diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/AliasTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/AliasTests.java
index d4919c45f5..97ffeea544 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/AliasTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/AliasTests.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ package org.jooq.test._.testcases;
 import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static junit.framework.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.select;
+import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.selectFrom;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.selectOne;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.selectZero;
 import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.table;
@@ -189,4 +190,16 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, UU, I, IPK, T7
         assertEquals(0, r1.getValue("b"));
 
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAliasingDelete() throws Exception {
+        jOOQAbstractTest.reset = false;
+        Table<B2S> b = TBookToBookStore().as("b");
+
+        assertEquals(2, create().delete(b).where(b.field(TBookToBookStore_BOOK_ID()).eq(1)).execute());
+        assertEquals(4, create().fetchCount(selectFrom(TBookToBookStore())));
+
+        assertEquals(4, create().delete(b).execute());
+        assertEquals(0, create().fetchCount(selectFrom(TBookToBookStore())));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index b5c1621492..ebe5fd1433 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -1800,6 +1800,11 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
         new AliasTests(this).testAliasingJoins();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testAliasingDelete() throws Exception {
+        new AliasTests(this).testAliasingDelete();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testAliasingPivot() throws Exception {
         new ExoticTests(this).testAliasingPivot();
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DeleteQueryImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DeleteQueryImpl.java
index c7fff895ca..9ac1f5122e 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DeleteQueryImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DeleteQueryImpl.java
@@ -99,8 +99,12 @@ class DeleteQueryImpl<R extends Record> extends AbstractQuery implements DeleteQ
 
     @Override
     public final void toSQL(RenderContext context) {
+        boolean declare = context.declareTables();
+
         context.keyword("delete from ");
-        context.sql(getFrom());
+        context.declareTables(true)
+               .sql(getFrom())
+               .declareTables(declare);
 
         if (!(getWhere() instanceof TrueCondition)) {
             context.formatSeparator()