diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl.java
index f892531cd..c452c8d59 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl.java
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public abstract class DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
     List<String> includedColumns = new ArrayList<String>(columns.size());
 
     for (MColumn column : columns) {
-      if (!column.isHistoryExclude()) {
+      if (column.isIncludeInHistory()) {
         includedColumns.add(column.getName());
       }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/model/MColumn.java b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/model/MColumn.java
index 25ee8d8fc..2e8c41905 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/model/MColumn.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/dbmigration/model/MColumn.java
@@ -213,6 +213,13 @@ public class MColumn {
     return draftOnly;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if this column should be included in History DB triggers etc.
+   */
+  public boolean isIncludeInHistory() {
+    return !draftOnly && !historyExclude;
+  }
+
   public Column createColumn() {
 
     Column c = new Column();