diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
index d9a26d0d31..b8f2ae12ec 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ public class GenerationTool {
             database.setRecordTimestampFields(new String[] { defaultString(d.getRecordTimestampFields()) });
             database.setSyntheticPrimaryKeys(new String[] { defaultString(d.getSyntheticPrimaryKeys()) });
             database.setOverridePrimaryKeys(new String[] { defaultString(d.getOverridePrimaryKeys()) });
+            database.setSyntheticIdentities(new String[] { defaultString(d.getSyntheticIdentities()) });
             database.setConfiguredCustomTypes(d.getCustomTypes());
             database.setConfiguredEnumTypes(d.getEnumTypes());
             database.setConfiguredForcedTypes(d.getForcedTypes());
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
index 60da6bc441..3edaac17e3 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractDatabase.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
     private String[]                                                         recordVersionFields;
     private String[]                                                         recordTimestampFields;
     private String[]                                                         syntheticPrimaryKeys;
+    private String[]                                                         syntheticIdentities;
     private String[]                                                         overridePrimaryKeys;
     private boolean                                                          supportsUnsignedTypes;
     private boolean                                                          ignoreProcedureReturnValues;
@@ -688,6 +690,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
         return syntheticPrimaryKeys;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setSyntheticIdentities(String[] syntheticIdentities) {
+        if (syntheticIdentities.length > 0 && !syntheticIdentities[0].isEmpty()) {
+            this.syntheticIdentities = syntheticIdentities;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isSyntheticIdentity(ColumnDefinition columnDefinition) {
+        if (syntheticIdentities == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return !filterExcludeInclude(singletonList(columnDefinition), null, syntheticIdentities, filters).isEmpty();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setOverridePrimaryKeys(String[] overridePrimaryKeys) {
         this.overridePrimaryKeys = overridePrimaryKeys;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractTableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractTableDefinition.java
index 9d590d447f..fc05ea5359 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractTableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractTableDefinition.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.Table;
+import org.jooq.tools.JooqLogger;
 
 /**
  * A base implementation for table definitions.
@@ -60,6 +61,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractTableDefinition
 extends AbstractElementContainerDefinition<ColumnDefinition>
 implements TableDefinition {
 
+    private static final JooqLogger log = JooqLogger.getLogger(AbstractTableDefinition.class);
+
     private List<ParameterDefinition>       parameters;
     private TableDefinition                 parentTable;
     private List<TableDefinition>           childTables;
@@ -175,4 +178,18 @@ implements TableDefinition {
     protected List<ParameterDefinition> getParameters0() {
         return Collections.emptyList();
     }
+
+    protected ColumnDefinition applySyntheticIdentities(ColumnDefinition columnDefinition) {
+        if (!columnDefinition.isIdentity() && getDatabase().isSyntheticIdentity(columnDefinition)) {
+            log.info("Synthetic Identity: " + columnDefinition.getQualifiedName());
+            return new DefaultColumnDefinition(
+                    columnDefinition.getContainer(),
+                    columnDefinition.getName(),
+                    columnDefinition.getPosition(),
+                    columnDefinition.getType(),
+                    true,
+                    columnDefinition.getComment());
+        }
+        return columnDefinition;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/Database.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/Database.java
index c967e1d9e4..a3b6da63bb 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/Database.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/Database.java
@@ -424,6 +424,18 @@ public interface Database {
      */
     String[] getSyntheticPrimaryKeys();
 
+    /**
+     * Columns matching these regular expressions will be considered as identity
+     * columns in generated code.
+     */
+    void setSyntheticIdentities(String[] syntheticIdentityPattern);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns true if the given column is considered a synthetic identity column
+     * as defined by the pattern(s) passed to setSyntheticIdentities [#5360]
+     */
+    boolean isSyntheticIdentity(ColumnDefinition columnDefinition);
+
     /**
      * Unique keys matching these regular expressions will be considered as
      * primary keys in generated code.
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/cubrid/CUBRIDTableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/cubrid/CUBRIDTableDefinition.java
index 7533c72955..ae95e5876d 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/cubrid/CUBRIDTableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/cubrid/CUBRIDTableDefinition.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class CUBRIDTableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
 			    null
 		    );
 
-			result.add(column);
+			result.add(applySyntheticIdentities(column));
 		}
 
 		return result;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/derby/DerbyTableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/derby/DerbyTableDefinition.java
index c42d82960d..29c377f7e7 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/derby/DerbyTableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/derby/DerbyTableDefinition.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class DerbyTableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
                 null
             );
 
-			result.add(column);
+			result.add(applySyntheticIdentities(column));
 		}
 
 		return result;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2TableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2TableDefinition.java
index 00f10a6846..668b633948 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2TableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/h2/H2TableDefinition.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class H2TableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
              || defaultString(record.get(Columns.COLUMN_DEFAULT)).trim().toLowerCase().startsWith("nextval"),
                 record.get(Columns.REMARKS));
 
-            result.add(column);
+            result.add(applySyntheticIdentities(column));
         }
 
         return result;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/hsqldb/HSQLDBTableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/hsqldb/HSQLDBTableDefinition.java
index c8f4a489a4..2c170c33c7 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/hsqldb/HSQLDBTableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/hsqldb/HSQLDBTableDefinition.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class HSQLDBTableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
 			    null
 		    );
 
-			result.add(column);
+			result.add(applySyntheticIdentities(column));
 		}
 
 		return result;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/mysql/MySQLTableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/mysql/MySQLTableDefinition.java
index de1bb355d2..3a13e92227 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/mysql/MySQLTableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/mysql/MySQLTableDefinition.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class MySQLTableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
 			    record.get(Columns.COLUMN_COMMENT)
 		    );
 
-			result.add(column);
+			result.add(applySyntheticIdentities(column));
 		}
 
 		return result;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresMaterializedViewDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresMaterializedViewDefinition.java
index 9ab20c9e73..0dc98996db 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresMaterializedViewDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresMaterializedViewDefinition.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public class PostgresMaterializedViewDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition
 			    record.get(PG_DESCRIPTION.DESCRIPTION)
 		    );
 
-			result.add(column);
+			result.add(applySyntheticIdentities(column));
 		}
 
 		return result;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresTableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresTableDefinition.java
index 1738c5f970..33d7b9f9c4 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresTableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresTableDefinition.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class PostgresTableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
 			    record.get(PG_DESCRIPTION.DESCRIPTION)
 		    );
 
-			result.add(column);
+			result.add(applySyntheticIdentities(column));
 		}
 
 		return result;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresTableValuedFunction.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresTableValuedFunction.java
index e67692ea14..a3d90b5f66 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresTableValuedFunction.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/postgres/PostgresTableValuedFunction.java
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ public class PostgresTableValuedFunction extends AbstractTableDefinition {
 			    null
 		    );
 
-			result.add(column);
-		}
+            result.add(applySyntheticIdentities(column));
+        }
 
 		return result;
 	}
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/sqlite/SQLiteTableDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/sqlite/SQLiteTableDefinition.java
index 398ed0267e..f320f78362 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/sqlite/SQLiteTableDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/sqlite/SQLiteTableDefinition.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class SQLiteTableDefinition extends AbstractTableDefinition {
                 null
             );
 
-            result.add(column);
+            result.add(applySyntheticIdentities(column));
         }
 
         return result;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.9.0.xsd b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.9.0.xsd
index bc29af3f62..7ecdc7205a 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.9.0.xsd
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.9.0.xsd
@@ -438,6 +438,12 @@
         -->
       <element name="recordTimestampFields" type="string" default="" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
 
+      <!--
+        A regular expression matching all columns that represent identities
+        To be used if columns are not detected as automatically as identities
+      -->
+      <element name="syntheticIdentities" type="string" default="" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
+
       <!--
         A regular expression matching all columns that participate in "synthetic" primary keys,
         which should be placed on generated UpdatableRecords, to be used with