diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
index 10ac712992..a85f50b337 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
@@ -259,6 +259,37 @@ public abstract class Dialect implements ConversionContext {
 		uniqueDelegate = new DefaultUniqueDelegate( this );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Do the given JDBC type codes, as defined in {@link Types} represent
+	 * essentially the same type in this dialect of SQL? The default
+	 * implementation treats {@link Types#NUMERIC NUMERIC} and
+	 * {@link Types#DECIMAL DECIMAL} as the same type, and
+	 * {@link Types#FLOAT FLOAT}, {@link Types#REAL REAL}, and
+	 * {@link Types#DOUBLE DOUBLE} as essentially the same type, since the
+	 * ANSI SQL specification fails to meaningfully distinguish them.
+	 *
+	 * @param typeCode1 the first JDBC type code
+	 * @param typeCode2 the second JDBC type code
+	 *
+	 * @return {@code true} if the two type codes are equivalent
+	 */
+	public boolean equivalentTypes(int typeCode1, int typeCode2) {
+		return typeCode1==typeCode2
+			|| isNumericOrDecimal(typeCode1) && isNumericOrDecimal(typeCode2)
+			|| isFloatOrRealOrDouble(typeCode1) && isFloatOrRealOrDouble(typeCode2);
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isNumericOrDecimal(int typeCode) {
+		return typeCode == Types.NUMERIC
+			|| typeCode == Types.DECIMAL;
+	}
+
+	private static boolean isFloatOrRealOrDouble(int typeCode) {
+		return typeCode == Types.FLOAT
+			|| typeCode == Types.REAL
+			|| typeCode == Types.DOUBLE;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get an instance of the dialect specified by the current <tt>System</tt> properties.
 	 * @deprecated this static method will be removed.
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/Table.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/Table.java
index 19b5ba57a2..50d132d9ea 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/Table.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/mapping/Table.java
@@ -420,9 +420,10 @@ public class Table implements RelationalModel, Serializable, Exportable {
 				throw new HibernateException( "Missing column: " + col.getName() + " in " + Table.qualify( tableInfo.getCatalog(), tableInfo.getSchema(), tableInfo.getName()));
 			}
 			else {
-				final boolean typesMatch = col.getSqlType( dialect, mapping ).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
-						.startsWith( columnInfo.getTypeName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) )
-						|| columnInfo.getTypeCode() == col.getSqlTypeCode( mapping );
+				final boolean typesMatch =
+						dialect.equivalentTypes( columnInfo.getTypeCode(), col.getSqlTypeCode( mapping ) )
+						|| col.getSqlType( dialect, mapping ).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT)
+								.startsWith( columnInfo.getTypeName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) );
 				if ( !typesMatch ) {
 					throw new HibernateException(
 							"Wrong column type in " +
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/AbstractSchemaValidator.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/AbstractSchemaValidator.java
index c9d0d5bfcf..b8abdec816 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/AbstractSchemaValidator.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/tool/schema/internal/AbstractSchemaValidator.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSchemaValidator implements SchemaValidator {
 			Metadata metadata,
 			ExecutionOptions options,
 			Dialect dialect) {
-		boolean typesMatch = column.getSqlTypeCode( metadata ) == columnInformation.getTypeCode()
+		boolean typesMatch = dialect.equivalentTypes( column.getSqlTypeCode( metadata ), columnInformation.getTypeCode() )
 				|| column.getSqlType( dialect, metadata ).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).startsWith( columnInformation.getTypeName().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT) );
 		if ( !typesMatch ) {
 			throw new SchemaManagementException(