diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 81eb96a8..d06ae11e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ Documentation is found in the [wiki](https://github.com/rbock/sqlpp11/wiki)
 
 Contact:
 --------
-  * Meet me at [CppCon 2016](https://cppcon2016.sched.org/event/7nKk)
   * Issues at https://github.com/rbock/sqlpp11/issues
   * email at rbock at eudoxos dot de
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diff --git a/scripts/ddl2cpp b/scripts/ddl2cpp
index 2d4bb917..158b4b0f 100755
--- a/scripts/ddl2cpp
+++ b/scripts/ddl2cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ optionalArgs = {
     # '-no-time-stamp-warning'  # timeStampWarning = False
     '-fail-on-parse': "abort instead of silent genereation of unusable headers",  # failOnParse = True
     '-warn-on-parse': "warn about unusable headers, but continue",  # warnOnParse = True
+    '-auto-id': "Assume column 'id' to have an automatic value as if AUTO_INCREMENT was specified (e.g. implicit for SQLite ROWID)",  # autoId = True
     '-help': "show this help"
 }
 
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ timestampWarning = True
 failOnParse = False
 warnOnParse = False
 parseError = "Parsing error, possible reason: can't parse default value for a field"
+autoId = False
 
 
 if len(sys.argv) >= 4:
@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@ for create in tableCreations:
             print ('Error: datatype "'  + sqlColumnType + '"" is not supported.')
             DataTypeError = True
         requireInsert = True
+        column.hasAutoValue = column.hasAutoValue or (autoId and sqlColumnName == 'id')
         if column.hasAutoValue:
             traitslist.append(NAMESPACE + '::tag::must_not_insert')
             traitslist.append(NAMESPACE + '::tag::must_not_update')
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 359b38f3..08bb2e9e 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ set(test_names
   With
   )
 
+find_package(Boost 1.50)
+if(Boost_FOUND)
+  include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  list(APPEND test_names Ppgen)
+endif()
+
+
 create_test_sourcelist(test_sources test_main.cpp ${test_names})
 add_executable(sqlpp11_tests ${test_sources})
 target_link_libraries(sqlpp11_tests PRIVATE sqlpp11 sqlpp11_testing)
diff --git a/tests/Ppgen.cpp b/tests/Ppgen.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fa5d3eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Ppgen.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2015, niXman (i dot nixman dog gmail dot com)
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+ * are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ *   Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+ *   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ *   Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this
+ *   list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or
+ *   other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+ * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+ * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
+ * ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+ * (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+ * ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#if 0  // syntax example
+SQLPP_DECLARE_TABLE(
+	(table, \
+		 SQLPP_DROP_IF_EXISTS \
+		,SQLPP_CREATE_IF_NOT_EXISTS \
+		,SQLPP_ENGINE("InnoDB") \
+		,SQLPP_CHARACTER_SET("utf-8") \
+		,SQLPP_COMMENT("table comments") \
+	)
+	,
+	(id, int, SQLPP_NOT_NULL, SQLPP_PRIMARY_KEY, SQLPP_AUTO_INCREMENT)
+	(name, varchar(64), SQLPP_NOT_NULL, SQLPP_INDEX("name_index"), SQLPP_DEFAULT("any name"))
+	(age, int, SQLPP_NOT_NULL, SQLPP_INDEX("age_index"), SQLPP_UNIQUE, SQLPP_COMMENT("some comments"))
+)
+#endif
+
+#include <sqlpp11/sqlpp11.h>
+#include <sqlpp11/ppgen.h>
+
+#include "MockDb.h"
+
+// clang-format off
+SQLPP_DECLARE_TABLE(
+	(tab_person)
+	,
+	(id     , int         , SQLPP_PRIMARY_KEY)
+	(name   , varchar(255), SQLPP_NOT_NULL   )
+	(feature, int         , SQLPP_NOT_NULL   )
+)
+
+SQLPP_DECLARE_TABLE(
+	(tab_feature)
+	,
+	(id   , int         , SQLPP_PRIMARY_KEY)
+	(name , varchar(255), SQLPP_NULL       )
+	(fatal, bool        , SQLPP_NOT_NULL   )
+)
+// clang-format on
+
+int Ppgen(int, char* [])
+{
+  MockDb db{};
+  const auto p = tab_person::tab_person{};
+  const auto f = tab_feature::tab_feature{};
+
+  db(insert_into(f).set(f.name = "loves c++", f.fatal = false));
+
+  db(insert_into(f).default_values());
+
+  auto i = insert_into(p).columns(p.name, p.feature);
+  i.values.add(p.name = "Roland", p.feature = 1);
+  i.values.add(p.name = "Zaphod", p.feature = sqlpp::default_value);
+  db(i);
+
+  auto pi = db.prepare(insert_into(p).set(p.name = parameter(f.name), p.feature = parameter(p.feature)));
+  pi.params.name = "likes java";
+  pi.params.feature = true;
+
+  db(pi);
+  return 0;
+}