diff --git a/src/Schema/index.js b/src/Schema/index.js
index 6527002c..0cc89292 100644
--- a/src/Schema/index.js
+++ b/src/Schema/index.js
@@ -286,6 +286,15 @@ class Schema {
     return this.createTable(...args)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Alias for @ref('Schema.createTableIfNotExists')
+   *
+   * @method createIfNotExists
+   */
+  createIfNotExists (...args) {
+    return this.createTableIfNotExists(...args)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Alias for @ref('Schema.dropTable')
    *
diff --git a/test/unit/schema.spec.js b/test/unit/schema.spec.js
index a117f249..1b192524 100644
--- a/test/unit/schema.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/schema.spec.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ test.group('Schema', (group) => {
     }
     const userSchema = new UserSchema(ioc.use('Database'))
     const fn = function () {}
-    userSchema.createTableIfNotExists('users', fn)
+    userSchema.createIfNotExists('users', fn)
     assert.deepEqual(userSchema._deferredActions, [{ name: 'createTableIfNotExists', args: ['users', fn] }])
   })