd7809d-0433-11e9-b1cf-00505690543b:1-18233950,
+cca778e9-8cdf-11e8-94d0-005056a247b1:1-303899574,
+cf80679b-7695-11e8-8873-1c1b0d9a4ab9:1-12836047,
+d0951f24-1e21-11e9-bb2e-00505690b730:1-4758092,
+e7574090-b123-11e8-8bb4-005056a29643:1-12'
+`, "071a84e8-b253-11e8-8472-005056a27e86:1-76,2337be48-0456-11e9-bd1c-00505690543b:1-7,41d816cd-0455-11e9-be42-005056901a22:1-2,5f1eea9e-b1e5-11e8-bc77-005056a221ed:1-144609156,75848cdb-8131-11e7-b6fc-1c1b0de85e7b:1-151378598,780ad602-0456-11e9-8bcd-005056901a22:1-516653148,92809ddd-1e3c-11e9-9d04-00505690f6ab:1-11858565,c59598c7-0467-11e9-bbbe-005056901a22:1-226464969,cbd7809d-0433-11e9-b1cf-00505690543b:1-18233950,cca778e9-8cdf-11e8-94d0-005056a247b1:1-303899574,cf80679b-7695-11e8-8873-1c1b0d9a4ab9:1-12836047,d0951f24-1e21-11e9-bb2e-00505690b730:1-4758092,e7574090-b123-11e8-8bb4-005056a29643:1-12"},
+		{`SET @@GLOBAL.GTID_PURGED='071a84e8-b253-11e8-8472-005056a27e86:1-76,
+2337be48-0456-11e9-bd1c-00505690543b:1-7';
+`, "071a84e8-b253-11e8-8472-005056a27e86:1-76,2337be48-0456-11e9-bd1c-00505690543b:1-7"},
+		{`SET @@GLOBAL.GTID_PURGED='c0977f88-3104-11e9-81e1-00505690245b:1-274559';
+`, "c0977f88-3104-11e9-81e1-00505690245b:1-274559"},
+		{`CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_LOG_FILE='mysql-bin.008995', MASTER_LOG_POS=102052485;`, ""},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tbls {
+		reader := strings.NewReader(tt.input)
+		var handler = new(testParseHandler)
+
+		Parse(reader, handler, true)
+
+		if tt.expected == "" {
+			if handler.gset != nil {
+				c.Assert(handler.gset, IsNil)
+			} else {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		expectedGtidset, err := mysql.ParseGTIDSet("mysql", tt.expected)
+		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+		c.Assert(expectedGtidset.Equal(handler.gset), IsTrue)
+	}
+
+}
+
 func (s *parserTestSuite) TestParseFindTable(c *C) {
 	tbl := []struct {
 		sql   string
diff --git a/dump/parser.go b/dump/parser.go
index f0222a9eb..2b99fb864 100644
--- a/dump/parser.go
+++ b/dump/parser.go
@@ -19,18 +19,22 @@ var (
 type ParseHandler interface {
 	// Parse CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_LOG_FILE=name, MASTER_LOG_POS=pos;
 	BinLog(name string, pos uint64) error
-
+	GtidSet(gtidsets string) error
 	Data(schema string, table string, values []string) error
 }
 
 var binlogExp *regexp.Regexp
 var useExp *regexp.Regexp
 var valuesExp *regexp.Regexp
+var gtidExp *regexp.Regexp
 
 func init() {
 	binlogExp = regexp.MustCompile("^CHANGE MASTER TO MASTER_LOG_FILE='(.+)', MASTER_LOG_POS=(\\d+);")
 	useExp = regexp.MustCompile("^USE `(.+)`;")
 	valuesExp = regexp.MustCompile("^INSERT INTO `(.+?)` VALUES \\((.+)\\);$")
+	// The pattern will only match MySQL GTID, as you know SET GLOBAL gtid_slave_pos='0-1-4' is used for MariaDB.
+	//SET @@GLOBAL.GTID_PURGED='1638041a-0457-11e9-bb9f-00505690b730:1-429405150';
+	gtidExp = regexp.MustCompile("(\\w{8}(-\\w{4}){3}-\\w{12}:\\d+-\\d+)")
 }
 
 // Parse the dump data with Dumper generate.
@@ -55,6 +59,16 @@ func Parse(r io.Reader, h ParseHandler, parseBinlogPos bool) error {
 		})
 
 		if parseBinlogPos && !binlogParsed {
+			// parsed gtid set from mysqldump
+			// gtid comes before binlog file-positon
+			if m := gtidExp.FindAllStringSubmatch(line, -1); len(m) == 1 {
+				gtidStr := m[0][1]
+				if gtidStr != "" {
+					if err := h.GtidSet(gtidStr); err != nil {
+						return errors.Trace(err)
+					}
+				}
+			}
 			if m := binlogExp.FindAllStringSubmatch(line, -1); len(m) == 1 {
 				name := m[0][1]
 				pos, err := strconv.ParseUint(m[0][2], 10, 64)
diff --git a/mysql/mysql_gtid.go b/mysql/mysql_gtid.go
index 0c12d0924..151581f85 100644
--- a/mysql/mysql_gtid.go
+++ b/mysql/mysql_gtid.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pingcap/errors"
-	"github.com/satori/go.uuid"
+	uuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
 	"github.com/siddontang/go/hack"
 )
 
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ func (s *MysqlGTIDSet) Equal(o GTIDSet) bool {
 		return false
 	}
 
+	if len(sub.Sets) != len(s.Sets) {
+		return false
+	}
+
 	for key, set := range sub.Sets {
 		o, ok := s.Sets[key]
 		if !ok {