diff --git a/scripts/ddl2cpp b/scripts/ddl2cpp
index 14d54d03..603080bf 100755
--- a/scripts/ddl2cpp
+++ b/scripts/ddl2cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ ddlConstraint = Or([
         ddlWord("UNIQUE"),
         ])
 ddlColumn = Group(Optional(ddlConstraint).setResultsName("isConstraint") + OneOrMore(MatchFirst([ddlNotNull, ddlAutoValue, ddlDefaultValue, ddlFunctionWord("NOW"), ddlTerm, ddlNum, ddlColumnComment, ddlString, ddlArguments])))
-createTable = Group(ddlWord("CREATE") + ddlWord("TABLE") + ddlName.setResultsName("tableName") + "(" + Group(delimitedList(ddlColumn)).setResultsName("columns") + ")").setResultsName("create")
+ddlIfNotExists = Optional(Group(ddlWord("IF") + ddlWord("NOT") + ddlWord("EXISTS")).setResultsName("ifNotExists"))
+createTable = Group(ddlWord("CREATE") + ddlWord("TABLE") + ddlIfNotExists + ddlName.setResultsName("tableName") + "(" + Group(delimitedList(ddlColumn)).setResultsName("columns") + ")").setResultsName("create")
 #ddlString.setDebug(True) #uncomment to debug pyparsing
 
 ddl = ZeroOrMore(Suppress(SkipTo(createTable, False)) + createTable)
@@ -222,7 +223,7 @@ types = {
     }
 
 ddlColumn = Group(Optional(ddlConstraint).setResultsName("isConstraint") + OneOrMore(MatchFirst([ddlNotNull, ddlAutoValue, ddlDefaultValue, ddlFunctionWord("NOW"), ddlTerm, ddlNum, ddlColumnComment, ddlString, ddlArguments])))
-createTable = Group(ddlWord("CREATE") + ddlWord("TABLE") + ddlName.setResultsName("tableName") + "(" + Group(delimitedList(ddlColumn)).setResultsName("columns") + ")").setResultsName("create")
+createTable = Group(ddlWord("CREATE") + ddlWord("TABLE") + ddlIfNotExists + ddlName.setResultsName("tableName") + "(" + Group(delimitedList(ddlColumn)).setResultsName("columns") + ")").setResultsName("create")
 ddlComment = oneOf(["--", "#"]) + restOfLine
 
 if failOnParse:
diff --git a/tests/sample.sql b/tests/sample.sql
index e6ff21bd..f46f7dd7 100644
--- a/tests/sample.sql
+++ b/tests/sample.sql
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
-CREATE TABLE tab_foo
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tab_foo
 (
 	delta varchar(255),
 	epsilon bigint,