diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CreateTableImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CreateTableImpl.java
index 7c9009410b..6fea0ec726 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CreateTableImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CreateTableImpl.java
@@ -268,6 +268,21 @@ final class CreateTableImpl<R extends Record> extends AbstractQuery implements
                     ctx.sql(' ').keyword("not null");
                 }
 
+                if (type.identity()) {
+
+                    // [#5062] H2's (and others') AUTO_INCREMENT flag is syntactically located *after* NULL flags.
+                    switch (ctx.family()) {
+
+
+
+
+
+                        case H2:
+                        case MARIADB:
+                        case MYSQL:  ctx.sql(' ').keyword("auto_increment"); break;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 if (!asList(HSQLDB).contains(ctx.family()))
                     acceptDefault(ctx, type);
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
index b2f5be730b..150f8e2b76 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/Tools.java
@@ -3207,6 +3207,18 @@ final class Tools {
     static final void toSQLDDLTypeDeclaration(Context<?> ctx, DataType<?> type) {
         String typeName = type.getTypeName(ctx.configuration());
 
+        // In some databases, identity is a type, not a flag.
+        if (type.identity()) {
+            switch (ctx.family()) {
+
+
+
+
+
+                case POSTGRES: ctx.keyword(type.getType() == Long.class ? "serial8" : "serial"); return;
+            }
+        }
+
         if (type.hasLength()) {
             if (type.length() > 0) {
                 ctx.keyword(typeName).sql('(').sql(type.length()).sql(')');
@@ -3215,25 +3227,38 @@ final class Tools {
             // Some databases don't allow for length-less VARCHAR, VARBINARY types
             else {
                 String castTypeName = type.getCastTypeName(ctx.configuration());
-                if (!typeName.equals(castTypeName)) {
+
+                if (!typeName.equals(castTypeName))
                     ctx.keyword(castTypeName);
-                }
-                else {
+                else
                     ctx.keyword(typeName);
-                }
             }
         }
         else if (type.hasPrecision() && type.precision() > 0) {
-            if (type.hasScale()) {
+            if (type.hasScale())
                 ctx.keyword(typeName).sql('(').sql(type.precision()).sql(", ").sql(type.scale()).sql(')');
-            }
-            else {
+            else
                 ctx.keyword(typeName).sql('(').sql(type.precision()).sql(')');
-            }
         }
         else {
             ctx.keyword(typeName);
         }
+
+        if (type.identity()) {
+            switch (ctx.family()) {
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                case CUBRID:    ctx.sql(' ').keyword("auto_increment"); break;
+                case DERBY:     ctx.sql(' ').keyword("generated by default as identity"); break;
+                case HSQLDB:    ctx.sql(' ').keyword("generated by default as identity").sql('(').keyword("start with").sql(" 1)"); break;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------