diff --git a/jOOQ-manual/src/main/resources/org/jooq/web/grammar-3.12.txt b/jOOQ-manual/src/main/resources/org/jooq/web/grammar-3.12.txt
index 654bb79cf5..0886fcbd2f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-manual/src/main/resources/org/jooq/web/grammar-3.12.txt
+++ b/jOOQ-manual/src/main/resources/org/jooq/web/grammar-3.12.txt
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ index = ( 'KEY' | 'INDEX' ) [ identifier ] '(' sortFields ')'
 constraint =
 (
   'PRIMARY KEY' '(' fieldNames ')'
-| 'UNIQUE' [ 'KEY' | 'INDEX' ] '(' fieldNames ')'
+| 'UNIQUE' [ 'KEY' | 'INDEX' ] [ identifier ] '(' sortFields ')'
 | 'FOREIGN KEY' '(' fieldNames ')' 'REFERENCES' constraintReferenceSpecification
 | 'CHECK' '(' condition ')'
 ) [ 'ENABLE' ]
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index c6d2eb9fb1..f59532987f 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -2452,6 +2452,12 @@ final class ParserImpl implements Parser {
                     if (!parseKeywordIf(ctx, "KEY"))
                         parseKeywordIf(ctx, "INDEX");
 
+                    // [#7268] MySQL has some legacy syntax where an index name
+                    //         can override a constraint name
+                    Name index = parseIdentifierIf(ctx);
+                    if (index != null)
+                        constraint = constraint(index);
+
                     constraints.add(parseUniqueSpecification(ctx, constraint));
                     continue columnLoop;
                 }