diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Decode.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Decode.java
index 2266a6ba42..3b77d11834 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Decode.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Decode.java
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.HSQLDB;
 // ...
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MARIADB;
 // ...
+// ...
+// ...
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MYSQL;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.POSTGRES;
 // ...
@@ -62,6 +64,7 @@ import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.SQLITE;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.YUGABYTEDB;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.function;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_DECODE;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_DECODE_ORACLE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Names.N_MAP;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Tools.EMPTY_FIELD;
 
@@ -87,7 +90,8 @@ extends
 implements
     QOM.Decode<V, T>
 {
-    private static final Set<SQLDialect> EMULATE_DISTINCT = SQLDialect.supportedBy(CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE, YUGABYTEDB);
+    private static final Set<SQLDialect> EMULATE_DECODE_ORACLE = SQLDialect.supportedBy(MARIADB);
+    private static final Set<SQLDialect> EMULATE_DISTINCT      = SQLDialect.supportedUntil(CUBRID, DERBY, FIREBIRD, HSQLDB, MYSQL, POSTGRES, SQLITE, YUGABYTEDB);
 
 
 
@@ -133,6 +137,8 @@ implements
 
 
 
+        else if (EMULATE_DECODE_ORACLE.contains(ctx.dialect()))
+            ctx.visit(function(N_DECODE_ORACLE, getDataType(), args()));
         else
             ctx.visit(function(N_DECODE, getDataType(), args()));
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Names.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Names.java
index 7ea9b2ccab..08229a7a32 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Names.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Names.java
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ final class Names {
     static final Name N_DAYS_BETWEEN           = systemName("days_between");
     static final Name N_DB_NAME                = systemName("db_name");
     static final Name N_DECODE                 = systemName("decode");
+    static final Name N_DECODE_ORACLE          = systemName("decode_oracle");
     static final Name N_DEFAULT                = systemName("default");
     static final Name N_DELETED                = systemName("deleted");
     static final Name N_DENSE_RANK             = systemName("dense_rank");
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 7140f01e80..a5b7569894 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -11123,7 +11123,7 @@ final class DefaultParseContext extends AbstractScope implements ParseContext {
     }
 
     private final Field<?> parseFieldDecodeIf() {
-        if (parseFunctionNameIf("DECODE", "MAP")) {
+        if (parseFunctionNameIf("DECODE", "DECODE_ORACLE", "MAP")) {
             parse('(');
             List<Field<?>> fields = parseList(',', c -> c.parseField());
             int size = fields.size();