diff --git a/liquibase-standard/src/main/java/liquibase/diff/output/changelog/core/MissingColumnChangeGenerator.java b/liquibase-standard/src/main/java/liquibase/diff/output/changelog/core/MissingColumnChangeGenerator.java
index 5cd26dcd7cd..7c329960034 100644
--- a/liquibase-standard/src/main/java/liquibase/diff/output/changelog/core/MissingColumnChangeGenerator.java
+++ b/liquibase-standard/src/main/java/liquibase/diff/output/changelog/core/MissingColumnChangeGenerator.java
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 import liquibase.change.ConstraintsConfig;
 import liquibase.change.core.AddColumnChange;
 import liquibase.database.Database;
+import liquibase.datatype.DataTypeFactory;
+import liquibase.datatype.DatabaseDataType;
+import liquibase.datatype.LiquibaseDataType;
 import liquibase.diff.output.DiffOutputControl;
 import liquibase.diff.output.changelog.AbstractChangeGenerator;
 import liquibase.diff.output.changelog.ChangeGeneratorChain;
@@ -63,9 +66,10 @@ public Change[] fixMissing(DatabaseObject missingObject, DiffOutputControl contr
         AddColumnConfig columnConfig = createAddColumnConfig();
         columnConfig.setName(column.getName());
 
-        String dataType = column.getType().toString();
-
-        columnConfig.setType(dataType);
+        LiquibaseDataType ldt = DataTypeFactory.getInstance().from(column.getType(), referenceDatabase);
+        DatabaseDataType ddt = ldt.toDatabaseDataType(comparisonDatabase);
+        String typeString = ddt.toString();
+        columnConfig.setType(typeString);
 
         MissingTableChangeGenerator.setDefaultValue(columnConfig, column, comparisonDatabase);