diff --git a/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBCreateTable.java b/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBCreateTable.java
index fbeba3c8325f3d3b900253e36b1958a9fd3c868e..8dfb26ddefd4eb301e9e34b35ed059021b852758 100644
--- a/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBCreateTable.java
+++ b/jdbc/src/main/java/com/yahoo/ycsb/db/JdbcDBCreateTable.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public final class JdbcDBCreateTable {
 
       sql = new StringBuilder("CREATE TABLE ");
       sql.append(tablename);
-      sql.append(" (KEY VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY");
+      sql.append(" (YCSB_KEY VARCHAR PRIMARY KEY");
 
       for (int idx = 0; idx < fieldcount; idx++) {
         sql.append(", FIELD");