diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/PersistentClass.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/PersistentClass.java
index 0008092a4b..331c18c385 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/PersistentClass.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/PersistentClass.java
@@ -932,6 +932,9 @@ public abstract class PersistentClass implements IdentifiableTypeClass, Attribut
 		if ( isDiscriminatorInsertable() && getDiscriminator() != null ) {
 			getDiscriminator().checkColumnDuplication( cols, owner );
 		}
+		if ( getRootClass().getSoftDeleteColumn() != null ) {
+			getRootClass().getSoftDeleteColumn().getValue().checkColumnDuplication( cols, owner );
+		}
 		checkPropertyColumnDuplication( cols, getNonDuplicatedProperties(), owner );
 		for ( Join join : getJoins() ) {
 			cols.clear();
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/softdelete/SoftDeleteMappedColumnTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/softdelete/SoftDeleteMappedColumnTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4c1c08cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/softdelete/SoftDeleteMappedColumnTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ * 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.orm.test.softdelete;
+
+import org.hibernate.MappingException;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.SoftDelete;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.Action;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit.Jira;
+import org.hibernate.testing.util.ServiceRegistryUtil;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Column;
+import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
+import jakarta.persistence.Id;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+
+/**
+ * @author Marco Belladelli
+ */
+@Jira( "https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-17461" )
+public class SoftDeleteMappedColumnTest {
+	@Test
+	public void testValid() {
+		try (final SessionFactory sf = buildSessionFactory( ValidEntity.class )) {
+			sf.inTransaction( session -> {
+				final ValidEntity validEntity = new ValidEntity( 1L, "valid1" );
+				session.persist( validEntity );
+				session.flush();
+				assertThat( validEntity.isDeleted() ).isFalse();
+				session.remove( validEntity );
+			} );
+			sf.inSession( session -> assertThat( session.find( ValidEntity.class, 1L ) ).isNull() );
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testInvalid() {
+		try (final SessionFactory sf = buildSessionFactory( InvalidEntity.class )) {
+			sf.inTransaction( session -> {
+				final InvalidEntity entity = new InvalidEntity( 2L, "invalid2" );
+				session.persist( entity );
+			} );
+			fail( "Duplicate soft-delete column should fail" );
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			assertThat( e ).isInstanceOf( MappingException.class );
+			assertThat( e.getMessage() ).contains( "Column 'is_deleted' is duplicated" );
+		}
+	}
+
+	private SessionFactory buildSessionFactory(Class<?> entityClass) {
+		final Configuration cfg = new Configuration()
+				.setProperty( AvailableSettings.JAKARTA_HBM2DDL_DATABASE_ACTION, Action.ACTION_CREATE_THEN_DROP )
+				.addAnnotatedClass( entityClass );
+		ServiceRegistryUtil.applySettings( cfg.getStandardServiceRegistryBuilder() );
+		return cfg.buildSessionFactory();
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "ValidEntity" )
+	@SoftDelete( columnName = "is_deleted" )
+	public static class ValidEntity {
+		@Id
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		@Column( name = "is_deleted", insertable = false, updatable = false )
+		private boolean deleted;
+
+		public ValidEntity() {
+		}
+
+		public ValidEntity(Long id, String name) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public Long getId() {
+			return id;
+		}
+
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		public boolean isDeleted() {
+			return deleted;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Entity( name = "InvalidEntity" )
+	@SoftDelete( columnName = "is_deleted" )
+	public static class InvalidEntity {
+		@Id
+		private Long id;
+
+		private String name;
+
+		@Column( name = "is_deleted" )
+		private boolean deleted;
+
+		public InvalidEntity() {
+		}
+
+		public InvalidEntity(Long id, String name) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+	}
+}