diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DialectFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DialectFactory.java
index 4b93421c49..c0cf17c4b1 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DialectFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/DialectFactory.java
@@ -112,12 +112,17 @@ public class DialectFactory {
 	// TODO : this is the stuff it'd be nice to move to a properties file or some other easily user-editable place
 	private static final Map MAPPERS = new HashMap();
 	static {
+		// detectors...
 		MAPPERS.put( "HSQL Database Engine", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect" ) );
 		MAPPERS.put( "H2", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect" ) );
 		MAPPERS.put( "MySQL", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect" ) );
 		MAPPERS.put( "PostgreSQL", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect" ) );
 		MAPPERS.put( "Apache Derby", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.DerbyDialect" ) );
 
+		MAPPERS.put( "Ingres", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.IngresDialect" ) );
+		MAPPERS.put( "ingres", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.IngresDialect" ) );
+		MAPPERS.put( "INGRES", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.IngresDialect" ) );
+
 		MAPPERS.put( "Microsoft SQL Server Database", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect" ) );
 		MAPPERS.put( "Microsoft SQL Server", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect" ) );
 		MAPPERS.put( "Sybase SQL Server", new VersionInsensitiveMapper( "org.hibernate.dialect.SybaseDialect" ) );