diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
index 0baabe0da..2f5489778 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/Datasource/DboSource.php
@@ -2897,7 +2897,8 @@ class DboSource extends DataSource {
 			$isKey = (
 				strpos($key, '(') !== false ||
 				strpos($key, ')') !== false ||
-				strpos($key, '|') !== false
+				strpos($key, '|') !== false ||
+				strpos($key, '->') !== false
 			);
 			$key = $isKey ? $this->_quoteFields($key) : $this->name($key);
 		}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php
index fa247d382..0ce8a937a 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php
@@ -244,15 +244,16 @@ class DboSourceTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	}
 
 /**
- * test that PostgreSQL json operators can be used.
+ * test that SQL JSON operators can be used.
  *
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testColumnHyphenOperator() {
 		$result = $this->testDb->conditions(array('Foo.bar->>\'fieldName\'' => 42));
-		echo "Result is: ";
-		echo $result;
-		$this->assertEquals(' WHERE `Foo`.`bar`->>\'fieldName\' = 42', $result, 'pgsql json operator failed');
+		$this->assertEquals(' WHERE `Foo`.`bar`->>\'fieldName\' = 42', $result, 'SQL JSON operator failed');
+
+		$result = $this->testDb->conditions(array('Foo.bar->\'fieldName\'' => 42));
+		$this->assertEquals(' WHERE `Foo`.`bar`->\'fieldName\' = 42', $result, 'SQL JSON operator failed');
 	}
 
 /**