diff --git a/src/Database/Schema/SqlserverSchema.php b/src/Database/Schema/SqlserverSchema.php
index 8c3ec7fe972..2a09854c29e 100644
--- a/src/Database/Schema/SqlserverSchema.php
+++ b/src/Database/Schema/SqlserverSchema.php
@@ -407,7 +407,14 @@ public function columnSql(Table $table, $name)
             unset($data['default']);
         }
 
-        if (isset($data['default']) && $data['type'] !== 'datetime') {
+        if (isset($data['default']) &&
+            in_array($data['type'], ['timestamp', 'datetime']) &&
+            strtolower($data['default']) === 'current_timestamp'
+        ) {
+            $out .= ' DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP';
+            unset($data['default']);
+        }
+        if (isset($data['default'])) {
             $default = is_bool($data['default']) ? (int)$data['default'] : $this->_driver->schemaValue($data['default']);
             $out .= ' DEFAULT ' . $default;
         }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Database/Schema/SqlserverSchemaTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Database/Schema/SqlserverSchemaTest.php
index 83926255b2b..b5ff0c27bf3 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Database/Schema/SqlserverSchemaTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Database/Schema/SqlserverSchemaTest.php
@@ -628,6 +628,16 @@ public static function columnSqlProvider()
                 ['type' => 'datetime'],
                 '[created] DATETIME'
             ],
+            [
+                'open_date',
+                ['type' => 'datetime', 'null' => false, 'default' => '2016-12-07 23:04:00'],
+                '[open_date] DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT \'2016-12-07 23:04:00\''
+            ],
+            [
+                'open_date',
+                ['type' => 'datetime', 'null' => false, 'default' => 'current_timestamp'],
+                '[open_date] DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'
+            ],
             // Date & Time
             [
                 'start_date',