diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataFactory.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataFactory.php
index dc2a80a0d..3df3f2ea9 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataFactory.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/ClassMetadataFactory.php
@@ -448,17 +448,15 @@ class ClassMetadataFactory extends AbstractClassMetadataFactory
         // Create & assign an appropriate ID generator instance
         switch ($class->generatorType) {
             case ClassMetadata::GENERATOR_TYPE_IDENTITY:
-                // For PostgreSQL IDENTITY (SERIAL) we need a sequence name. It defaults to
-                // <table>_<column>_seq in PostgreSQL for SERIAL columns.
-                // Not pretty but necessary and the simplest solution that currently works.
                 $sequenceName = null;
                 $fieldName    = $class->identifier ? $class->getSingleIdentifierFieldName() : null;
 
-                if ($this->targetPlatform instanceof Platforms\PostgreSqlPlatform) {
-                    $columnName     = $class->getSingleIdentifierColumnName();
-                    $quoted         = isset($class->fieldMappings[$fieldName]['quoted']) || isset($class->table['quoted']);
-                    $sequenceName   = $class->getTableName() . '_' . $columnName . '_seq';
-                    $definition     = array(
+                // Platforms that do not have native IDENTITY support need a sequence to emulate this behaviour.
+                if ($this->targetPlatform->usesSequenceEmulatedIdentityColumns()) {
+                    $columnName   = $class->getSingleIdentifierColumnName();
+                    $quoted       = isset($class->fieldMappings[$fieldName]['quoted']) || isset($class->table['quoted']);
+                    $sequenceName = $this->targetPlatform->getIdentitySequenceName($class->getTableName(), $columnName);
+                    $definition   = array(
                         'sequenceName' => $this->targetPlatform->fixSchemaElementName($sequenceName)
                     );
 
@@ -466,7 +464,11 @@ class ClassMetadataFactory extends AbstractClassMetadataFactory
                         $definition['quoted'] = true;
                     }
 
-                    $sequenceName = $this->em->getConfiguration()->getQuoteStrategy()->getSequenceName($definition, $class, $this->targetPlatform);
+                    $sequenceName = $this
+                        ->em
+                        ->getConfiguration()
+                        ->getQuoteStrategy()
+                        ->getSequenceName($definition, $class, $this->targetPlatform);
                 }
 
                 $generator = ($fieldName && $class->fieldMappings[$fieldName]['type'] === 'bigint')
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/PostgreSQLIdentityStrategyTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/PostgreSQLIdentityStrategyTest.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ee7b7c9b..000000000
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/PostgreSQLIdentityStrategyTest.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional;
-
-use Doctrine\ORM\Event\PreUpdateEventArgs;
-
-require_once __DIR__ . '/../../TestInit.php';
-
-class PostgreSQLIdentityStrategyTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
-{
-    protected function setUp() {
-        parent::setUp();
-        if ($this->_em->getConnection()->getDatabasePlatform()->getName() != 'postgresql') {
-            $this->markTestSkipped('This test is special to the PostgreSQL IDENTITY key generation strategy.');
-        } else {
-            try {
-                $this->_schemaTool->createSchema(array(
-                        $this->_em->getClassMetadata('Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\PostgreSQLIdentityEntity'),
-                ));
-            } catch (\Exception $e) {
-                // Swallow all exceptions. We do not test the schema tool here.
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    protected function tearDown() {
-        parent::tearDown();
-        // drop sequence manually due to dependency
-        $this->_em->getConnection()->exec('DROP SEQUENCE postgresqlidentityentity_id_seq CASCADE');
-    }
-
-    public function testPreSavePostSaveCallbacksAreInvoked()
-    {
-        $entity = new PostgreSQLIdentityEntity();
-        $entity->setValue('hello');
-        $this->_em->persist($entity);
-        $this->_em->flush();
-        $this->assertTrue(is_numeric($entity->getId()));
-        $this->assertTrue($entity->getId() > 0);
-        $this->assertTrue($this->_em->contains($entity));
-    }
-}
-
-/** @Entity */
-class PostgreSQLIdentityEntity {
-    /** @Id @Column(type="integer") @GeneratedValue(strategy="IDENTITY") */
-    private $id;
-    /** @Column(type="string") */
-    private $value;
-    public function getId() {return $this->id;}
-    public function getValue() {return $this->value;}
-    public function setValue($value) {$this->value = $value;}
-}
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SequenceEmulatedIdentityStrategyTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SequenceEmulatedIdentityStrategyTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adaa2cd21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/SequenceEmulatedIdentityStrategyTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional;
+
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Sequence;
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../../TestInit.php';
+
+class SequenceEmulatedIdentityStrategyTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctionalTestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        if ( ! $this->_em->getConnection()->getDatabasePlatform()->usesSequenceEmulatedIdentityColumns()) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped(
+                'This test is special to platforms emulating IDENTITY key generation strategy through sequences.'
+            );
+        } else {
+            try {
+                $this->_schemaTool->createSchema(
+                    array($this->_em->getClassMetadata('Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Functional\SequenceEmulatedIdentityEntity'))
+                );
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                // Swallow all exceptions. We do not test the schema tool here.
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    protected function tearDown()
+    {
+        parent::tearDown();
+
+        $connection = $this->_em->getConnection();
+        $platform   = $connection->getDatabasePlatform();
+
+        // drop sequence manually due to dependency
+        $connection->exec(
+            $platform->getDropSequenceSQL(
+                new Sequence($platform->getIdentitySequenceName('seq_identity', 'id'))
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testPreSavePostSaveCallbacksAreInvoked()
+    {
+        $entity = new SequenceEmulatedIdentityEntity();
+        $entity->setValue('hello');
+        $this->_em->persist($entity);
+        $this->_em->flush();
+        $this->assertTrue(is_numeric($entity->getId()));
+        $this->assertTrue($entity->getId() > 0);
+        $this->assertTrue($this->_em->contains($entity));
+    }
+}
+
+/** @Entity @Table(name="seq_identity") */
+class SequenceEmulatedIdentityEntity
+{
+    /** @Id @Column(type="integer") @GeneratedValue(strategy="IDENTITY") */
+    private $id;
+
+    /** @Column(type="string") */
+    private $value;
+
+    public function getId()
+    {
+        return $this->id;
+    }
+
+    public function getValue()
+    {
+        return $this->value;
+    }
+
+    public function setValue($value)
+    {
+        $this->value = $value;
+    }
+}