diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/AbstractUUIDGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/AbstractUUIDGenerator.java
index edb29441f8..2d8493e4ae 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/AbstractUUIDGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/AbstractUUIDGenerator.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.hibernate.id;
 
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.BytesHelper;
 
 /**
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ import org.hibernate.internal.util.BytesHelper;
  * @see UUIDHexGenerator
  * @author Gavin King
  */
-public abstract class AbstractUUIDGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator {
+public abstract class AbstractUUIDGenerator implements StandardGenerator {
 
 	private static final int IP;
 	static {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/Assigned.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/Assigned.java
index 9e1174d49c..31d17ecba8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/Assigned.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/Assigned.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
 import org.hibernate.MappingException;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;
 import org.hibernate.type.Type;
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ import org.hibernate.type.Type;
  *
  * @author Gavin King
  */
-public class Assigned implements IdentifierGenerator {
+public class Assigned implements StandardGenerator {
 	private String entityName;
 
 	public Object generate(SharedSessionContractImplementor session, Object obj) throws HibernateException {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/BulkInsertionCapableIdentifierGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/BulkInsertionCapableIdentifierGenerator.java
index 371b8d0f77..6b27b45b3e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/BulkInsertionCapableIdentifierGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/BulkInsertionCapableIdentifierGenerator.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package org.hibernate.id;
 
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.SqlStringGenerationContext;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 
 /**
  * Specialized contract for {@link IdentifierGenerator} implementations capable of being used in conjunction
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.SqlStringGenerationContext;
  *
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
-public interface BulkInsertionCapableIdentifierGenerator extends IdentifierGenerator {
+public interface BulkInsertionCapableIdentifierGenerator extends StandardGenerator {
 	/**
 	 * Given the configuration of this generator, is identifier generation as part of bulk insertion supported?
 	 * <p/>
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/CompositeNestedGeneratedValueGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/CompositeNestedGeneratedValueGenerator.java
index a0c6bdbc57..8ee2295721 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/CompositeNestedGeneratedValueGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/CompositeNestedGeneratedValueGenerator.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.Database;
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.ExportableProducer;
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.SqlStringGenerationContext;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;
 import org.hibernate.type.Type;
 
@@ -49,7 +50,8 @@ import org.hibernate.type.Type;
  *
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
-public class CompositeNestedGeneratedValueGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator, Serializable, IdentifierGeneratorAggregator {
+public class CompositeNestedGeneratedValueGenerator
+		implements StandardGenerator, IdentifierGeneratorAggregator, Serializable {
 	/**
 	 * Contract for declaring how to locate the context for sub-value injection.
 	 */
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/ForeignGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/ForeignGenerator.java
index fed815a172..ec34d6301c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/ForeignGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/ForeignGenerator.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.hibernate.StatelessSession;
 import org.hibernate.TransientObjectException;
 import org.hibernate.engine.internal.ForeignKeys;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.internal.CoreMessageLogger;
 import org.hibernate.loader.PropertyPath;
 import org.hibernate.persister.entity.EntityPersister;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ import static org.hibernate.internal.CoreLogging.messageLogger;
  *
  * @author Gavin King
  */
-public class ForeignGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator {
+public class ForeignGenerator implements StandardGenerator {
 	private static final CoreMessageLogger LOG = messageLogger( ForeignGenerator.class );
 
 	private String entityName;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/GUIDGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/GUIDGenerator.java
index 15d5fd2d0d..be52bceae5 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/GUIDGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/GUIDGenerator.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import java.sql.SQLException;
 
 import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.internal.CoreLogging;
 import org.hibernate.internal.CoreMessageLogger;
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ import org.hibernate.internal.CoreMessageLogger;
  *
  * @author Joseph Fifield
  */
-public class GUIDGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator {
+public class GUIDGenerator implements StandardGenerator {
 	private static final CoreMessageLogger LOG = CoreLogging.messageLogger( GUIDGenerator.class );
 
 	private static boolean WARNED;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/IncrementGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/IncrementGenerator.java
index ec0dbac04d..63ad76e4b6 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/IncrementGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/IncrementGenerator.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.SqlStringGenerationContext;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.IdentifierHelper;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.JdbcEnvironment;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.internal.CoreLogging;
 import org.hibernate.internal.CoreMessageLogger;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import org.hibernate.type.Type;
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  * @author Brett Meyer
  */
-public class IncrementGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator {
+public class IncrementGenerator implements StandardGenerator {
 	private static final CoreMessageLogger LOG = CoreLogging.messageLogger( IncrementGenerator.class );
 
 	private Class returnClass;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/OptimizableGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/OptimizableGenerator.java
index fe4b826948..de198e6fe5 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/OptimizableGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/OptimizableGenerator.java
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ package org.hibernate.id;
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.ExportableProducer;
 import org.hibernate.id.enhanced.Optimizer;
 import org.hibernate.id.enhanced.StandardOptimizerDescriptor;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 
 /**
  * Commonality between sequence-based and table-based generators
  */
-public interface OptimizableGenerator extends IdentifierGenerator, ExportableProducer {
+public interface OptimizableGenerator extends StandardGenerator, ExportableProducer {
 	/**
 	 * If an explicit sequence/table name is not configured,
 	 */
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/PostInsertIdentifierGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/PostInsertIdentifierGenerator.java
index 8fc44924aa..2d6d4e93b0 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/PostInsertIdentifierGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/PostInsertIdentifierGenerator.java
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
 package org.hibernate.id;
 
 import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
-import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.SqlStringGenerationContext;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.id.insert.InsertGeneratedIdentifierDelegate;
 
 /**
  * @author Gavin King
  */
-public interface PostInsertIdentifierGenerator extends IdentifierGenerator {
+public interface PostInsertIdentifierGenerator extends StandardGenerator {
 	InsertGeneratedIdentifierDelegate getInsertGeneratedIdentifierDelegate(
 			PostInsertIdentityPersister persister,
 			Dialect dialect,
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/UUIDGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/UUIDGenerator.java
index be17a2ec5c..e022695454 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/UUIDGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/UUIDGenerator.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.hibernate.MappingException;
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.classloading.spi.ClassLoaderService;
 import org.hibernate.boot.registry.classloading.spi.ClassLoadingException;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.id.uuid.StandardRandomStrategy;
 import org.hibernate.internal.CoreLogging;
 import org.hibernate.internal.CoreMessageLogger;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.UUIDJavaTypeDescriptor;
  * {@link org.hibernate.annotations.UuidGenerator} instead
  */
 @Deprecated
-public class UUIDGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator {
+public class UUIDGenerator implements StandardGenerator {
 	private static final CoreMessageLogger LOG = CoreLogging.messageLogger( UUIDGenerator.class );
 
 	public static final String UUID_GEN_STRATEGY = "uuid_gen_strategy";
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/factory/internal/StandardIdentifierGeneratorFactory.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/factory/internal/StandardIdentifierGeneratorFactory.java
index 7aab7010a5..1930769c98 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/factory/internal/StandardIdentifierGeneratorFactory.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/factory/internal/StandardIdentifierGeneratorFactory.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.hibernate.id.UUIDHexGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.id.enhanced.SequenceStyleGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.id.enhanced.TableGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.id.factory.IdentifierGeneratorFactory;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.jpa.spi.IdentifierGeneratorStrategyProvider;
 import org.hibernate.resource.beans.container.spi.BeanContainer;
 import org.hibernate.resource.beans.container.spi.ContainedBean;
@@ -148,7 +149,9 @@ public class StandardIdentifierGeneratorFactory
 			final Class<? extends IdentifierGenerator> clazz = getIdentifierGeneratorClass( strategy );
 			final IdentifierGenerator identifierGenerator;
 
-			if ( beanContainer == null || legacyGeneratorClassNameMap.containsKey( strategy ) ) {
+			if ( beanContainer == null
+					|| StandardGenerator.class.isAssignableFrom( clazz )
+					|| legacyGeneratorClassNameMap.containsKey( strategy ) ) {
 				identifierGenerator = clazz.newInstance();
 			}
 			else {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/factory/spi/StandardGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/factory/spi/StandardGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7689fba19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/factory/spi/StandardGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html
+ */
+package org.hibernate.id.factory.spi;
+
+import org.hibernate.id.IdentifierGenerator;
+
+/**
+ * Marker interface for Hibernate-provided generator impls
+ */
+public interface StandardGenerator extends IdentifierGenerator {
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/uuid/UuidGenerator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/uuid/UuidGenerator.java
index 57ed7fa1ff..4af8e27fe1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/uuid/UuidGenerator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/id/uuid/UuidGenerator.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
 import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SharedSessionContractImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.id.IdentifierGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.CustomIdGeneratorCreationContext;
+import org.hibernate.id.factory.spi.StandardGenerator;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.UUIDJavaTypeDescriptor;
 import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.UUIDJavaTypeDescriptor.ValueTransformer;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ import static org.hibernate.annotations.UuidGenerator.Style.TIME;
  *
  * @see org.hibernate.annotations.UuidGenerator
  */
-public class UuidGenerator implements IdentifierGenerator {
+public class UuidGenerator implements StandardGenerator {
 	interface ValueGenerator {
 		UUID generateUuid(SharedSessionContractImplementor session);
 	}