diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AlterTableImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AlterTableImpl.java
index c7420e20bc..6ff9903594 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AlterTableImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AlterTableImpl.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_NOT_NULL;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_NULL;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_RENAME_COLUMN;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_RENAME_CONSTRAINT;
+import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_RENAME_TABLE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_RENAME_TO;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_SET_DATA_TYPE;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Keywords.K_SET_DEFAULT;
@@ -448,12 +449,12 @@ final class AlterTableImpl extends AbstractQuery implements
     private final void accept1(Context<?> ctx) {
         SQLDialect family = ctx.family();
 
-        boolean omitAlterTable =
-            family == HSQLDB && renameConstraint != null;
+        boolean omitAlterTable = family == HSQLDB && renameConstraint != null;
+        boolean renameTable = asList().contains(family);
 
         if (!omitAlterTable) {
             ctx.start(ALTER_TABLE_TABLE)
-               .visit(K_ALTER_TABLE);
+               .visit(renameTable ? K_RENAME_TABLE : K_ALTER_TABLE);
 
             if (ifExists && supportsIfExists(ctx))
                 ctx.sql(' ').visit(K_IF_EXISTS);
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ final class AlterTableImpl extends AbstractQuery implements
 
             ctx.start(ALTER_TABLE_RENAME)
                .qualify(false)
-               .visit(K_RENAME_TO).sql(' ')
+               .visit(renameTable ? K_TO : K_RENAME_TO).sql(' ')
                .visit(renameTo)
                .qualify(qualify)
                .end(ALTER_TABLE_RENAME);
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Keywords.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Keywords.java
index f0ee946f90..e92003065b 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Keywords.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Keywords.java
@@ -195,9 +195,10 @@ final class Keywords {
     public static final Keyword K_REFERENCES                       = keyword("references");
     public static final Keyword K_REGEXP                           = keyword("regexp");
     public static final Keyword K_RENAME                           = keyword("rename");
-    public static final Keyword K_RENAME_INDEX                     = keyword("rename index");
     public static final Keyword K_RENAME_COLUMN                    = keyword("rename column");
     public static final Keyword K_RENAME_CONSTRAINT                = keyword("rename constraint");
+    public static final Keyword K_RENAME_INDEX                     = keyword("rename index");
+    public static final Keyword K_RENAME_TABLE                     = keyword("rename table");
     public static final Keyword K_RENAME_TO                        = keyword("rename to");
     public static final Keyword K_RESPECT_NULLS                    = keyword("respect nulls");
     public static final Keyword K_RESTART                          = keyword("restart");