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 4c92b27d55..369476b148 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/H2Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/H2Dialect.java
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ import org.hibernate.dialect.identity.IdentityColumnSupport;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.LimitHandler;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.LimitOffsetLimitHandler;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.pagination.OffsetFetchLimitHandler;
-import org.hibernate.dialect.sequence.H2SequenceSupport;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.sequence.H2V1SequenceSupport;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.sequence.H2V2SequenceSupport;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.sequence.SequenceSupport;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.temptable.TemporaryTable;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.temptable.TemporaryTableKind;
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ public class H2Dialect extends Dialect {
 
 	private final LimitHandler limitHandler;
 
+	private final boolean ansiSequence;
 	private final boolean cascadeConstraints;
 	private final boolean useLocalTime;
 
@@ -105,6 +107,11 @@ public class H2Dialect extends Dialect {
 		}
 
 		supportsTuplesInSubqueries = version.isSameOrAfter( 1, 4, 198 );
+
+		// Prior to 1.4.200 there was no support for 'current value for sequence_name'
+		// After 2.0.202 there is no support for 'sequence_name.nextval' and 'sequence_name.currval'
+		ansiSequence = version.isSameOrAfter( 1, 4, 200 );
+
 		// Prior to 1.4.200 the 'cascade' in 'drop table' was implicit
 		cascadeConstraints = version.isSameOrAfter( 1, 4, 200 );
 		// 1.4.200 introduced changes in current_time and current_timestamp
@@ -379,7 +386,7 @@ public class H2Dialect extends Dialect {
 
 	@Override
 	public SequenceSupport getSequenceSupport() {
-		return H2SequenceSupport.INSTANCE;
+		return ansiSequence ? H2V2SequenceSupport.INSTANCE: H2V1SequenceSupport.INSTANCE;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/sequence/H2SequenceSupport.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/sequence/H2V1SequenceSupport.java
similarity index 85%
rename from hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/sequence/H2SequenceSupport.java
rename to hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/sequence/H2V1SequenceSupport.java
index 3e4768555f..af18270203 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/sequence/H2SequenceSupport.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/sequence/H2V1SequenceSupport.java
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import org.hibernate.MappingException;
  *
  * @author Gavin King
  */
-public final class H2SequenceSupport implements SequenceSupport {
+public final class H2V1SequenceSupport implements SequenceSupport {
 
-	public static final SequenceSupport INSTANCE = new H2SequenceSupport();
+	public static final SequenceSupport INSTANCE = new H2V1SequenceSupport();
 
 	@Override
 	public String getDropSequenceString(String sequenceName) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/sequence/H2V2SequenceSupport.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/sequence/H2V2SequenceSupport.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e649d38d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/sequence/H2V2SequenceSupport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * 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.dialect.sequence;
+
+/**
+ * Sequence support for {@link org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect}.
+ *
+ * @author Gavin King
+ */
+public final class H2V2SequenceSupport extends ANSISequenceSupport {
+
+	public static final SequenceSupport INSTANCE = new H2V2SequenceSupport();
+
+	@Override
+	public String getDropSequenceString(String sequenceName) {
+		return "drop sequence if exists " + sequenceName;
+	}
+}