diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/MySqlSyntaxProvider.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/MySqlSyntaxProvider.cs
index 541100ae4d..8439daa1c7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/MySqlSyntaxProvider.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/MySqlSyntaxProvider.cs
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax
                 return string.Format(DefaultValueFormat, method);
             }
 
-            if (column.DefaultValue.ToString().Equals("getdate()"))
+            if (column.DefaultValue.ToString().ToLower().Equals("getdate()".ToLower()))
                 return "DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP";
 
             return string.Format(DefaultValueFormat, column.DefaultValue);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderBase.cs
index 65cc4401d6..c826d640f1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/SqlSyntax/SqlSyntaxProviderBase.cs
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax
                 return string.Empty;
 
             // see if this is for a system method
-            if (column.DefaultValue is SystemMethods)
+            // TODO: Actually use the SystemMethods on the DTO. For now I've put a hack in to catch getdate(), not using the others at the moment
+            if (column.DefaultValue is SystemMethods || column.DefaultValue.ToString().ToLower().Equals("getdate()".ToLower()))
             {
                 string method = FormatSystemMethods((SystemMethods)column.DefaultValue);
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(method))