diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/XMLGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/XMLGenerator.java
index 1726bb4857..9cdbc61978 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/XMLGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/XMLGenerator.java
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ public class XMLGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                         view.setTableCatalog(catalogName);
                         view.setTableSchema(schemaName);
                         view.setTableName(tableName);
-                        view.setViewDefinition(t.getSource());
+                        if (generateSourcesOnViews())
+                            view.setViewDefinition(t.getSource());
 
                         is.getViews().add(view);
                     }