diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/naming/DatabaseIdentifier.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/naming/DatabaseIdentifier.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f60bb8fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/model/naming/DatabaseIdentifier.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * 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.boot.model.naming;
+
+import org.hibernate.internal.util.StringHelper;
+
+/**
+ * Models an identifier (name), retrieved from the database.
+ *
+ * @author Andrea Boriero
+ */
+public class DatabaseIdentifier extends Identifier {
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a datatabase identifier instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param text The identifier text.
+	 */
+	public DatabaseIdentifier(String text) {
+		super( text, false );
+	}
+
+	public static DatabaseIdentifier toIdentifier(String text) {
+		if ( StringHelper.isEmpty( text ) ) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return new DatabaseIdentifier( text );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/NormalizingIdentifierHelperImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/NormalizingIdentifierHelperImpl.java
index 0b721af998..443c92dda1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/NormalizingIdentifierHelperImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/jdbc/env/internal/NormalizingIdentifierHelperImpl.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
+import org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.DatabaseIdentifier;
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.Identifier;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.IdentifierCaseStrategy;
 import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.IdentifierHelper;
@@ -122,6 +123,10 @@ public class NormalizingIdentifierHelperImpl implements IdentifierHelper {
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Identifier cannot be null; bad usage" );
 		}
 
+		if ( identifier instanceof DatabaseIdentifier ) {
+			return identifier.getText();
+		}
+
 		if ( identifier.isQuoted() ) {
 			switch ( quotedCaseStrategy ) {
 				case UPPER: {
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 9aaa25a7aa..74c4f8d08c 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
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import java.util.StringTokenizer;
 
 import org.hibernate.JDBCException;
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.TruthValue;
+import org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.DatabaseIdentifier;
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.Identifier;
 import org.hibernate.boot.model.relational.QualifiedTableName;
 import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
@@ -647,6 +648,7 @@ public class InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl implements Information
 		return fks;
 	}
 
+
 	private ForeignKeyBuilder generateForeignKeyBuilder(Identifier fkIdentifier) {
 		return new ForeignKeyBuilderImpl( fkIdentifier );
 	}
@@ -688,10 +690,10 @@ public class InformationExtractorJdbcDatabaseMetaDataImpl implements Information
 		final String incomingSchemaName = resultSet.getString( prefix + "TABLE_SCHEM" );
 		final String incomingTableName = resultSet.getString( prefix + "TABLE_NAME" );
 
-		return new QualifiedTableName(
-				identifierHelper().toIdentifier( incomingCatalogName ),
-				identifierHelper().toIdentifier( incomingSchemaName ),
-				identifierHelper().toIdentifier( incomingTableName )
-		);
+		final DatabaseIdentifier catalog = DatabaseIdentifier.toIdentifier( incomingCatalogName );
+		final DatabaseIdentifier schema = DatabaseIdentifier.toIdentifier( incomingSchemaName );
+		final DatabaseIdentifier table = DatabaseIdentifier.toIdentifier( incomingTableName );
+
+		return new QualifiedTableName( catalog, schema, table );
 	}
 }