diff --git a/plugin/trino-base-jdbc/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/jdbc/QueryBuilder.java b/plugin/trino-base-jdbc/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/jdbc/QueryBuilder.java
index ddca5bb260ab0..50a458e29d9bd 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-base-jdbc/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/jdbc/QueryBuilder.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-base-jdbc/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/jdbc/QueryBuilder.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ protected String getRelation(RemoteTableName remoteTableName)
     protected String getProjection(List<JdbcColumnHandle> columns)
     {
         if (columns.isEmpty()) {
-            return "1";
+            return "1 x";
         }
         return columns.stream()
                 .map(jdbcColumnHandle -> format("%s AS %s", jdbcColumnHandle.toSqlExpression(client::quoted), client.quoted(jdbcColumnHandle.getColumnName())))