diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle8iDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle8iDialect.java
index 8212e25f14..297f3762fa 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle8iDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle8iDialect.java
@@ -667,4 +667,9 @@ public class Oracle8iDialect extends Dialect {
 		// Oracle supports returning cursors
 		return StandardCallableStatementSupport.REF_CURSOR_INSTANCE;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean canCreateSchema() {
+		return false;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle9Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle9Dialect.java
index beb7285065..29307c36ba 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle9Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle9Dialect.java
@@ -396,4 +396,9 @@ public class Oracle9Dialect extends Dialect {
 	public String getNotExpression(String expression) {
 		return "not (" + expression + ")";
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean canCreateSchema() {
+		return false;
+	}
 }