diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/generator/CreateIndexCqlGenerator.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/generator/CreateIndexCqlGenerator.java
index be3ce1e0a..2d8643333 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/generator/CreateIndexCqlGenerator.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/generator/CreateIndexCqlGenerator.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class CreateIndexCqlGenerator extends IndexNameCqlGenerator<CreateIndexSp
 			cql.append(" ").append(spec().getName().asCql(true));
 		}
 
-		cql.append(" ON ").append(spec().getTableName()).append(" (");
+		cql.append(" ON ").append(spec().getTableName().asCql(true)).append(" (");
 
 		if (spec().getColumnFunction() != ColumnFunction.NONE) {
 			cql.append(spec().getColumnFunction().name()).append("(").append(spec().getColumnName().asCql(true)).append(")");
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/generator/CreateIndexCqlGeneratorUnitTests.java b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/generator/CreateIndexCqlGeneratorUnitTests.java
index a9ea1e3b5..69cd188eb 100755
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/generator/CreateIndexCqlGeneratorUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/cassandra/core/cql/generator/CreateIndexCqlGeneratorUnitTests.java
@@ -18,8 +18,11 @@ package org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.cql.generator;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
 import org.springframework.data.cassandra.core.cql.keyspace.CreateIndexSpecification;
 
+import com.datastax.oss.driver.api.core.CqlIdentifier;
+
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link CreateIndexCqlGenerator}.
  *
@@ -75,4 +78,14 @@ class CreateIndexCqlGeneratorUnitTests {
 		assertThat(CreateIndexCqlGenerator.toCql(spec))
 				.isEqualTo("CREATE INDEX ON mytable (column) WITH OPTIONS = {'foo': 'b''a''r', 'type': 'PREFIX'};");
 	}
+
+	@Test // GH-1281
+	void createIndexWithQuotation() {
+
+		CreateIndexSpecification spec = CreateIndexSpecification.createIndex("order_dob").columnName("\"order\"")
+				.tableName(CqlIdentifier.fromInternal("order"));
+
+		assertThat(CreateIndexCqlGenerator.toCql(spec)).isEqualTo("CREATE INDEX order_dob ON \"order\" (\"order\");");
+
+	}
 }