diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index c52bcb8df2..20c5ae2547 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -4045,6 +4045,8 @@ final class ParserImpl implements Parser {
                 return s1.alter(field).dropNotNull();
             else if (parseKeywordIf(ctx, "SET NOT NULL") || parseKeywordIf(ctx, "NOT NULL"))
                 return s1.alter(field).setNotNull();
+            else if (parseKeywordIf(ctx, "SET DEFAULT"))
+                return s1.alter(field).default_((Field) toField(ctx, parseConcat(ctx, null)));
             else if (parseKeywordIf(ctx, "TO") || parseKeywordIf(ctx, "RENAME TO") || parseKeywordIf(ctx, "RENAME AS"))
                 return s1.renameColumn(field).to(parseFieldName(ctx));
             else if (parseKeywordIf(ctx, "TYPE") || parseKeywordIf(ctx, "SET DATA TYPE"))