diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle8iDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle8iDialect.java
index 8a8eea16b6..814d0ebac3 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle8iDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Oracle8iDialect.java
@@ -606,4 +606,9 @@ public class Oracle8iDialect extends Dialect {
 
 		return sql;
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public int getMaxAliasLength() {
+		return 30;
+	}
 }