diff --git a/lib/adapters/mysql.js b/lib/adapters/mysql.js
index 42cf83a9..232a38bc 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/mysql.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/mysql.js
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ MySQL.prototype.alterTable = function (model, actualFields, actualIndexes, done,
     });
 
     if (sql.length) {
-        var query = 'ALTER TABLE ' + self.tableEscaped(model) + ' + sql.join(',\n');
+        var query = 'ALTER TABLE ' + self.tableEscaped(model) + ' ' + sql.join(',\n');
         if (checkOnly) {
             done(null, true, {statements: sql, query: query});
         } else {