diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/H2Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/H2Dialect.java
index 17214160ef..351bfe56c3 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/H2Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/H2Dialect.java
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ public class H2Dialect extends Dialect {
 		registerColumnType( Types.FLOAT, "float" );
 		registerColumnType( Types.INTEGER, "integer" );
 		registerColumnType( Types.LONGVARBINARY, "longvarbinary" );
-		registerColumnType( Types.LONGVARCHAR, "longvarchar" );
+		// H2 does define "longvarchar", but it is a simple alias to "varchar"
+		registerColumnType( Types.LONGVARCHAR, String.format( "varchar(%d)", Integer.MAX_VALUE ) );
 		registerColumnType( Types.REAL, "real" );
 		registerColumnType( Types.SMALLINT, "smallint" );
 		registerColumnType( Types.TINYINT, "tinyint" );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/schemavalidation/LongVarcharValidationTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/schemavalidation/LongVarcharValidationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c52bda034
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/schemavalidation/LongVarcharValidationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/*
+ * 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.test.schemavalidation;
+
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
+import org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistry;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.boot.spi.MetadataImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.engine.config.spi.ConfigurationService;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.SourceType;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.TargetType;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.internal.ExceptionHandlerLoggedImpl;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.ExceptionHandler;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.ExecutionOptions;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.SchemaManagementTool;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.ScriptSourceInput;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.ScriptTargetOutput;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.SourceDescriptor;
+import org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi.TargetDescriptor;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.FailureExpected;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9693" )
+public class LongVarcharValidationTest extends BaseUnitTestCase implements ExecutionOptions {
+	private StandardServiceRegistry ssr;
+
+	@Before
+	public void beforeTest() {
+		ssr = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().build();
+	}
+
+	@After
+	public void afterTest() {
+		if ( ssr != null ) {
+			StandardServiceRegistryBuilder.destroy( ssr );
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testValidation() {
+		MetadataImplementor metadata = (MetadataImplementor) new MetadataSources( ssr )
+				.addAnnotatedClass( Translation.class )
+				.buildMetadata();
+		metadata.validate();
+
+
+		// create the schema
+		createSchema( metadata );
+
+		try {
+			doValidation( metadata );
+		}
+		finally {
+			dropSchema( metadata );
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void doValidation(MetadataImplementor metadata) {
+		ssr.getService( SchemaManagementTool.class ).getSchemaValidator( null ).doValidation(
+				metadata,
+				this
+		);
+	}
+
+	private void createSchema(MetadataImplementor metadata) {
+		ssr.getService( SchemaManagementTool.class ).getSchemaCreator( null ).doCreation(
+				metadata,
+				this,
+				new SourceDescriptor() {
+					@Override
+					public SourceType getSourceType() {
+						return SourceType.METADATA;
+					}
+
+					@Override
+					public ScriptSourceInput getScriptSourceInput() {
+						return null;
+					}
+				},
+				new TargetDescriptor() {
+					@Override
+					public EnumSet<TargetType> getTargetTypes() {
+						return EnumSet.of( TargetType.DATABASE );
+					}
+
+					@Override
+					public ScriptTargetOutput getScriptTargetOutput() {
+						return null;
+					}
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	private void dropSchema(MetadataImplementor metadata) {
+		ssr.getService( SchemaManagementTool.class ).getSchemaDropper( null ).doDrop(
+				metadata,
+				this,
+				new SourceDescriptor() {
+					@Override
+					public SourceType getSourceType() {
+						return SourceType.METADATA;
+					}
+
+					@Override
+					public ScriptSourceInput getScriptSourceInput() {
+						return null;
+					}
+				},
+				new TargetDescriptor() {
+					@Override
+					public EnumSet<TargetType> getTargetTypes() {
+						return EnumSet.of( TargetType.DATABASE );
+					}
+
+					@Override
+					public ScriptTargetOutput getScriptTargetOutput() {
+						return null;
+					}
+				}
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Entity
+	public static class Translation {
+		@Id
+		public Integer id;
+		@Type( type = "text" )
+		String text;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Map getConfigurationValues() {
+		return ssr.getService( ConfigurationService.class ).getSettings();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean shouldManageNamespaces() {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public ExceptionHandler getExceptionHandler() {
+		return ExceptionHandlerLoggedImpl.INSTANCE;
+	}
+}