diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java
index 9f062b9a72..91f004c869 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/sql/Template.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public final class Template {
 		KEYWORDS.add("or");
 		KEYWORDS.add("not");
 		KEYWORDS.add("like");
+		KEYWORDS.add("escape");
 		KEYWORDS.add("is");
 		KEYWORDS.add("in");
 		KEYWORDS.add("between");