diff --git a/debezium-ddl-parser/src/main/antlr4/io/debezium/ddl/parser/mariadb/generated/MariaDBParser.g4 b/debezium-ddl-parser/src/main/antlr4/io/debezium/ddl/parser/mariadb/generated/MariaDBParser.g4
index 01892bbcf..8cfc8c871 100644
--- a/debezium-ddl-parser/src/main/antlr4/io/debezium/ddl/parser/mariadb/generated/MariaDBParser.g4
+++ b/debezium-ddl-parser/src/main/antlr4/io/debezium/ddl/parser/mariadb/generated/MariaDBParser.g4
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@ dataType
         | NVARCHAR
         | LONG
     ) VARYING? lengthOneDimension? BINARY? (charSet charsetName)? (COLLATE collationName | BINARY)? # stringDataType
-    | NATIONAL typeName = (VARCHAR | CHARACTER) lengthOneDimension? BINARY?                         # nationalStringDataType
+    | NATIONAL typeName = (VARCHAR | CHARACTER | CHAR) lengthOneDimension? BINARY?                  # nationalStringDataType
     | NCHAR typeName = VARCHAR lengthOneDimension? BINARY?                                          # nationalStringDataType
     | NATIONAL typeName = (CHAR | CHARACTER) VARYING lengthOneDimension? BINARY?                    # nationalVaryingStringDataType
     | typeName = (
diff --git a/debezium-ddl-parser/src/test/resources/mariadb/examples/fast/ddl_create.sql b/debezium-ddl-parser/src/test/resources/mariadb/examples/fast/ddl_create.sql
index dbdd4e15f..ce422a842 100644
--- a/debezium-ddl-parser/src/test/resources/mariadb/examples/fast/ddl_create.sql
+++ b/debezium-ddl-parser/src/test/resources/mariadb/examples/fast/ddl_create.sql
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CREATE USER 'jim' @localhost IDENTIFIED BY '123';
 create table new_t  (like t1);
 create table log_table(row varchar(512));
 create table log_table(row character(512));
+create table new_t (c national char);
 create table ships(name varchar(255), class_id int, id int);
 create table ships_guns(guns_id int, ship_id int);
 create table guns(id int, power decimal(7,2), callibr decimal(10,3));