diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGenerator.java
index 0538a763e3..312efff54b 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/AbstractGenerator.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ abstract class AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
     boolean                            useSchemaVersionProvider         = false;
     boolean                            useCatalogVersionProvider        = false;
     boolean                            generateRoutines                 = true;
+    boolean                            generateSequences                = true;
     boolean                            generateTables                   = true;
     boolean                            generateRecords                  = true;
     boolean                            generatePojos                    = false;
@@ -250,6 +251,16 @@ abstract class AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
         this.generateRoutines = generateRoutines;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public boolean generateSequences() {
+        return generateSequences;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setGenerateSequences(boolean generateSequences) {
+        this.generateSequences = generateSequences;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean generateTables() {
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
index d44c6773e8..ee5506e4af 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/GenerationTool.java
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ public class GenerationTool {
                 generator.setGenerateGeneratedAnnotation(g.getGenerate().isGeneratedAnnotation());
             if (g.getGenerate().isRoutines() != null)
                 generator.setGenerateRoutines(g.getGenerate().isRoutines());
+            if (g.getGenerate().isSequences() != null)
+                generator.setGenerateSequences(g.getGenerate().isSequences());
             if (g.getGenerate().isTables() != null)
                 generator.setGenerateTables(g.getGenerate().isTables());
             if (g.getGenerate().isRecords() != null)
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/Generator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/Generator.java
index ebb71fbf8a..ec235092a9 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/Generator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/Generator.java
@@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ public interface Generator {
      */
     void setGenerateRoutines(boolean generateRoutines);
 
+    /**
+     * Whether Sequences should be generated.
+     */
+    boolean generateSequences();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether Sequences should be generated.
+     */
+    void setGenerateSequences(boolean generateSequences);
+
     /**
      * Whether Tables should be generated
      */
diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
index f8ead7b1f8..89a8233bef 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         log.info("  JPA annotations", generateJPAAnnotations());
         log.info("  validation annotations", generateValidationAnnotations());
         log.info("  instance fields", generateInstanceFields());
+        log.info("  sequences", generateSequences());
         log.info("  routines", generateRoutines());
         log.info("  tables", generateTables()
             + ((!generateTables && generateRecords) ? " (forced to true because of <records/>)" :
@@ -363,7 +364,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
         generateSchema(schema);
 
-        if (generateGlobalObjectReferences() && generateGlobalSequenceReferences() && database.getSequences(schema).size() > 0) {
+        if (generateSequences() && generateGlobalObjectReferences() && generateGlobalSequenceReferences() && database.getSequences(schema).size() > 0) {
             generateSequences(schema);
         }
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.9.0.xsd b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.9.0.xsd
index 0f3e775057..57ec39d962 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.9.0.xsd
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.9.0.xsd
@@ -730,6 +730,11 @@
         -->
       <element name="routines" type="boolean" default="true" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
 
+      <!--
+        Generate Sequence classes.
+        -->
+      <element name="sequences" type="boolean" default="true" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
+
       <!--
         Generate Table classes.
         -->