diff --git a/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/namingstrategy/CustomPhysicalNamingStrategy.java b/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/namingstrategy/CustomPhysicalNamingStrategy.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.namingstrategy;
+
+import org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.Identifier;
+import org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.PhysicalNamingStrategy;
+import org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi.JdbcEnvironment;
+
+public class CustomPhysicalNamingStrategy implements PhysicalNamingStrategy {
+
+    @Override
+    public Identifier toPhysicalCatalogName(final Identifier identifier, final JdbcEnvironment jdbcEnv) {
+        return convertToSnakeCase(identifier);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Identifier toPhysicalColumnName(final Identifier identifier, final JdbcEnvironment jdbcEnv) {
+        return convertToSnakeCase(identifier);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Identifier toPhysicalSchemaName(final Identifier identifier, final JdbcEnvironment jdbcEnv) {
+        return convertToSnakeCase(identifier);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Identifier toPhysicalSequenceName(final Identifier identifier, final JdbcEnvironment jdbcEnv) {
+        return convertToSnakeCase(identifier);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Identifier toPhysicalTableName(final Identifier identifier, final JdbcEnvironment jdbcEnv) {
+        return convertToSnakeCase(identifier);
+    }
+
+    private Identifier convertToSnakeCase(final Identifier identifier) {
+        if (identifier == null) {
+            return identifier;
+        }
+
+        final String regex = "([a-z])([A-Z])";
+        final String replacement = "$1_$2";
+        final String newName = identifier.getText()
+            .replaceAll(regex, replacement)
+            .toLowerCase();
+        return Identifier.toIdentifier(newName);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/namingstrategy/Customer.java b/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/namingstrategy/Customer.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.namingstrategy;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Table;
+
+@Entity
+@Table(name = "Customers")
+public class Customer {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue
+    private Long id;
+
+    private String firstName;
+
+    private String lastName;
+
+    @Column(name = "email")
+    private String emailAddress;
+
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(Long id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public String getFirstName() {
+        return firstName;
+    }
+
+    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
+        this.firstName = firstName;
+    }
+
+    public String getLastName() {
+        return lastName;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
+        this.lastName = lastName;
+    }
+
+    public String getEmailAddress() {
+        return emailAddress;
+    }
+
+    public void setEmailAddress(String emailAddress) {
+        this.emailAddress = emailAddress;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/namingstrategy/NamingStrategyLiveTest.java b/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/namingstrategy/NamingStrategyLiveTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.namingstrategy;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.hibernate.HibernateException;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class NamingStrategyLiveTest {
+
+    private Session session;
+
+    @Before
+    public void init() {
+        try {
+            Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
+
+            Properties properties = new Properties();
+            properties.load(Thread.currentThread()
+                .getContextClassLoader()
+                .getResourceAsStream("hibernate-namingstrategy.properties"));
+
+            configuration.setProperties(properties);
+
+            ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().applySettings(configuration.getProperties())
+                .build();
+            MetadataSources metadataSources = new MetadataSources(serviceRegistry);
+            metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(Customer.class);
+
+            SessionFactory factory = metadataSources.buildMetadata()
+                .buildSessionFactory();
+
+            session = factory.openSession();
+        } catch (HibernateException | IOException e) {
+            fail("Failed to initiate Hibernate Session [Exception:" + e.toString() + "]");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void close() {
+        if (session != null)
+            session.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCustomPhysicalNamingStrategy() {
+
+        Customer customer = new Customer();
+        customer.setFirstName("first name");
+        customer.setLastName("last name");
+        customer.setEmailAddress("customer@example.com");
+
+        session.beginTransaction();
+
+        Long id = (Long) session.save(customer);
+
+        session.flush();
+        session.clear();
+
+        Object[] result = (Object[]) session.createNativeQuery("select c.first_name, c.last_name, c.email from customers c where c.id = :id")
+            .setParameter("id", id)
+            .getSingleResult();
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate-namingstrategy.properties b/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate-namingstrategy.properties
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+hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver
+hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:h2:mem:mydb1;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+hibernate.connection.username=sa
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+
+hibernate.show_sql=true
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop
+
+hibernate.physical_naming_strategy=com.baeldung.hibernate.namingstrategy.CustomPhysicalNamingStrategy
+hibernate.implicit_naming_strategy=org.hibernate.boot.model.naming.ImplicitNamingStrategyJpaCompliantImpl
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