diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index 32c57973a7..6d94d87a13 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ private final boolean generateSchemaIfEmpty(SchemaDefinition schema) {
             && database.getEnums(schema).isEmpty()
             && database.getPackages(schema).isEmpty()
             && database.getRoutines(schema).isEmpty()
+            && database.getSequences(schema).isEmpty()
             && database.getTables(schema).isEmpty()
             && database.getUDTs(schema).isEmpty())
             return false;