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diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py
index ce4182c54..5930df124 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/schema.py
@@ -893,6 +893,18 @@ class Column(SchemaItem, ColumnClause):
an explicit name, use the :class:`.UniqueConstraint` or
:class:`.Index` constructs explicitly.
+ :param system: When ``True``, indicates this is a "system" column,
+ that is a column which is automatically made available by the
+ database, and should not be included in the columns list for a
+ ``CREATE TABLE`` statement.
+
+ For more elaborate scenarios where columns should be conditionally
+ rendered differently on different backends, consider custom
+ compilation rules for :class:`.CreateColumn`.
+
+ ..versionadded:: 0.8.3 Added the ``system=True`` parameter to
+ :class:`.Column`.
+
"""
name = kwargs.pop('name', None)
@@ -922,6 +934,7 @@ class Column(SchemaItem, ColumnClause):
self.server_onupdate = kwargs.pop('server_onupdate', None)
self.index = kwargs.pop('index', None)
self.unique = kwargs.pop('unique', None)
+ self.system = kwargs.pop('system', False)
self.quote = kwargs.pop('quote', None)
self.doc = kwargs.pop('doc', None)
self.onupdate = kwargs.pop('onupdate', None)