diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
index 2248a4c336..d4292f978a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AvailableSettings.java
@@ -928,6 +928,15 @@ public interface AvailableSettings {
 	 * Oracle), this is disabled by default.
 	 */
 	String ENABLE_SYNONYMS = "hibernate.synonyms";
+
+	/**
+	 * Identifies a comma-separate list of values to specify extra table types,
+	 * other than the default "TABLE" value, to recognize as defining a physical table
+	 * by schema update, creation and validation.
+	 *
+	 * @since 5.0
+	 */
+	String EXTRA_PHYSICAL_TABLE_TYPES = "hibernate.hbm2dll.extra_physical_table_types";
 	
 	/**
 	 * Unique columns and unique keys both use unique constraints in most dialects.
@@ -965,11 +974,4 @@ public interface AvailableSettings {
 	 */
 	String AUTO_SESSION_EVENTS_LISTENER = "hibernate.session.events.auto";
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/StringHelper.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/StringHelper.java
index 2a22006bf0..86f1ff5aa2 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/StringHelper.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/util/StringHelper.java
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ public final class StringHelper {
 	}
 
 
-	public static String[] split(String seperators, String list) {
-		return split( seperators, list, false );
+	public static String[] split(String separators, String list) {
+		return split( separators, list, false );
 	}
 
-	public static String[] split(String seperators, String list, boolean include) {
-		StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer( list, seperators, include );
+	public static String[] split(String separators, String list, boolean include) {
+		StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer( list, separators, include );
 		String[] result = new String[tokens.countTokens()];
 		int i = 0;
 		while ( tokens.hasMoreTokens() ) {
@@ -250,6 +250,16 @@ public final class StringHelper {
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	public static String[] splitTrimmingTokens(String separators, String list, boolean include) {
+		StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer( list, separators, include );
+		String[] result = new String[tokens.countTokens()];
+		int i = 0;
+		while ( tokens.hasMoreTokens() ) {
+			result[i++] = tokens.nextToken().trim();
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
 	public static String unqualify(String qualifiedName) {
 		int loc = qualifiedName.lastIndexOf( "." );
 		return ( loc < 0 ) ? qualifiedName : qualifiedName.substring( loc + 1 );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/extract/internal/InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/extract/internal/InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl.java
index 74c4f8d08c..e9a89ce0ec 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/extract/internal/InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/extract/internal/InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl.java
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ import org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.Identifier;
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.QualifiedTableName;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
 import org.hibernate.engine.config.spi.ConfigurationService;
+import org.hibernate.engine.config.spi.StandardConverters;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.IdentifierHelper;
 import org.hibernate.internal.CoreLogging;
 import org.hibernate.internal.CoreMessageLogger;
+import org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper;
+import org.hibernate.internal.util.collections.ArrayHelper;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.compare.EqualsHelper;
 import org.hibernate.internal.util.config.ConfigurationHelper;
 import org.hibernate.tool.schema.extract.spi.ColumnInformation;
@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@ public class InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl implements Information
 
 	private final String[] tableTypes;
 
+	private String[] extraPhysicalTableTypes;
+
 	private final ExtractionContext extractionContext;
 
 	public InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl(ExtractionContext extractionContext) {
@@ -56,11 +61,33 @@ public class InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl implements Information
 		
 		ConfigurationService configService = extractionContext.getServiceRegistry()
 				.getService( ConfigurationService.class );
+
+		final String extraPhysycalTableTypesConfig = configService.getSetting(
+				AvailableSettings.EXTRA_PHYSICAL_TABLE_TYPES,
+				StandardConverters.STRING,
+				""
+		);
+		if ( !"".equals( extraPhysycalTableTypesConfig.trim() ) ) {
+			this.extraPhysicalTableTypes = StringHelper.splitTrimmingTokens(
+					",;",
+					extraPhysycalTableTypesConfig,
+					false
+			);
+		}
+
+		final String[] tempTableTypes;
 		if ( ConfigurationHelper.getBoolean( AvailableSettings.ENABLE_SYNONYMS, configService.getSettings(), false ) ) {
-			this.tableTypes = new String[] { "TABLE", "VIEW", "SYNONYM" };
+			tempTableTypes = new String[] {"TABLE", "VIEW", "SYNONYM"};
 		}
 		else {
-			this.tableTypes = new String[] { "TABLE", "VIEW" };
+			tempTableTypes = new String[] {"TABLE", "VIEW"};
+		}
+
+		if ( this.extraPhysicalTableTypes != null ) {
+			this.tableTypes = ArrayHelper.join( tempTableTypes, this.extraPhysicalTableTypes );
+		}
+		else {
+			this.tableTypes = tempTableTypes;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -373,7 +400,20 @@ public class InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl implements Information
 	}
 
 	protected boolean isPhysicalTableType(String tableType) {
-		return "TABLE".equalsIgnoreCase( tableType );
+		if ( extraPhysicalTableTypes == null ) {
+			return "TABLE".equalsIgnoreCase( tableType );
+		}
+		else {
+			if ( "TABLE".equalsIgnoreCase( tableType ) ) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			for ( int i = 0; i < extraPhysicalTableTypes.length; i++ ) {
+				if ( extraPhysicalTableTypes[i].equalsIgnoreCase( tableType ) ) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Override