diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
index f1d1bf407a..a9b6cc0295 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SQLServerDialect.java
@@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ public class SQLServerDialect extends SybaseDialect {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+        public boolean supportsCascadeDelete() {
+                return true;
+        }
+
 	public boolean supportsCircularCascadeDeleteConstraints() {
 		// SQL Server (at least up through 2005) does not support defining
 		// cascade delete constraints which can circel back to the mutating
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SybaseDialect.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SybaseDialect.java
index 8bace1ea77..22cd448bd8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SybaseDialect.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/SybaseDialect.java
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ public class SybaseDialect extends Dialect {
 
 	// Overridden informational metadata ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+        public boolean supportsCascadeDelete() {
+                return false;
+        }
+
 	public boolean supportsEmptyInList() {
 		return false;
 	}