diff --git a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/OracleDdl.java b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/OracleDdl.java
index ea7d50d62..740870b09 100644
--- a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/OracleDdl.java
+++ b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/OracleDdl.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class OracleDdl extends PlatformDdl {
     this.dropConstraintIfExists = "drop constraint";
     this.dropIndexIfExists = "drop index ";
     this.dropTableCascade = " cascade constraints purge";
+    this.addColumn = "add";
     this.alterColumn = "modify";
     this.columnSetNotnull = "not null";
     this.columnSetNull = "null";
diff --git a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PlatformDdl_AlterColumnTest.java b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PlatformDdl_AlterColumnTest.java
index 3a0a8d727..a696c4e62 100644
--- a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PlatformDdl_AlterColumnTest.java
+++ b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PlatformDdl_AlterColumnTest.java
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@ import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.mysql.MySqlPlatform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.oracle.OraclePlatform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.postgres.PostgresPlatform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.sqlserver.SqlServer17Platform;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlWrite;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.PlatformDdlBuilder;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.AlterColumn;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.AlterForeignKey;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.Column;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
@@ -238,6 +242,22 @@ public class PlatformDdl_AlterColumnTest {
     assertTrue(exceptionCaught);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void oracle_alterTableAddColumn() throws IOException {
+    DdlWrite write = new DdlWrite();
+    oraDdl.alterTableAddColumn(write.apply(), "my_table", simpleColumn(), false, "1");
+    assertThat(write.apply().getBuffer()).isEqualTo("alter table my_table add my_column int default 1 not null;\n");
+  }
+
+  private Column simpleColumn() {
+    Column column = new Column();
+    column.setName("my_column");
+    column.setType("int");
+    column.setNotnull(true);
+    column.setDefaultValue("1");
+    return column;
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void useIdentityType_h2() {
     assertEquals(h2Ddl.useIdentityType(null), IdType.IDENTITY);