diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
index a831a75bcf..cbb94eee75 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/AbstractGenerator.java
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ abstract class AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
     public boolean generateTables() {
 
         // [#5525] When DAOs or records are generated, tables must be generated, too
-        return generateTables || generateRecords || generateDaos;
+        // [#12992] When indexes are generated, tables must be generated.
+        return generateTables || generateRecords || generateDaos || generateIndexes;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index 20625e48bb..eaa8e85529 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         log.info("  table-valued functions", generateTableValuedFunctions());
         log.info("  tables", generateTables()
               + ((!generateTables && generateRecords) ? " (forced to true because of <records/>)" :
-                ((!generateTables && generateDaos) ? " (forced to true because of <daos/>)" : "")));
+                ((!generateTables && generateDaos) ? " (forced to true because of <daos/>)" :
+                ((!generateTables && generateIndexes) ? " (forced to true because of <indexes/>)" : ""))));
         log.info("  udts", generateUDTs());
         log.info("  relations", generateRelations()
             + ((!generateRelations && generateTables) ? " (forced to true because of <tables/>)" :