diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/Configuration.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/Configuration.java
index ecbcf02bfe..e47d7bb8d2 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/Configuration.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/Configuration.java
@@ -1545,15 +1545,14 @@ public class Configuration implements Serializable {
 		Set<Column> unboundNoLogical = new HashSet<Column>();
 		for ( int index = 0; index < size; index++ ) {
 			String column = columnNames[index];
-			final String logicalColumnName = StringHelper.isNotEmpty( column ) ? normalizer.normalizeIdentifierQuoting( column ) : "";
 			try {
-				final String columnName = createMappings().getPhysicalColumnName( logicalColumnName, table );
+				final String columnName = createMappings().getPhysicalColumnName( column, table );
 				columns[index] = new Column( columnName );
 				unbound.add( columns[index] );
 				//column equals and hashcode is based on column name
 			}
 			catch ( MappingException e ) {
-				unboundNoLogical.add( new Column( logicalColumnName ) );
+				unboundNoLogical.add( new Column( column ) );
 			}
 		}
 		UniqueKey uk = table.getOrCreateUniqueKey( keyName );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/quote/Person.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/quote/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0705a3117b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/quote/Person.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* 
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ * 
+ * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source
+ * Copyright 2013 Red Hat Inc. and/or its affiliates and other contributors
+ * as indicated by the @authors tag. All rights reserved.
+ * See the copyright.txt in the distribution for a
+ * full listing of individual contributors.
+ *
+ * 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, v. 2.1.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT A
+ * 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,
+ * v.2.1 along with this distribution; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.annotations.quote;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+import javax.persistence.UniqueConstraint;
+
+/**
+ * @author Brett Meyer
+ */
+@Entity
+@Table(uniqueConstraints = { @UniqueConstraint(columnNames = { "name" }) })
+public class Person {
+	@Id
+	@GeneratedValue
+	private long id;
+
+	private String name;
+
+	public long getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public void setId(long id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public void setName(String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/quote/QuoteGlobalTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/quote/QuoteGlobalTest.java
index e0887a9e41..23fecfbc72 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/quote/QuoteGlobalTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/annotations/quote/QuoteGlobalTest.java
@@ -23,20 +23,40 @@
  */
 package org.hibernate.test.annotations.quote;
 
-import org.junit.Test;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
 
 import org.hibernate.Session;
 import org.hibernate.Transaction;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.UniqueKey;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
  * @author Emmanuel Bernard
+ * @author Brett Meyer
  */
 public class QuoteGlobalTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+	
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-7890")
+	public void testQuotedUniqueConstraint() {
+		Iterator<UniqueKey> itr = configuration().getClassMapping( Person.class.getName() )
+				.getTable().getUniqueKeyIterator();
+		while ( itr.hasNext() ) {
+			UniqueKey uk = itr.next();
+			assertEquals( uk.getColumns().size(), 1 );
+			assertEquals( uk.getColumn( 0 ).getName(),  "name");
+			return;
+		}
+		fail( "GLOBALLY_QUOTED_IDENTIFIERS caused the unique key creation to fail." );
+	}
+	
 	@Test
 	public void testQuoteManytoMany() {
 		Session s = openSession();
@@ -67,7 +87,8 @@ public class QuoteGlobalTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 		return new Class[] {
 				User.class,
 				Role.class,
-				Phone.class
+				Phone.class,
+				Person.class
 		};
 	}
 }