diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/hbm2ddl/SchemaUpdate.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/hbm2ddl/SchemaUpdate.java
index fc4403f938..45d12f0219 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/hbm2ddl/SchemaUpdate.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/hbm2ddl/SchemaUpdate.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class SchemaUpdate {
 	private final JdbcConnectionAccess jdbcConnectionAccess;
 	private final List<Exception> exceptions = new ArrayList<Exception>();
 	private String outputFile;
+	private String delimiter;
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a SchemaUpdate object.  This form is intended for use from tooling
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ public class SchemaUpdate {
 		List<org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.Target> toolTargets = new ArrayList<org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.Target>();
 
 		if ( target.doScript() ) {
-			toolTargets.add( new TargetStdoutImpl() );
+			toolTargets.add( new TargetStdoutImpl( delimiter ) );
 		}
 
 		if ( target.doExport() ) {
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ public class SchemaUpdate {
 
 		if ( outputFile != null ) {
 			LOG.writingGeneratedSchemaToFile( outputFile );
-			toolTargets.add( new TargetFileImpl( outputFile ) );
+			toolTargets.add( new TargetFileImpl( outputFile, delimiter ) );
 		}
 
 		return toolTargets;
@@ -167,7 +168,14 @@ public class SchemaUpdate {
 		this.outputFile = outputFile;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the end of statement delimiter
+	 *
+	 * @param delimiter The delimiter
+	 *
+	 */
 	public void setDelimiter(String delimiter) {
+		this.delimiter = delimiter;
 	}
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
@@ -180,6 +188,7 @@ public class SchemaUpdate {
 
 				final SchemaUpdate schemaUpdate = new SchemaUpdate( metadata );
 				schemaUpdate.setOutputFile( parsedArgs.outFile );
+				schemaUpdate.setDelimiter( parsedArgs.delimiter );
 				schemaUpdate.execute( parsedArgs.script, parsedArgs.doUpdate );
 			}
 			finally {
@@ -252,6 +261,7 @@ public class SchemaUpdate {
 		String propertiesFile = null;
 		String cfgXmlFile = null;
 		String outFile = null;
+		String delimiter = null;
 
 		String implicitNamingStrategyImplName = null;
 		String physicalNamingStrategyImplName = null;
@@ -282,6 +292,9 @@ public class SchemaUpdate {
 					else if ( arg.startsWith( "--naming=" ) ) {
 						DeprecationLogger.DEPRECATION_LOGGER.logDeprecatedNamingStrategyArgument();
 					}
+					else if ( arg.startsWith( "--delimiter=" ) ) {
+						parsedArgs.delimiter = arg.substring( 12 );
+					}
 					else if ( arg.startsWith( "--implicit-naming=" ) ) {
 						parsedArgs.implicitNamingStrategyImplName = arg.substring( 18 );
 					}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/TargetFileImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/TargetFileImpl.java
index fd4ae7f15e..65b0982191 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/TargetFileImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/TargetFileImpl.java
@@ -16,10 +16,12 @@ import org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.Target;
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
 public class TargetFileImpl implements Target {
-	private FileWriter fileWriter;
+	final private FileWriter fileWriter;
+	final private String delimiter;
 
-	public TargetFileImpl(String outputFile) {
+	public TargetFileImpl(String outputFile, String delimter) {
 		try {
+			this.delimiter = delimter;
 			this.fileWriter = new FileWriter( outputFile );
 		}
 		catch (IOException e) {
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ public class TargetFileImpl implements Target {
 	public void accept(String action) {
 		try {
 			fileWriter.write( action );
+			if ( delimiter != null ) {
+				fileWriter.write( delimiter );
+			}
 			fileWriter.write( "\n" );
 		}
 		catch (IOException e) {
@@ -57,4 +62,5 @@ public class TargetFileImpl implements Target {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/TargetStdoutImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/TargetStdoutImpl.java
index c2440b25c8..6da44666db 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/TargetStdoutImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/TargetStdoutImpl.java
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ import org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.Target;
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
 public class TargetStdoutImpl implements Target {
+	final private String delimiter;
+
+	public TargetStdoutImpl() {
+		this( null );
+	}
+
+	public TargetStdoutImpl(String delimiter) {
+		this.delimiter = delimiter;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean acceptsImportScriptActions() {
 		return true;
@@ -23,10 +33,14 @@ public class TargetStdoutImpl implements Target {
 
 	@Override
 	public void accept(String action) {
+		if ( delimiter != null ) {
+			action += delimiter;
+		}
 		System.out.println( action );
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void release() {
 	}
+
 }