diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/InterbaseDialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/InterbaseDialect.java
index b04aa0996e..7e0a0b89d1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/InterbaseDialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/InterbaseDialect.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ package org.hibernate.dialect;
 import java.sql.Types;
 
 import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
+import org.hibernate.dialect.function.NoArgSQLFunction;
 import org.hibernate.dialect.function.VarArgsSQLFunction;
 import org.hibernate.type.StandardBasicTypes;
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ public class InterbaseDialect extends Dialect {
 		registerColumnType( Types.CLOB, "blob sub_type 1" );
 		
 		registerFunction( "concat", new VarArgsSQLFunction( StandardBasicTypes.STRING, "(","||",")" ) );
+		registerFunction("current_date", new NoArgSQLFunction("current_date", StandardBasicTypes.DATE, false) );
 
 		getDefaultProperties().setProperty(Environment.STATEMENT_BATCH_SIZE, NO_BATCH);
 	}