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 fc4b5bda5a..ddff21e0ab 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -3343,7 +3343,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
 
         if (scala) {
             out.tab(1).javadoc("Rename this table");
-            out.tab(1).println("def rename(name : %s) : %s = {", String.class, className);
+            out.tab(1).println("override def rename(name : %s) : %s = {", String.class, className);
 
             if (table.isTableValuedFunction())
                 out.tab(2).println("new %s(name, null, parameters)", className);
@@ -3356,6 +3356,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         // [#2921] With instance fields, tables can be renamed.
         else if (generateInstanceFields()) {
             out.tab(1).javadoc("Rename this table");
+            out.override();
             out.tab(1).println("public %s rename(%s name) {", className, String.class);
 
             if (table.isTableValuedFunction())