diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 465735bf2a..88285684d6 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -4860,7 +4860,7 @@ final class ParserContext {
                         List<Field<?>> fields = null;
 
                         if (!ifColumnExists) {
-                            while (parseIf(',')) {
+                            while (parseIf(',') || parseKeywordIf("DROP") && (parseKeywordIf("COLUMN") || true)) {
                                 if (fields == null) {
                                     fields = new ArrayList<>();
                                     fields.add(field);