diff --git a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PlatformDdl.java b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PlatformDdl.java
index 239a3b90e..8443f2532 100644
--- a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PlatformDdl.java
+++ b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PlatformDdl.java
@@ -198,7 +198,9 @@ public class PlatformDdl {
    * Write all the table columns converting to platform types as necessary.
    */
   public void writeTableColumns(DdlBuffer apply, List<Column> columns, DdlIdentity identity) {
-    columns = sortColumns(columns);
+    if ("true".equalsIgnoreCase(System.getProperty("ebean.ddl.sortColumns", "true"))) {
+      columns = sortColumns(columns);
+    }
     for (int i = 0; i < columns.size(); i++) {
       if (i > 0) {
         apply.append(",");
diff --git a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresDdl.java b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresDdl.java
index e0d58c53a..e7567f90e 100644
--- a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresDdl.java
+++ b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresDdl.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class PostgresDdl extends PlatformDdl {
   }
 
   private boolean isVariableLength(String type) {
-    return type.startsWith("varchar") || type.startsWith("varbinary");
+    return type.startsWith("varchar") || type.startsWith("varbinary") || type.startsWith("json");
   }
 
   static final class DDLColumnSort implements Comparable<DDLColumnSort> {
diff --git a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresDdlTest.java b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresDdlTest.java
index 3a16a70f8..607f8166b 100644
--- a/ebean-ddl-generator/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresDdlTest.java
+++ b/ebean-ddl-generator/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresDdlTest.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 class PostgresDdlTest {
 
-  private PostgresDdl postgresDdl = new PostgresDdl(new PostgresPlatform());
+  final PostgresDdl postgresDdl = new PostgresDdl(new PostgresPlatform());
 
   @Test
   void setLockTimeout() {
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ class PostgresDdlTest {
     assertThat(cols).extracting("type").containsExactly("int", "decimal(1)", "decimal(2)", "varbinary(1)", "varbinary(2)");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void sortColumns_json() {
+    List<Column> cols = postgresDdl.sortColumns(columns("json", "jsonb", "int"));
+    assertThat(cols).extracting("type").containsExactly("int", "json", "jsonb");
+  }
+
   @Test
   void sortColumns_clobs() {
     List<Column> cols = postgresDdl.sortColumns(columns("clob", "blob", "longvarchar(1)", "int", "longvarbinary(2)"));