diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorTest.java
index 7d2d99342e..35991c58fb 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorTest.java
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ package org.hibernate.test.idgen.biginteger.sequence;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServer2012Dialect;
 import org.hibernate.testing.DialectChecks;
 import org.hibernate.testing.RequiresDialectFeature;
+import org.hibernate.testing.SkipForDialect;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
 
 /**
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ public class BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	@SkipForDialect( SQLServer2012Dialect.class )
 	public void testBasics() {
 		Session s = openSession();
 		s.beginTransaction();
@@ -63,4 +66,4 @@ public class BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase
 		s.close();
 
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorZeroScaleTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorZeroScaleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d077f2952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorZeroScaleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+package org.hibernate.test.idgen.biginteger.sequence;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.DialectChecks;
+import org.hibernate.testing.RequiresDialectFeature;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+
+/**
+ * This test explicitly maps scale="0" for the sequence column. It works around the arithmetic
+ * overflow that happens because the generated column cannot accommodate the SQL Server
+ * sequence that starts, by default, with the value, -9,223,372,036,854,775,808.
+ *
+ * @author Gail Badner
+ */
+@RequiresDialectFeature( value = DialectChecks.SupportsSequences.class )
+public class BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorZeroScaleTest extends BigIntegerSequenceGeneratorTest {
+
+	public String[] getMappings() {
+		return new String[] { "idgen/biginteger/sequence/ZeroScaleMapping.hbm.xml" };
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9250")
+	public void testBasics() {
+		super.testBasics();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/ZeroScaleMapping.hbm.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/ZeroScaleMapping.hbm.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f702394dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/idgen/biginteger/sequence/ZeroScaleMapping.hbm.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+  ~
+  ~ Copyright (c) 2010, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+  ~ indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+  ~ statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+  ~ distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+  ~
+  ~ This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+  ~ copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+  ~ Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+  ~
+  ~ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  ~ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+  ~ or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  ~ for more details.
+  ~
+  ~ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+  ~ along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+  ~ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+  ~ 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+  ~ Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+  -->
+<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC
+	"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
+	"http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">
+
+<!--
+    Demonstrates use of a sequence generator on a BigInteger property.
+-->
+
+<hibernate-mapping package="org.hibernate.test.idgen.biginteger.sequence">
+
+    <class name="Entity">
+        <id name="id" type="big_integer">
+            <column name="ID" scale="0"/>
+            <generator class="sequence">
+            </generator>
+        </id>
+        <property name="name" type="string"/>
+	</class>
+
+</hibernate-mapping>