diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/manager/ConnManager.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/manager/ConnManager.java
index f98feb3e..1811ce06 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/manager/ConnManager.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/manager/ConnManager.java
@@ -603,6 +603,21 @@ public String escapeColName(String colName) {
     return colName;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Variant of escapeColName() method that will escape whole column name array.
+   *
+   * @param colNames Column names as provided by the user, etc.
+   * @return
+   */
+  public String [] escapeColNames(String ...colNames) {
+    String [] escaped = new String[colNames.length];
+    int i = 0;
+    for(String colName : colNames) {
+      escaped[i++] = escapeColName(colName);
+    }
+    return escaped;
+  }
+
   /**
    * When using a table name in a generated SQL query, how (if at all)
    * should we escape that column name? e.g., a table named "table"
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcCallExportJob.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcCallExportJob.java
index 2459698e..f8594c77 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcCallExportJob.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcCallExportJob.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ protected void configureOutputFormat(Job job, String tableName,
       DBOutputFormat.setOutput(
         job,
         mgr.escapeTableName(procedureName),
-        colNames);
+        mgr.escapeColNames(colNames));
 
       job.setOutputFormatClass(getOutputFormatClass());
       job.getConfiguration().set(SQOOP_EXPORT_TABLE_CLASS_KEY, tableClassName);
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcExportJob.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcExportJob.java
index 78df33ca..626119b0 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcExportJob.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcExportJob.java
@@ -172,9 +172,9 @@ protected void configureOutputFormat(Job job, String tableName,
       }
 
       if (mgr.escapeTableNameOnExport()) {
-        DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, mgr.escapeTableName(tableName), colNames);
+        DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, mgr.escapeTableName(tableName), mgr.escapeColNames(colNames));
       } else {
-        DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, tableName, colNames);
+        DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, tableName, mgr.escapeColNames(colNames));
       }
 
       job.setOutputFormatClass(getOutputFormatClass());
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcUpdateExportJob.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcUpdateExportJob.java
index 8fa420e3..c85602c3 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcUpdateExportJob.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcUpdateExportJob.java
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ protected void configureOutputFormat(Job job, String tableName,
           outColNames[j++] = colNames[i];
         }
       }
-      DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job,
-        mgr.escapeTableName(tableName), outColNames);
+      DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, mgr.escapeTableName(tableName), mgr.escapeColNames(outColNames));
 
       job.setOutputFormatClass(getOutputFormatClass());
       job.getConfiguration().set(SQOOP_EXPORT_TABLE_CLASS_KEY, tableClassName);
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcUpsertExportJob.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcUpsertExportJob.java
index 0a9bf7f0..8e9d1b58 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcUpsertExportJob.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/JdbcUpsertExportJob.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ protected void configureOutputFormat(Job job, String tableName,
         throw new IOException(
             "Export column names could not be determined for " + tableName);
       }
-      DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, mgr.escapeTableName(tableName), colNames);
+      DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, mgr.escapeTableName(tableName), mgr.escapeColNames(colNames));
 
       String updateKeyColumns = options.getUpdateKeyCol();
       if (null == updateKeyColumns) {
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/netezza/NetezzaExternalTableExportJob.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/netezza/NetezzaExternalTableExportJob.java
index 117cc3f0..b035d86f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/netezza/NetezzaExternalTableExportJob.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/netezza/NetezzaExternalTableExportJob.java
@@ -129,9 +129,9 @@ protected void configureOutputFormat(Job job, String tableName,
       }
 
       if (mgr.escapeTableNameOnExport()) {
-        DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, mgr.escapeTableName(tableName), colNames);
+        DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, mgr.escapeTableName(tableName), mgr.escapeColNames(colNames));
       } else {
-        DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, tableName, colNames);
+        DBOutputFormat.setOutput(job, tableName, mgr.escapeColNames(colNames));
       }
 
       job.setOutputFormatClass(getOutputFormatClass());
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestAvroExport.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestAvroExport.java
index 137a6e1a..f91cd484 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestAvroExport.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestAvroExport.java
@@ -234,11 +234,11 @@ private void createTable(ColumnGenerator... extraColumns)
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("CREATE TABLE ");
     sb.append(getTableName());
-    sb.append(" (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, msg VARCHAR(64)");
+    sb.append(" (\"id\" INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, \"msg\" VARCHAR(64)");
     int colNum = 0;
     for (ColumnGenerator gen : extraColumns) {
       if (gen.getColumnType() != null) {
-        sb.append(", " + forIdx(colNum++) + " " + gen.getColumnType());
+        sb.append(", \"" + forIdx(colNum++) + "\" " + gen.getColumnType());
       }
     }
     sb.append(")");
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ private void assertColValForRowId(int id, String colName, Object expectedVal)
     LOG.info("Verifying column " + colName + " has value " + expectedVal);
 
     PreparedStatement statement = conn.prepareStatement(
-        "SELECT " + colName + " FROM " + getTableName() + " WHERE id = " + id,
+        "SELECT \"" + colName + "\" FROM " + getTableName() + " WHERE \"id\" = " + id,
         ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
     Object actualVal = null;
     try {
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestExport.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestExport.java
index 0b650afb..c4c264d4 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestExport.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestExport.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/**
 /**
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -279,10 +280,10 @@ public void createTable(ColumnGenerator... extraColumns) throws SQLException {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("CREATE TABLE ");
     sb.append(getTableName());
-    sb.append(" (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, msg VARCHAR(64)");
+    sb.append(" (\"id\" INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, \"msg\" VARCHAR(64)");
     int colNum = 0;
     for (ColumnGenerator gen : extraColumns) {
-      sb.append(", " + forIdx(colNum++) + " " + gen.getType());
+      sb.append(", \"" + forIdx(colNum++) + "\" " + gen.getType());
     }
     sb.append(")");
 
@@ -325,10 +326,10 @@ public void createStagingTable(ColumnGenerator... extraColumns)
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("CREATE TABLE ");
     sb.append(stageTableName);
-    sb.append(" (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, msg VARCHAR(64)");
+    sb.append(" (\"id\" INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, \"msg\" VARCHAR(64)");
     int colNum = 0;
     for (ColumnGenerator gen : extraColumns) {
-      sb.append(", " + forIdx(colNum++) + " " + gen.getType());
+      sb.append(", \"" + forIdx(colNum++) + "\" " + gen.getType());
     }
     sb.append(")");
 
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ private void assertColValForRowId(int id, String colName, String expectedVal)
     LOG.info("Verifying column " + colName + " has value " + expectedVal);
 
     PreparedStatement statement = conn.prepareStatement(
-        "SELECT " + colName + " FROM " + getTableName() + " WHERE id = " + id,
+        "SELECT \"" + colName + "\" FROM " + getTableName() + " WHERE \"id\" = " + id,
         ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
     String actualVal = null;
     try {
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestParquetExport.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestParquetExport.java
index 86b40fb1..b938bf87 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestParquetExport.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/TestParquetExport.java
@@ -213,11 +213,11 @@ private void createTable(ColumnGenerator... extraColumns)
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("CREATE TABLE ");
     sb.append(getTableName());
-    sb.append(" (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, msg VARCHAR(64)");
+    sb.append(" (\"id\" INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, \"msg\" VARCHAR(64)");
     int colNum = 0;
     for (ColumnGenerator gen : extraColumns) {
       if (gen.getColumnType() != null) {
-        sb.append(", " + forIdx(colNum++) + " " + gen.getColumnType());
+        sb.append(", \"" + forIdx(colNum++) + "\" " + gen.getColumnType());
       }
     }
     sb.append(")");
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ private void assertColValForRowId(int id, String colName, Object expectedVal)
     LOG.info("Verifying column " + colName + " has value " + expectedVal);
 
     PreparedStatement statement = conn.prepareStatement(
-        "SELECT " + colName + " FROM " + getTableName() + " WHERE id = " + id,
+        "SELECT \"" + colName + "\" FROM " + getTableName() + " WHERE \"id\" = " + id,
         ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
     Object actualVal = null;
     try {
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/testutil/ExportJobTestCase.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/testutil/ExportJobTestCase.java
index 9a6e8daa..ed0dc31e 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/testutil/ExportJobTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/testutil/ExportJobTestCase.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ protected String getMsgPrefix() {
   /** @return the minimum 'id' value in the table */
   protected int getMinRowId(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
     PreparedStatement statement = conn.prepareStatement(
-        "SELECT MIN(id) FROM " + getTableName(),
+        "SELECT MIN(\"id\") FROM " + getTableName(),
         ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
     int minVal = 0;
     try {
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ protected int getMinRowId(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
   /** @return the maximum 'id' value in the table */
   protected int getMaxRowId(Connection conn) throws SQLException {
     PreparedStatement statement = conn.prepareStatement(
-        "SELECT MAX(id) FROM " + getTableName(),
+        "SELECT MAX(\"id\") FROM " + getTableName(),
         ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
     int maxVal = 0;
     try {
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ protected void verifyExport(int expectedNumRecords, Connection conn)
     assertEquals("Maximum row had invalid id", expectedNumRecords - 1, maxVal);
 
     // Check that the string values associated with these points match up.
-    statement = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT msg FROM " + getTableName()
-        + " WHERE id = " + minVal,
+    statement = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT \"msg\" FROM " + getTableName()
+        + " WHERE \"id\" = " + minVal,
         ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
     String minMsg = "";
     try {
@@ -285,8 +285,8 @@ protected void verifyExport(int expectedNumRecords, Connection conn)
     assertEquals("Invalid msg field for min value", getMsgPrefix() + minVal,
         minMsg);
 
-    statement = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT msg FROM " + getTableName()
-        + " WHERE id = " + maxVal,
+    statement = conn.prepareStatement("SELECT \"msg\" FROM " + getTableName()
+        + " WHERE \"id\" = " + maxVal,
         ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
     String maxMsg = "";
     try {
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/TestExportUsingProcedure.java b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/TestExportUsingProcedure.java
index 98ebf3c1..65091248 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/TestExportUsingProcedure.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/TestExportUsingProcedure.java
@@ -235,10 +235,11 @@ private static void insertFunction(int id, String msg,
 
     StringBuilder sql = new StringBuilder("insert into ");
     sql.append(instanceForProcedure.getTableName());
-    sql.append("(id, msg");
+    sql.append("(\"id\", \"msg\"");
     for (int i = 0; i < instanceForProcedure.names.length; ++i) {
-      sql.append(", ");
+      sql.append(", \"");
       sql.append(instanceForProcedure.names[i]);
+      sql.append("\"");
     }
     sql.append(") values (");
     for (int i = 0; i < instanceForProcedure.names.length + 2; ++i) {