diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 062e3bead1..88581f3bd4 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -4715,7 +4715,7 @@ final class DefaultParseContext extends AbstractScope implements ParseContext {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (parseKeywordIf("REFERENCES")) {
+            if (parseKeywordIf("FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES", "REFERENCES")) {
                 constraints.add(parseForeignKeyReferenceSpecification(inlineConstraint, new Field[] { field(fieldName) }));
                 continue;
             }