diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/orm/ClassWriter.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/orm/ClassWriter.java
index 9d91887..2f14b6e 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/orm/ClassWriter.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/orm/ClassWriter.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import java.util.Properties;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.BytesWritable;
@@ -1118,7 +1119,7 @@
    * @return
    */
   private String serializeRawColName(String name) {
-    return name.replace("\"", "\\\"");
+    return StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava(name);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/ThirdPartyTests.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/ThirdPartyTests.java
index 3103bd4..7e10c68 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/ThirdPartyTests.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/ThirdPartyTests.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.cubrid.CubridAuthTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.cubrid.CubridCompatTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.mysql.MySqlCallExportTest;
+import org.apache.sqoop.manager.mysql.MySqlColumnEscapeImportTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.netezza.DirectNetezzaExportManualTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.netezza.DirectNetezzaHCatExportManualTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.netezza.DirectNetezzaHCatImportManualTest;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.netezza.NetezzaImportManualTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle.OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormatConnectionCloseTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle.OracleCallExportTest;
+import org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle.OracleColumnEscapeImportTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle.OracleIncrementalImportTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.oracle.OracleSplitterTest;
 import org.apache.sqoop.manager.sqlserver.SQLServerDatatypeExportDelimitedFileManualTest;
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@
     suite.addTestSuite(JdbcMySQLExportTest.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(MySQLAuthTest.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(MySQLCompatTest.class);
+    suite.addTestSuite(MySqlColumnEscapeImportTest.class);
 
     // Oracle
     suite.addTestSuite(OracleExportTest.class);
@@ -100,6 +103,7 @@
     suite.addTestSuite(OracleIncrementalImportTest.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(OracleSplitterTest.class);
     suite.addTestSuite(OraOopDataDrivenDBInputFormatConnectionCloseTest.class);
+    suite.addTestSuite(OracleColumnEscapeImportTest.class);
 
     // SQL Server
     suite.addTestSuite(SQLServerDatatypeExportDelimitedFileManualTest.class);
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/MySQLTestUtils.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/MySQLTestUtils.java
index b5b9b6e..0af79d6 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/MySQLTestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/manager/MySQLTestUtils.java
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@
       "sqoop.test.mysql.connectstring.host_url",
       "jdbc:mysql://localhost/");
 
-  public static final String MYSQL_DATABASE_NAME = "sqooptestdb";
+  public static final String USER_NAME = System.getProperty("sqoop.test.mysql.username", "sqoop");
+  public static final String USER_PASS = System.getProperty("sqoop.test.mysql.password", "sqoop");
+
+  public static final String MYSQL_DATABASE_NAME = System.getProperty("sqoop.test.mysql.databasename", "sqooptestdb");
   public static final String TABLE_NAME = "EMPLOYEES_MYSQL";
   public static final String CONNECT_STRING = HOST_URL + MYSQL_DATABASE_NAME;
 
diff --git a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/testutil/BaseSqoopTestCase.java b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/testutil/BaseSqoopTestCase.java
index 8dddd02..f8021be 100644
--- a/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/testutil/BaseSqoopTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/com/cloudera/sqoop/testutil/BaseSqoopTestCase.java
@@ -295,8 +295,7 @@
    */
   protected void dropTableIfExists(String table) throws SQLException {
     Connection conn = getManager().getConnection();
-    PreparedStatement statement = conn.prepareStatement(
-        "DROP TABLE " + manager.escapeTableName(table) + " IF EXISTS",
+    PreparedStatement statement = conn.prepareStatement(dropTableIfExistsCommand(table),
         ResultSet.TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY, ResultSet.CONCUR_READ_ONLY);
     try {
       statement.executeUpdate();
@@ -306,6 +305,10 @@
     }
   }
 
+  protected String dropTableIfExistsCommand(String table) {
+    return "DROP TABLE " + manager.escapeTableName(table) + " IF EXISTS";
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create a table with a set of columns with their names and add a row of values.
    * @param colNames Column names
@@ -331,7 +334,7 @@
         conn = getManager().getConnection();
 
         for (int i = 0; i < colTypes.length; i++) {
-          columnDefStr += '"' + colNames[i].toUpperCase() + '"' + " " + colTypes[i];
+          columnDefStr += manager.escapeColName(colNames[i].toUpperCase()) + " " + colTypes[i];
           if (i < colTypes.length - 1) {
             columnDefStr += ", ";
           }
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@
         String columnListStr = "";
         String valueListStr = "";
         for (int i = 0; i < colTypes.length; i++) {
-          columnListStr += '"' + colNames[i].toUpperCase() + '"';
+          columnListStr += manager.escapeColName(colNames[i].toUpperCase());
           valueListStr += vals[count * colTypes.length + i];
           if (i < colTypes.length - 1) {
             columnListStr += ", ";
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/manager/mysql/MySqlColumnEscapeImportTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/manager/mysql/MySqlColumnEscapeImportTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87cd389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/manager/mysql/MySqlColumnEscapeImportTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/**
+ * 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.sqoop.manager.mysql;
+
+import com.cloudera.sqoop.SqoopOptions;
+import com.cloudera.sqoop.manager.MySQLTestUtils;
+import com.cloudera.sqoop.testutil.CommonArgs;
+import com.cloudera.sqoop.testutil.ImportJobTestCase;
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
+import com.google.common.io.Files;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class MySqlColumnEscapeImportTest extends ImportJobTestCase {
+
+  public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(
+      MySqlColumnEscapeImportTest.class.getName());
+
+  @Override
+  protected boolean useHsqldbTestServer() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getConnectString() {
+    return MySQLTestUtils.CONNECT_STRING;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected SqoopOptions getSqoopOptions(Configuration conf) {
+    SqoopOptions opts = new SqoopOptions(conf);
+    opts.setUsername(MySQLTestUtils.USER_NAME);
+    opts.setPassword(MySQLTestUtils.USER_PASS);
+    return opts;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String dropTableIfExistsCommand(String table) {
+    return "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS " + getManager().escapeTableName(table);
+  }
+
+    @Override
+  public void tearDown() {
+      try {
+        dropTableIfExists(getTableName());
+      } catch (SQLException e) {
+        LOG.error("Could not delete test table", e);
+      }
+      super.tearDown();
+  }
+
+  protected String [] getArgv() {
+    ArrayList<String> args = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+    CommonArgs.addHadoopFlags(args);
+
+    args.add("--connect");
+    args.add(getConnectString());
+    args.add("--username");
+    args.add(MySQLTestUtils.USER_NAME);
+    args.add("--password");
+    args.add(MySQLTestUtils.USER_PASS);
+    args.add("--target-dir");
+    args.add(getWarehouseDir());
+    args.add("--num-mappers");
+    args.add("1");
+    args.add("--table");
+    args.add(getTableName());
+
+    return args.toArray(new String[0]);
+  }
+
+  public void testEscapeColumnWithDoubleQuote() throws IOException {
+    String[] colNames = { "column\"withdoublequote" };
+    String[] types = { "VARCHAR(50)"};
+    String[] vals = { "'hello, world'"};
+    createTableWithColTypesAndNames(colNames, types, vals);
+    String[] args = getArgv();
+    runImport(args);
+
+    Path warehousePath = new Path(this.getWarehouseDir());
+    Path filePath = new Path(warehousePath, "part-m-00000");
+    String output = Files.toString(new File(filePath.toString()), Charsets.UTF_8);
+
+    assertEquals("hello, world", output.trim());
+  }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OracleColumnEscapeImportTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OracleColumnEscapeImportTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d428040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/sqoop/manager/oracle/OracleColumnEscapeImportTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/**
+ * 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.sqoop.manager.oracle;
+
+import com.cloudera.sqoop.SqoopOptions;
+import com.cloudera.sqoop.manager.OracleUtils;
+import com.cloudera.sqoop.testutil.CommonArgs;
+import com.cloudera.sqoop.testutil.ImportJobTestCase;
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
+import com.google.common.io.Files;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class OracleColumnEscapeImportTest extends ImportJobTestCase {
+
+  public static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(
+      OracleColumnEscapeImportTest.class.getName());
+
+  @Override
+  protected boolean useHsqldbTestServer() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getConnectString() {
+    return OracleUtils.CONNECT_STRING;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected SqoopOptions getSqoopOptions(Configuration conf) {
+    SqoopOptions opts = new SqoopOptions(conf);
+    OracleUtils.setOracleAuth(opts);
+    return opts;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void dropTableIfExists(String table) throws SQLException {
+    OracleUtils.dropTable(table, getManager());
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void tearDown() {
+    try {
+      OracleUtils.dropTable(getTableName(), getManager());
+    } catch (SQLException e) {
+      LOG.error("Test table could not be dropped", e);
+    }
+    super.tearDown();
+  }
+
+  protected String [] getArgv() {
+    ArrayList<String> args = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+    CommonArgs.addHadoopFlags(args);
+
+    args.add("--connect");
+    args.add(getConnectString());
+    args.add("--username");
+    args.add(OracleUtils.ORACLE_USER_NAME);
+    args.add("--password");
+    args.add(OracleUtils.ORACLE_USER_PASS);
+    args.add("--target-dir");
+    args.add(getWarehouseDir());
+    args.add("--num-mappers");
+    args.add("1");
+    args.add("--query");
+    args.add("select REGEXP_REPLACE(TRIM(" + getColName(0) + "), '\\:','!') from " + getTableName() + " WHERE $CONDITIONS");
+
+    return args.toArray(new String[0]);
+  }
+
+  public void testRegexpReplaceEscapeWithSpecialCharacters() throws IOException {
+    String [] types = { "VARCHAR(50)"};
+    String [] vals = { "'hello, world:'"};
+    createTableWithColTypes(types, vals);
+    String[] args = getArgv();
+    runImport(args);
+
+    Path warehousePath = new Path(this.getWarehouseDir());
+    Path filePath = new Path(warehousePath, "part-m-00000");
+    String output = Files.toString(new File(filePath.toString()), Charsets.UTF_8);
+
+    assertEquals("hello, world!", output.trim());
+  }
+
+}
+