diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java
index 5d9d881577..c15852f427 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/MySQLDialect.java
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ public class MySQLDialect extends Dialect {
 		registerFunction("rand", new NoArgSQLFunction("rand", StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE) );
 		registerFunction("sin", new StandardSQLFunction("sin", StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE) );
 		registerFunction("sqrt", new StandardSQLFunction("sqrt", StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE) );
+		registerFunction( "stddev", new StandardSQLFunction("std", StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE) );
 		registerFunction("tan", new StandardSQLFunction("tan", StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE) );
 
 		registerFunction("radians", new StandardSQLFunction("radians", StandardBasicTypes.DOUBLE) );