diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/hive/TableDefWriter.java b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/hive/TableDefWriter.java
index 28f83d43..81550afd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/hive/TableDefWriter.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/hive/TableDefWriter.java
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ public String getCreateTableStmt() throws IOException {
       sb.append("COMMENT 'Imported by sqoop on " + curDateStr + "' ");
     }
 
-    sb.append("ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\\0");
-    sb.append(Integer.toOctalString((int) options.getOutputFieldDelim()));
-    sb.append("' LINES TERMINATED BY '\\0");
-    sb.append(Integer.toOctalString((int) options.getOutputRecordDelim()));
+    sb.append("ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '");
+    sb.append(getHiveOctalCharCode((int) options.getOutputFieldDelim()));
+    sb.append("' LINES TERMINATED BY '");
+    sb.append(getHiveOctalCharCode((int) options.getOutputRecordDelim()));
     sb.append("' STORED AS TEXTFILE");
 
     LOG.debug("Create statement: " + sb.toString());
@@ -170,5 +170,28 @@ public String getLoadDataStmt() throws IOException {
     LOG.debug("Load statement: " + sb.toString());
     return sb.toString();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a string identifying the character to use as a delimiter
+   * in Hive, in octal representation.
+   * Hive can specify delimiter characters in the form '\ooo' where
+   * ooo is a three-digit octal number between 000 and 177. Values
+   * may not be truncated ('\12' is wrong; '\012' is ok) nor may they
+   * be zero-prefixed (e.g., '\0177' is wrong).
+   *
+   * @param charNum the character to use as a delimiter
+   * @return a string of the form "\ooo" where ooo is an octal number
+   * in [000, 177].
+   * @throws IllegalArgumentException if charNum >> 0177.
+   */
+  static String getHiveOctalCharCode(int charNum)
+      throws IllegalArgumentException {
+    if (charNum > 0177) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+          "Character " + charNum + " is an out-of-range delimiter");
+    }
+
+    return String.format("\\%03o", charNum);
+  }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/SmokeTests.java b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/SmokeTests.java
index 366e9a2a..5f1059af 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/SmokeTests.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/SmokeTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.sqoop;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.hive.TestHiveImport;
+import org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.hive.TestTableDefWriter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.io.TestSplittableBufferedWriter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.lib.TestFieldFormatter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.lib.TestRecordParser;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ public static Test suite() {
     suite.addTestSuite(TestParseMethods.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(TestConnFactory.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(TestSplittableBufferedWriter.class);
+    suite.addTestSuite(TestTableDefWriter.class);
     suite.addTest(MapreduceTests.suite());
 
     return suite;
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/hive/TestTableDefWriter.java b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/hive/TestTableDefWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8aed692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/sqoop/hive/TestTableDefWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.sqoop.hive;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Test Hive DDL statement generation.
+ */
+public class TestTableDefWriter extends TestCase {
+
+  public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(TestHiveImport.class.getName());
+
+
+  // Test getHiveOctalCharCode and expect an IllegalArgumentException.
+  private void expectExceptionInCharCode(int charCode) {
+    try {
+      TableDefWriter.getHiveOctalCharCode(charCode);
+      fail("Expected IllegalArgumentException");
+    } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
+      // Expected; ok.
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void testHiveOctalCharCode() {
+    assertEquals("\\000", TableDefWriter.getHiveOctalCharCode(0));
+    assertEquals("\\001", TableDefWriter.getHiveOctalCharCode(1));
+    assertEquals("\\012", TableDefWriter.getHiveOctalCharCode((int) '\n'));
+    assertEquals("\\177", TableDefWriter.getHiveOctalCharCode(0177));
+
+    expectExceptionInCharCode(4096);
+    expectExceptionInCharCode(0200);
+    expectExceptionInCharCode(254);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/testdata/hive/scripts/customDelimImport.q b/testdata/hive/scripts/customDelimImport.q
index a64166e9..1e7defb6 100644
--- a/testdata/hive/scripts/customDelimImport.q
+++ b/testdata/hive/scripts/customDelimImport.q
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-CREATE TABLE CUSTOM_DELIM_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 STRING, DATA_COL1 INT, DATA_COL2 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\054' LINES TERMINATED BY '\0174' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
+CREATE TABLE CUSTOM_DELIM_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 STRING, DATA_COL1 INT, DATA_COL2 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\054' LINES TERMINATED BY '\174' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
 LOAD DATA INPATH 'file:BASEPATH/sqoop/warehouse/CUSTOM_DELIM_IMPORT' INTO TABLE CUSTOM_DELIM_IMPORT;
diff --git a/testdata/hive/scripts/dateImport.q b/testdata/hive/scripts/dateImport.q
index fc74ff32..223f67a7 100644
--- a/testdata/hive/scripts/dateImport.q
+++ b/testdata/hive/scripts/dateImport.q
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-CREATE TABLE DATE_HIVE_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 STRING, DATA_COL1 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\01' LINES TERMINATED BY '\012' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
+CREATE TABLE DATE_HIVE_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 STRING, DATA_COL1 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\001' LINES TERMINATED BY '\012' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
 LOAD DATA INPATH 'file:BASEPATH/sqoop/warehouse/DATE_HIVE_IMPORT' INTO TABLE DATE_HIVE_IMPORT;
diff --git a/testdata/hive/scripts/failingImport.q b/testdata/hive/scripts/failingImport.q
index fc74ff32..223f67a7 100644
--- a/testdata/hive/scripts/failingImport.q
+++ b/testdata/hive/scripts/failingImport.q
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-CREATE TABLE DATE_HIVE_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 STRING, DATA_COL1 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\01' LINES TERMINATED BY '\012' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
+CREATE TABLE DATE_HIVE_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 STRING, DATA_COL1 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\001' LINES TERMINATED BY '\012' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
 LOAD DATA INPATH 'file:BASEPATH/sqoop/warehouse/DATE_HIVE_IMPORT' INTO TABLE DATE_HIVE_IMPORT;
diff --git a/testdata/hive/scripts/normalImport.q b/testdata/hive/scripts/normalImport.q
index 328e37c0..76e690c9 100644
--- a/testdata/hive/scripts/normalImport.q
+++ b/testdata/hive/scripts/normalImport.q
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-CREATE TABLE NORMAL_HIVE_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 STRING, DATA_COL1 INT, DATA_COL2 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\01' LINES TERMINATED BY '\012' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
+CREATE TABLE NORMAL_HIVE_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 STRING, DATA_COL1 INT, DATA_COL2 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\001' LINES TERMINATED BY '\012' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
 LOAD DATA INPATH 'file:BASEPATH/sqoop/warehouse/NORMAL_HIVE_IMPORT' INTO TABLE NORMAL_HIVE_IMPORT;
diff --git a/testdata/hive/scripts/numericImport.q b/testdata/hive/scripts/numericImport.q
index bb6c1546..263b2952 100644
--- a/testdata/hive/scripts/numericImport.q
+++ b/testdata/hive/scripts/numericImport.q
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-CREATE TABLE NUMERIC_HIVE_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 DOUBLE, DATA_COL1 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\01' LINES TERMINATED BY '\012' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
+CREATE TABLE NUMERIC_HIVE_IMPORT ( DATA_COL0 DOUBLE, DATA_COL1 STRING) ROW FORMAT DELIMITED FIELDS TERMINATED BY '\001' LINES TERMINATED BY '\012' STORED AS TEXTFILE;
 LOAD DATA INPATH 'file:BASEPATH/sqoop/warehouse/NUMERIC_HIVE_IMPORT' INTO TABLE NUMERIC_HIVE_IMPORT;