diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/AliasTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/AliasTests.java
index 97ffeea544..96961ffd33 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/AliasTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/AliasTests.java
@@ -193,6 +193,13 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
 
     @Test
     public void testAliasingDelete() throws Exception {
+        switch (dialect()) {
+            case SQLITE:
+            case SQLSERVER:
+                log.info("SKIPPING", "Aliasing DELETE tests");
+                return;
+        }
+
         jOOQAbstractTest.reset = false;
         Table<B2S> b = TBookToBookStore().as("b");
 
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
index e3d1913081..df87884803 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
@@ -4194,6 +4194,8 @@ public interface DSLContext {
      *       .where(field1.greaterThan(100))
      *       .execute();
      * </pre></code>
+     * <p>
+     * Some but not all databases support aliased tables in delete statements.
      */
     @Support
     @Transition(
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DeleteQueryImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DeleteQueryImpl.java
index 9ac1f5122e..ebd358c96a 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DeleteQueryImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DeleteQueryImpl.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
 package org.jooq.impl;
 
+import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MYSQL;
+
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.jooq.BindContext;
@@ -101,7 +103,16 @@ class DeleteQueryImpl<R extends Record> extends AbstractQuery implements DeleteQ
     public final void toSQL(RenderContext context) {
         boolean declare = context.declareTables();
 
-        context.keyword("delete from ");
+        context.keyword("delete ");
+
+        // [#2464] MySQL supports a peculiar multi-table DELETE syntax for aliased tables:
+        // DELETE t1 FROM my_table AS t1
+        if (getFrom() instanceof TableAlias && context.configuration().dialect() == MYSQL) {
+            context.sql(getFrom())
+                   .sql(" ");
+        }
+
+        context.keyword("from ");
         context.declareTables(true)
                .sql(getFrom())
                .declareTables(declare);