diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/ibmdb2i/r/ibmdb2i_bug_44610.result b/mysql-test/suite/ibmdb2i/r/ibmdb2i_bug_44610.result
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..311e800e1b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/ibmdb2i/r/ibmdb2i_bug_44610.result
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+create table ABC (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table ABC;
+create table `1234567890ABC` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `1234567890ABC`;
+create table `!@#$%` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `!@#$%`;
+create table `ABCD#########` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `ABCD#########`;
+create table `_` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `_`;
+create table `abc##def` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `abc##def`;
+set names utf8;
+create table İ (s1 int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table İ;
+create table İİ (s1 int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table İİ;
+set names latin1;
diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/ibmdb2i/t/ibmdb2i_bug_44610.test b/mysql-test/suite/ibmdb2i/t/ibmdb2i_bug_44610.test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..da69b5d9148
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/ibmdb2i/t/ibmdb2i_bug_44610.test
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+source suite/ibmdb2i/include/have_ibmdb2i.inc;
+
+# Test RCDFMT generation for a variety of kinds of table names
+create table ABC (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table ABC;
+
+create table `1234567890ABC` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `1234567890ABC`;
+
+create table `!@#$%` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `!@#$%`;
+
+create table `ABCD#########` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `ABCD#########`;
+
+create table `_` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `_`;
+
+create table `abc##def` (i int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table `abc##def`;
+
+set names utf8;
+create table İ (s1 int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table İ;
+
+create table İİ (s1 int) engine=ibmdb2i;
+drop table İİ;
+set names latin1;
diff --git a/storage/ibmdb2i/ha_ibmdb2i.cc b/storage/ibmdb2i/ha_ibmdb2i.cc
index 46c84de4aee..5cf9568be67 100644
--- a/storage/ibmdb2i/ha_ibmdb2i.cc
+++ b/storage/ibmdb2i/ha_ibmdb2i.cc
@@ -2273,7 +2273,12 @@ int ha_ibmdb2i::create(const char *name, TABLE *table_arg,
   
   if (isTemporary)
     query.append(STRING_WITH_LEN(" ON COMMIT PRESERVE ROWS "));
-    
+  
+  if (create_info->alias)
+    generateAndAppendRCDFMT(create_info->alias, query);
+  else if (((TABLE_LIST*)(thd->lex->select_lex.table_list.first))->table_name)  
+    generateAndAppendRCDFMT((char*)((TABLE_LIST*)(thd->lex->select_lex.table_list.first))->table_name, query);
+        
   DBUG_PRINT("ha_ibmdb2i::create", ("Sent to DB2: %s",query.c_ptr()));
   SqlStatementStream sqlStream(query.length());
   sqlStream.addStatement(query,fileSortSequence,fileSortSequenceLibrary);
diff --git a/storage/ibmdb2i/ha_ibmdb2i.h b/storage/ibmdb2i/ha_ibmdb2i.h
index e90f152919c..2a8d65825bf 100644
--- a/storage/ibmdb2i/ha_ibmdb2i.h
+++ b/storage/ibmdb2i/ha_ibmdb2i.h
@@ -746,5 +746,56 @@ private:
       free_root(&conversionBufferMemroot, MYF(0));
     }    
   }
- 
+  
+  
+/**
+  Generate a valid RCDFMT name based on the name of the table.
+  
+  The RCDFMT name is devised by munging the name of the table,
+  uppercasing all ascii alpha-numeric characters and replacing all other
+  characters with underscores until up to ten characters have been generated.
+    
+  @param tableName  The name of the table, as given on the MySQL
+                    CREATE TABLE statement
+  @param[out] query  The string to receive the generated RCDFMT name
+*/
+  static void generateAndAppendRCDFMT(const char* tableName, String& query)
+  {
+    char rcdfmt[11];
+    
+    // The RCDFMT name must begin with an alpha character.
+    // We enforce this by skipping to the first alpha character in the table
+    // name. If no alpha character exists, we use 'X' for the RCDFMT name;
+    
+    while (*tableName &&
+           (!my_isascii(*tableName) ||
+            !my_isalpha(system_charset_info, *tableName)))
+    {
+      tableName += my_mbcharlen(system_charset_info, *tableName);
+    }
+    
+    if (unlikely(!(*tableName)))
+    { 
+      rcdfmt[0]= 'X';
+      rcdfmt[1]= 0;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      int r= 0;
+      while ((r < sizeof(rcdfmt)-1) && *tableName)
+      {
+        if (my_isascii(*tableName) &&
+            my_isalnum(system_charset_info, *tableName))
+          rcdfmt[r] = my_toupper(system_charset_info, *tableName);
+        else
+          rcdfmt[r] = '_';
+        
+        ++r;
+        tableName += my_mbcharlen(system_charset_info, *tableName);
+      }
+      rcdfmt[r]= 0;
+    }
+    query.append(STRING_WITH_LEN(" RCDFMT "));
+    query.append(rcdfmt);
+  }
 };