diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/log/ConnectionAccessLogger.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/log/ConnectionAccessLogger.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29b79e34a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/log/ConnectionAccessLogger.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * 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.internal.log;
+
+import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.JdbcConnectionAccess;
+
+import org.jboss.logging.BasicLogger;
+import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
+import org.jboss.logging.annotations.LogMessage;
+import org.jboss.logging.annotations.Message;
+import org.jboss.logging.annotations.MessageLogger;
+import org.jboss.logging.annotations.ValidIdRange;
+
+import static org.jboss.logging.Logger.Level.INFO;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+@MessageLogger( projectCode = "HHH" )
+@ValidIdRange( min = 10001501, max = 10001500 )
+public interface ConnectionAccessLogger extends BasicLogger {
+	String LOGGER_NAME = "org.hibernate.orm.connections.access";
+
+	/**
+	 * Static access to the logging instance
+	 */
+	ConnectionAccessLogger INSTANCE = Logger.getMessageLogger(
+			ConnectionAccessLogger.class,
+			LOGGER_NAME
+	);
+
+
+	@LogMessage(level = INFO)
+	@Message(
+			value = "Connection obtained from JdbcConnectionAccess [%s] for (non-JTA) DDL execution was not in auto-commit mode; " +
+					"the Connection 'local transaction' will be committed and the Connection will be set into auto-commit mode.",
+			id = 10001501
+	)
+	void informConnectionLocalTransactionForNonJtaDdl(JdbcConnectionAccess jdbcConnectionAccess);
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/log/ConnectionPoolingLogger.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/log/ConnectionPoolingLogger.java
index b23a5d955d..f9fd280479 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/log/ConnectionPoolingLogger.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/internal/log/ConnectionPoolingLogger.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ package org.hibernate.internal.log;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
+import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi.JdbcConnectionAccess;
+
 import org.jboss.logging.BasicLogger;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 import org.jboss.logging.annotations.Cause;
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ public interface ConnectionPoolingLogger extends BasicLogger {
 	 */
 	public static final ConnectionPoolingLogger CONNECTIONS_LOGGER = Logger.getMessageLogger(
 			ConnectionPoolingLogger.class,
-			"org.hibernate.orm.connections"
+			"org.hibernate.orm.connections.pooling"
 	);
 
 	@LogMessage(level = INFO)
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/transaction/backend/jdbc/internal/DdlTransactionIsolatorNonJtaImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/transaction/backend/jdbc/internal/DdlTransactionIsolatorNonJtaImpl.java
index bd21b9fc50..50d7bebcbf 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/transaction/backend/jdbc/internal/DdlTransactionIsolatorNonJtaImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/transaction/backend/jdbc/internal/DdlTransactionIsolatorNonJtaImpl.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ package org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.internal;
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 
+import org.hibernate.internal.log.ConnectionAccessLogger;
+import org.hibernate.internal.log.ConnectionPoolingLogger;
 import org.hibernate.resource.transaction.spi.DdlTransactionIsolator;
 import org.hibernate.tool.schema.internal.exec.JdbcContext;
 
@@ -40,6 +42,29 @@ public class DdlTransactionIsolatorNonJtaImpl implements DdlTransactionIsolator
 		if ( jdbcConnection == null ) {
 			try {
 				this.jdbcConnection = jdbcContext.getJdbcConnectionAccess().obtainConnection();
+
+				try {
+					if ( !jdbcConnection.getAutoCommit() ) {
+						ConnectionAccessLogger.INSTANCE.informConnectionLocalTransactionForNonJtaDdl( jdbcContext.getJdbcConnectionAccess() );
+
+						try {
+							jdbcConnection.commit();
+							jdbcConnection.setAutoCommit( true );
+						}
+						catch (SQLException e) {
+							throw jdbcContext.getSqlExceptionHelper().convert(
+									e,
+									"Unable to set JDBC Connection into auto-commit mode in preparation for DDL execution"
+							);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+				catch (SQLException e) {
+					throw jdbcContext.getSqlExceptionHelper().convert(
+							e,
+							"Unable to check JDBC Connection auto-commit in preparation for DDL execution"
+					);
+				}
 			}
 			catch (SQLException e) {
 				throw jdbcContext.getSqlExceptionHelper().convert(