diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Table.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Table.java
index ecf913d9b..eaf28f2a8 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Table.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/schema/Table.java
@@ -465,6 +465,7 @@ public class Table
         copy.setSize(col.getSize());
         copy.setDecimalDigits(col.getDecimalDigits());
         copy.setAutoAssigned(col.isAutoAssigned());
+        copy.setXML(col.isXML());
         return copy;
     }
 
diff --git a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/OracleDictionary.java b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/OracleDictionary.java
index 53ab8bbec..67e8860e9 100644
--- a/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/OracleDictionary.java
+++ b/openjpa-jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/openjpa/jdbc/sql/OracleDictionary.java
@@ -684,6 +684,9 @@ public class OracleDictionary
                 cols[i].setType(Types.VARCHAR);
             else if ("NCHAR".equalsIgnoreCase(typeName))
                 cols[i].setType(Types.CHAR);
+            else if ("XMLTYPE".equalsIgnoreCase(typeName)) { 
+                cols[i].setXML(true);
+            }
         }
         return cols;
     }