diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/OracleDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/OracleDialect.java
index f7e2c504d3..d3d2cfb327 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/OracleDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/OracleDialect.java
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ import static org.hibernate.type.SqlTypes.VARCHAR;
  *
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  * @author Gavin King
+ * @author Loïc Lefèvre
  */
 public class OracleDialect extends Dialect {
 
@@ -149,16 +150,41 @@ public class OracleDialect extends Dialect {
 			: new LegacyOracleLimitHandler( getVersion() );
 	private final UniqueDelegate uniqueDelegate = new CreateTableUniqueDelegate(this);
 
+	/** is it an Autonomous Database Cloud Service? */
+	protected final boolean autonomous;
+
 	public OracleDialect() {
 		this( MINIMUM_VERSION );
 	}
 
 	public OracleDialect(DatabaseVersion version) {
 		super(version);
+		autonomous = false;
 	}
 
 	public OracleDialect(DialectResolutionInfo info) {
 		super(info);
+		autonomous = isAutonomous( info.getDatabaseMetadata() );
+	}
+
+	protected static boolean isAutonomous(DatabaseMetaData databaseMetaData) {
+		if ( databaseMetaData != null ) {
+			try (java.sql.Statement s = databaseMetaData.getConnection().createStatement() ) {
+				// v$pdbs is available to any user on Autonomous database
+				try( ResultSet rs = s.executeQuery( "select p.name, t.region, t.base_size, t.service, t.infrastructure\n" +
+						"from v$pdbs p, JSON_TABLE(p.cloud_identity, '$' COLUMNS (region path '$.REGION', base_size number path '$.BASE_SIZE', service path '$.SERVICE', infrastructure path '$.INFRASTRUCTURE')) t" )) {
+					return rs.next();
+				}
+			}
+			catch (SQLException ex) {
+				// Ignore
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isAutonomous() {
+		return autonomous;
 	}
 
 	@Override