diff --git a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/SchemaShell.php b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/SchemaShell.php
index 4f01db068..d20d4917d 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Console/Command/SchemaShell.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Console/Command/SchemaShell.php
@@ -374,10 +374,18 @@ class SchemaShell extends AppShell {
 
 		if (empty($table)) {
 			foreach ($compare as $table => $changes) {
-				$contents[$table] = $db->alterSchema(array($table => $changes), $table);
+				if (isset($compare[$table]['create'])) {
+					$contents[$table] = $db->createSchema($Schema, $table);
+				} else {
+					$contents[$table] = $db->alterSchema(array($table => $compare[$table]), $table);
+				}
 			}
 		} elseif (isset($compare[$table])) {
-			$contents[$table] = $db->alterSchema(array($table => $compare[$table]), $table);
+			if (isset($compare[$table]['create'])) {
+				$contents[$table] = $db->createSchema($Schema, $table);
+			} else {
+				$contents[$table] = $db->alterSchema(array($table => $compare[$table]), $table);
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (empty($contents)) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php b/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php
index f33ec4c34..02ae4e514 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Model/CakeSchema.php
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ class CakeSchema extends Object {
 				continue;
 			}
 			if (!array_key_exists($table, $old)) {
-				$tables[$table]['add'] = $fields;
+				$tables[$table]['create'] = $fields;
 			} else {
 				$diff = $this->_arrayDiffAssoc($fields, $old[$table]);
 				if (!empty($diff)) {
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/SchemaShellTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/SchemaShellTest.php
index 985c18dde..65f051605 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/SchemaShellTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Console/Command/SchemaShellTest.php
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ class SchemaShellTestSchema extends CakeSchema {
 		'updated' => array('type' => 'datetime', 'null' => true, 'default' => null),
 		'indexes' => array('PRIMARY' => array('column' => 'id', 'unique' => true)),
 	);
+
+	public $newone = array(
+		'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => 0, 'key' => 'primary'),
+		'testit' => array('type' => 'string', 'null' => false, 'default' => 'Title'),
+		'created' => array('type' => 'datetime', 'null' => true, 'default' => null),
+		'updated' => array('type' => 'datetime', 'null' => true, 'default' => null),
+		'indexes' => array('PRIMARY' => array('column' => 'id', 'unique' => true)),
+	);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -507,6 +515,34 @@ class SchemaShellTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->Shell->update();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * test run update with a table arg. and checks that a CREATE statement is issued
+	 * table creation
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function testUpdateWithTableCreate() {
+		$this->Shell = $this->getMock(
+			'SchemaShell',
+			array('in', 'out', 'hr', 'createFile', 'error', 'err', '_stop', '_run'),
+			array(&$this->Dispatcher)
+		);
+	
+		$this->Shell->params = array(
+			'connection' => 'test',
+			'force' => true
+		);
+		$this->Shell->args = array('SchemaShellTest', 'newone');
+		$this->Shell->startup();
+		$this->Shell->expects($this->any())
+			->method('in')
+			->will($this->returnValue('y'));
+		$r = $this->Shell->expects($this->once())
+			->method('_run')
+			->with($this->arrayHasKey('newone'), 'update', $this->isInstanceOf('CakeSchema'));
+	
+		$this->Shell->update();
+	}
+
 /**
  * test that the plugin param creates the correct path in the schema object.
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php
index 45fb3e88f..8d2564712 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/CakeSchemaTest.php
@@ -865,13 +865,13 @@ class CakeSchemaTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$compare = $New->compare($this->Schema, $tables);
 		$expected = array(
 			'ratings' => array(
-				'add' => array(
+				'create' => array(
 					'id' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => null, 'key' => 'primary'),
-					'foreign_key' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => null, 'after' => 'id'),
-					'model' => array('type' => 'varchar', 'null' => false, 'default' => null, 'after' => 'foreign_key'),
-					'value' => array('type' => 'float', 'null' => false, 'length' => '5,2', 'default' => null, 'after' => 'model'),
-					'created' => array('type' => 'datetime', 'null' => false, 'default' => null, 'after' => 'value'),
-					'modified' => array('type' => 'datetime', 'null' => false, 'default' => null, 'after' => 'created'),
+					'foreign_key' => array('type' => 'integer', 'null' => false, 'default' => null),
+					'model' => array('type' => 'varchar', 'null' => false, 'default' => null),
+					'value' => array('type' => 'float', 'null' => false, 'length' => '5,2', 'default' => null),
+					'created' => array('type' => 'datetime', 'null' => false, 'default' => null),
+					'modified' => array('type' => 'datetime', 'null' => false, 'default' => null),
 					'indexes' => array('PRIMARY' => array('column' => 'id', 'unique' => 1)),
 					'tableParameters' => array('charset' => 'latin1', 'collate' => 'latin1_swedish_ci', 'engine' => 'MyISAM')
 				)