diff --git a/lib/SQL/Translator/Producer/SQLite.pm b/lib/SQL/Translator/Producer/SQLite.pm
index 103c2deb6..ec35038f7 100644
--- a/lib/SQL/Translator/Producer/SQLite.pm
+++ b/lib/SQL/Translator/Producer/SQLite.pm
@@ -428,15 +428,17 @@ sub batch_alter_table {
   # Fun, eh?
   #
   # If we have rename_field we do similarly.
+  #
+  # We create the temporary table as a copy of the new table, copy all data
+  # to temp table, create new table and then copy as appropriate taking note
+  # of renamed fields.
 
   my $table_name = $table->name;
-  my $renaming = $diffs->{rename_table} && @{$diffs->{rename_table}};
 
   if ( @{$diffs->{rename_field}} == 0 &&
        @{$diffs->{alter_field}}  == 0 &&
        @{$diffs->{drop_field}}   == 0
        ) {
-#    return join("\n", map {
     return map {
         my $meth = __PACKAGE__->can($_) or die __PACKAGE__ . " cant $_";
         map { my $sql = $meth->(ref $_ eq 'ARRAY' ? @$_ : $_); $sql ?  ("$sql") : () } @{ $diffs->{$_} }
@@ -455,15 +457,23 @@ sub batch_alter_table {
   }
 
   my @sql;
-  my $old_table = $renaming ? $diffs->{rename_table}[0][0] : $table;
 
-  if(@{$diffs->{drop_field}}) {
-    $old_table =$diffs->{drop_field}[0]->table;
+  # $table is the new table but we may need an old one
+  # TODO: this is NOT very well tested at the moment so add more tests
+
+  my $old_table = $table;
+
+  if ( $diffs->{rename_table} && @{$diffs->{rename_table}} ) {
+    $old_table = $diffs->{rename_table}[0][0];
   }
 
+  my $temp_table_name = $table_name . '_temp_alter';
+
+  # CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE t1_backup(a,b);
+
   my %temp_table_fields;
   do {
-    local $table->{name} = $table_name . '_temp_alter';
+    local $table->{name} = $temp_table_name;
     # We only want the table - don't care about indexes on tmp table
     my ($table_sql) = create_table($table, {no_comments => 1, temporary_table => 1});
     push @sql,$table_sql;
@@ -471,13 +481,51 @@ sub batch_alter_table {
     %temp_table_fields = map { $_ => 1} $table->get_fields;
   };
 
-  push @sql, "INSERT INTO @{[_generator()->quote($table_name.'_temp_alter')]}( @{[ join(', ', map _generator()->quote($_), grep { $temp_table_fields{$_} } $old_table->get_fields)]}) SELECT @{[ join(', ', map _generator()->quote($_), grep { $temp_table_fields{$_} } $old_table->get_fields)]} FROM @{[_generator()->quote($old_table)]}",
-             "DROP TABLE @{[_generator()->quote($old_table)]}",
-             create_table($table, { no_comments => 1 }),
-             "INSERT INTO @{[_generator()->quote($table_name)]} SELECT @{[ join(', ', map _generator()->quote($_), $table->get_fields)]} FROM @{[_generator()->quote($table_name.'_temp_alter')]}",
-             "DROP TABLE @{[_generator()->quote($table_name.'_temp_alter')]}";
-  return @sql;
-#  return join("", @sql, "");
+  # record renamed fields for later
+  my %rename_field = map { $_->[1]->name => $_->[0]->name } @{$diffs->{rename_field}};
+
+  # drop added fields from %temp_table_fields
+  delete @temp_table_fields{@{$diffs->{add_field}}};
+
+  # INSERT INTO t1_backup SELECT a,b FROM t1;
+
+  push @sql, sprintf( 'INSERT INTO %s( %s) SELECT %s FROM %s',
+
+    _generator()->quote( $temp_table_name ),
+
+    join( ', ',
+        map _generator()->quote($_),
+        grep { $temp_table_fields{$_} } $table->get_fields ),
+
+    join( ', ',
+        map _generator()->quote($_),
+        map { $rename_field{$_} ? $rename_field{$_} : $_ }
+        grep { $temp_table_fields{$_} } $table->get_fields ),
+
+    _generator()->quote( $old_table->name )
+  );
+
+  # DROP TABLE t1;
+
+  push @sql, sprintf('DROP TABLE %s', _generator()->quote($old_table->name));
+
+  # CREATE TABLE t1(a,b);
+
+  push @sql, create_table($table, { no_comments => 1 });
+
+  # INSERT INTO t1 SELECT a,b FROM t1_backup;
+
+  push @sql, sprintf('INSERT INTO %s SELECT %s FROM %s',
+    _generator()->quote($table_name),
+    join(', ', map _generator()->quote($_), $table->get_fields),
+    _generator()->quote($temp_table_name)
+  );
+
+  # DROP TABLE t1_backup;
+
+  push @sql, sprintf('DROP TABLE %s', _generator()->quote($temp_table_name));
+
+  return wantarray ? @sql : join(";\n", @sql);
 }
 
 sub drop_table {
diff --git a/t/30sqlt-new-diff-sqlite.t b/t/30sqlt-new-diff-sqlite.t
index e5b7865e2..34f6fb1c4 100644
--- a/t/30sqlt-new-diff-sqlite.t
+++ b/t/30sqlt-new-diff-sqlite.t
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE person_temp_alter (
   physical_description text
 );
 
-INSERT INTO person_temp_alter( person_id, name, age, weight, iq, is_rock_star, value, physical_description) SELECT person_id, name, age, weight, iq, is_rock_star, value, physical_description FROM person;
+INSERT INTO person_temp_alter( person_id, name, age, weight, iq, value, physical_description) SELECT person_id, name, age, weight, iq, value, description FROM person;
 
 DROP TABLE person;
 
diff --git a/t/sqlite-rename-field.t b/t/sqlite-rename-field.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63f52a409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/sqlite-rename-field.t
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Exception;
+use DBI;
+use SQL::Translator;
+use SQL::Translator::Parser::SQLite;
+use SQL::Translator::Diff;
+
+eval "use DBD::SQLite";
+plan skip_all => "DBD::SQLite required" if $@;
+
+my ( $dbh , $ddl, $ret );
+
+lives_ok { $dbh = DBI->connect("dbi:SQLite:dbname=:memory:")} "dbi connect";
+
+my $source_ddl = <<DDL;
+CREATE TABLE "Foo" (
+    "foo" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    "bar" VARCHAR(10)
+);
+DDL
+
+lives_ok { $ret = $dbh->do($source_ddl) } "create table";
+
+lives_ok { $ret = $dbh->do(q| INSERT INTO Foo (bar) VALUES ('buzz') |) } "insert data";
+
+cmp_ok( $ret, '==', 1, "one row inserted" );
+
+my $target_ddl = <<DDL;
+CREATE TABLE "Foo" (
+    "foo" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+    "biff" VARCHAR(10)
+);
+DDL
+
+my $source_sqlt = SQL::Translator->new(
+    no_comments => 1,
+    parser   => 'SQL::Translator::Parser::SQLite',
+)->translate(\$source_ddl);
+
+my $target_sqlt = SQL::Translator->new(
+    no_comments => 1,
+    parser   => 'SQL::Translator::Parser::SQLite',
+)->translate(\$target_ddl);
+
+my $table = $target_sqlt->get_table('Foo');
+my $field = $table->get_field('biff');
+$field->extra( renamed_from => 'bar' );
+
+my @diff = SQL::Translator::Diff->new({
+    output_db => 'SQLite',
+    source_schema => $source_sqlt,
+    target_schema => $target_sqlt,
+})->compute_differences->produce_diff_sql;
+
+foreach my $line (@diff) {
+    $line =~ s/\n//g;
+    lives_ok { $dbh->do($line) || die } "$line";
+}
+
+lives_ok { $ret = $dbh->selectall_arrayref(q(SELECT biff FROM Foo), { Slice => {} }) } "query DB for data";
+
+cmp_ok( scalar(@$ret), '==', 1, "Got 1 row");
+
+cmp_ok( $ret->[0]->{biff}, 'eq', 'buzz', "col biff has value buzz" );
+
+done_testing;