diff --git a/integration-tests/__tests__/deploy-database.spec.js b/integration-tests/__tests__/deploy-database.spec.js
index 2144588b4..00c789340 100644
--- a/integration-tests/__tests__/deploy-database.spec.js
+++ b/integration-tests/__tests__/deploy-database.spec.js
@@ -506,9 +506,9 @@ describe('Deploy database', () => {
         ],
         {
           dbdiffOptionsExtra: {
-            allowTableMarkDropped: true,
-            allowSqlObjectMarkDropped: true,
-            allowColumnMarkDropped: true,
+            deletedTablePrefix: '_deleted_',
+            deletedColumnPrefix: '_deleted_',
+            deletedSqlObjectPrefix: '_deleted_',
           },
           finalCheckAgainstModel: [
             {
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ describe('Deploy database', () => {
     })
   );
 
-  test.each(engines.map(engine => [engine.label, engine]))(
+  test.each(engines.filter(engine => engine.supportRenameSqlObject).map(engine => [engine.label, engine]))(
     'Mark view removed - %s',
     testWrapper(async (conn, driver, engine) => {
       await testDatabaseDeploy(
@@ -569,9 +569,9 @@ describe('Deploy database', () => {
         ],
         {
           dbdiffOptionsExtra: {
-            allowTableMarkDropped: true,
-            allowSqlObjectMarkDropped: true,
-            allowColumnMarkDropped: true,
+            deletedTablePrefix: '_deleted_',
+            deletedColumnPrefix: '_deleted_',
+            deletedSqlObjectPrefix: '_deleted_',
           },
           finalCheckAgainstModel: [
             {
@@ -594,4 +594,60 @@ describe('Deploy database', () => {
       );
     })
   );
+
+  test.each(engines.map(engine => [engine.label, engine]))(
+    'Mark column removed - %s',
+    testWrapper(async (conn, driver, engine) => {
+      await testDatabaseDeploy(
+        engine,
+        conn,
+        driver,
+        [
+          [
+            {
+              name: 't1.table.yaml',
+              json: {
+                name: 't1',
+                columns: [
+                  { name: 'id', type: 'int' },
+                  { name: 'val', type: 'int' },
+                ],
+                primaryKey: ['id'],
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+          [
+            {
+              name: 't1.table.yaml',
+              json: {
+                name: 't1',
+                columns: [{ name: 'id', type: 'int' }],
+                primaryKey: ['id'],
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        ],
+        {
+          dbdiffOptionsExtra: {
+            deletedTablePrefix: '_deleted_',
+            deletedColumnPrefix: '_deleted_',
+            deletedSqlObjectPrefix: '_deleted_',
+          },
+          finalCheckAgainstModel: [
+            {
+              name: 't1.table.yaml',
+              json: {
+                name: 't1',
+                columns: [
+                  { name: 'id', type: 'int' },
+                  { name: '_deleted_val', type: 'int' },
+                ],
+                primaryKey: ['id'],
+              },
+            },
+          ],
+        }
+      );
+    })
+  );
 });
diff --git a/packages/tools/src/diffTools.ts b/packages/tools/src/diffTools.ts
index ce65a8d9c..6425b730b 100644
--- a/packages/tools/src/diffTools.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/src/diffTools.ts
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ export interface DbDiffOptions {
 
   noDropTable?: boolean;
   allowTableRecreateWhenNoDrop?: boolean;
-  allowTableMarkDropped?: boolean;
+  deletedTablePrefix?: string;
 
   noDropColumn?: boolean;
-  allowColumnMarkDropped?: boolean;
+  deletedColumnPrefix?: string;
 
   noDropConstraint?: boolean;
 
   noDropSqlObject?: boolean;
-  allowSqlObjectMarkDropped?: boolean;
+  deletedSqlObjectPrefix?: string;
 
   noRenameTable?: boolean;
   noRenameColumn?: boolean;
@@ -425,7 +425,11 @@ function planAlterTable(plan: AlterPlan, oldTable: TableInfo, newTable: TableInf
   if (!opts.noDropConstraint) {
     constraintPairs.filter(x => x[1] == null).forEach(x => plan.dropConstraint(x[0]));
   }
-  if (!opts.noDropColumn) {
+  if (opts.deletedColumnPrefix) {
+    columnPairs
+      .filter(x => x[1] == null)
+      .forEach(x => plan.renameColumn(x[0], opts.deletedColumnPrefix + x[0].columnName));
+  } else if (!opts.noDropColumn) {
     columnPairs.filter(x => x[1] == null).forEach(x => plan.dropColumn(x[0]));
   }
 
@@ -573,8 +577,8 @@ export function createAlterDatabasePlan(
       const newobj = (newDb[objectTypeField] || []).find(x => x.pairingId == oldobj.pairingId);
       if (objectTypeField == 'tables') {
         if (newobj == null) {
-          if (opts.allowTableMarkDropped) {
-            plan.renameTable(oldobj, '_deleted_' + oldobj.pureName);
+          if (opts.deletedTablePrefix) {
+            plan.renameTable(oldobj, opts.deletedTablePrefix + oldobj.pureName);
           } else if (!opts.noDropTable) {
             plan.dropTable(oldobj);
           }
@@ -583,8 +587,8 @@ export function createAlterDatabasePlan(
         }
       } else {
         if (newobj == null) {
-          if (opts.allowSqlObjectMarkDropped && driver.dialect.renameSqlObject) {
-            plan.renameSqlObject(oldobj, '_deleted_' + oldobj.pureName);
+          if (opts.deletedSqlObjectPrefix && driver.dialect.renameSqlObject) {
+            plan.renameSqlObject(oldobj, opts.deletedSqlObjectPrefix + oldobj.pureName);
           } else if (!opts.noDropSqlObject) {
             plan.dropSqlObject(oldobj);
           }