diff --git a/ast/ddl.go b/ast/ddl.go
index 48b855bda16f1..7d332b7cd91cf 100644
--- a/ast/ddl.go
+++ b/ast/ddl.go
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@ const (
 	AlterTableDropIndex
 	AlterTableDropForeignKey
 	AlterTableModifyColumn
+	AlterTableChangeColumn
 
 // TODO: Add more actions
 )
@@ -612,13 +613,13 @@ const (
 type AlterTableSpec struct {
 	node
 
-	Tp         AlterTableType
-	Name       string
-	Constraint *Constraint
-	Options    []*TableOption
-	Column     *ColumnDef
-	DropColumn *ColumnName
-	Position   *ColumnPosition
+	Tp            AlterTableType
+	Name          string
+	Constraint    *Constraint
+	Options       []*TableOption
+	NewColumn     *ColumnDef
+	OldColumnName *ColumnName
+	Position      *ColumnPosition
 }
 
 // Accept implements Node Accept interface.
@@ -635,19 +636,19 @@ func (n *AlterTableSpec) Accept(v Visitor) (Node, bool) {
 		}
 		n.Constraint = node.(*Constraint)
 	}
-	if n.Column != nil {
-		node, ok := n.Column.Accept(v)
+	if n.NewColumn != nil {
+		node, ok := n.NewColumn.Accept(v)
 		if !ok {
 			return n, false
 		}
-		n.Column = node.(*ColumnDef)
+		n.NewColumn = node.(*ColumnDef)
 	}
-	if n.DropColumn != nil {
-		node, ok := n.DropColumn.Accept(v)
+	if n.OldColumnName != nil {
+		node, ok := n.OldColumnName.Accept(v)
 		if !ok {
 			return n, false
 		}
-		n.DropColumn = node.(*ColumnName)
+		n.OldColumnName = node.(*ColumnName)
 	}
 	if n.Position != nil {
 		node, ok := n.Position.Accept(v)
diff --git a/ddl/column.go b/ddl/column.go
index 2c300d8e1b6e2..bf0b6a59da5ea 100644
--- a/ddl/column.go
+++ b/ddl/column.go
@@ -425,12 +425,14 @@ func (d *ddl) onModifyColumn(t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) error {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
 	newCol := &model.ColumnInfo{}
-	err = job.DecodeArgs(newCol)
+	oldColName := &model.CIStr{}
+	err = job.DecodeArgs(newCol, oldColName)
 	if err != nil {
 		job.State = model.JobCancelled
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
-	oldCol := findCol(tblInfo.Columns, newCol.Name.L)
+
+	oldCol := findCol(tblInfo.Columns, oldColName.L)
 	if oldCol == nil || oldCol.State != model.StatePublic {
 		job.State = model.JobCancelled
 		return infoschema.ErrColumnNotExists.GenByArgs(newCol.Name, tblInfo.Name)
@@ -441,6 +443,7 @@ func (d *ddl) onModifyColumn(t *meta.Meta, job *model.Job) error {
 		job.State = model.JobCancelled
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
+
 	ver, err := updateSchemaVersion(t, job)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
diff --git a/ddl/column_test.go b/ddl/column_test.go
index 686dda4d68b5e..6a89b1e46e680 100644
--- a/ddl/column_test.go
+++ b/ddl/column_test.go
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ func (s *testColumnSuite) colDefStrToFieldType(c *C, str string) *types.FieldTyp
 	sqlA := "alter table t modify column a " + str
 	stmt, err := parser.New().ParseOneStmt(sqlA, "", "")
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
-	colDef := stmt.(*ast.AlterTableStmt).Specs[0].Column
+	colDef := stmt.(*ast.AlterTableStmt).Specs[0].NewColumn
 	col, _, err := columnDefToCol(nil, 0, colDef)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 	return &col.FieldType
diff --git a/ddl/ddl.go b/ddl/ddl.go
index f99cd7f4240bb..1847a8dcec4e3 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl.go
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ var (
 	errTooLongKey            = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeTooLongKey, fmt.Sprintf("Specified key was too long; max key length is %d bytes", maxPrefixLength))
 	errKeyColumnDoesNotExits = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeKeyColumnDoesNotExits, "this key column doesn't exist in table")
 	errDupKeyName            = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeDupKeyName, "duplicate key name")
+	errWrongDBName           = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeWrongDBName, "Incorrect database name '%s'")
+	errWrongTableName        = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeWrongTableName, "Incorrect table name '%s'")
 
 	// ErrInvalidDBState returns for invalid database state.
 	ErrInvalidDBState = terror.ClassDDL.New(codeInvalidDBState, "invalid database state")
@@ -941,7 +943,7 @@ func (d *ddl) AlterTable(ctx context.Context, ident ast.Ident, specs []*ast.Alte
 		case ast.AlterTableAddColumn:
 			err = d.AddColumn(ctx, ident, spec)
 		case ast.AlterTableDropColumn:
-			err = d.DropColumn(ctx, ident, spec.DropColumn.Name)
+			err = d.DropColumn(ctx, ident, spec.OldColumnName.Name)
 		case ast.AlterTableDropIndex:
 			err = d.DropIndex(ctx, ident, model.NewCIStr(spec.Name))
 		case ast.AlterTableAddConstraint:
@@ -960,6 +962,8 @@ func (d *ddl) AlterTable(ctx context.Context, ident ast.Ident, specs []*ast.Alte
 			err = d.DropForeignKey(ctx, ident, model.NewCIStr(spec.Name))
 		case ast.AlterTableModifyColumn:
 			err = d.ModifyColumn(ctx, ident, spec)
+		case ast.AlterTableChangeColumn:
+			err = d.ChangeColumn(ctx, ident, spec)
 		default:
 			// Nothing to do now.
 		}
@@ -986,7 +990,7 @@ func checkColumnConstraint(constraints []*ast.ColumnOption) error {
 // AddColumn will add a new column to the table.
 func (d *ddl) AddColumn(ctx context.Context, ti ast.Ident, spec *ast.AlterTableSpec) error {
 	// Check whether the added column constraints are supported.
-	err := checkColumnConstraint(spec.Column.Options)
+	err := checkColumnConstraint(spec.NewColumn.Options)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
@@ -1003,7 +1007,7 @@ func (d *ddl) AddColumn(ctx context.Context, ti ast.Ident, spec *ast.AlterTableS
 	}
 
 	// Check whether added column has existed.
-	colName := spec.Column.Name.Name.O
+	colName := spec.NewColumn.Name.Name.O
 	col := table.FindCol(t.Cols(), colName)
 	if col != nil {
 		return infoschema.ErrColumnExists.GenByArgs(colName)
@@ -1016,7 +1020,7 @@ func (d *ddl) AddColumn(ctx context.Context, ti ast.Ident, spec *ast.AlterTableS
 	// Ingore table constraints now, maybe return error later.
 	// We use length(t.Cols()) as the default offset firstly, later we will change the
 	// column's offset later.
-	col, _, err = d.buildColumnAndConstraint(ctx, len(t.Cols()), spec.Column)
+	col, _, err = d.buildColumnAndConstraint(ctx, len(t.Cols()), spec.NewColumn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
@@ -1103,40 +1107,80 @@ func (d *ddl) modifiable(origin *types.FieldType, to *types.FieldType) bool {
 	}
 }
 
-// ModifyColumn does modification on an existing column, currently we only support limited kind of changes
-// that do not need to change or check data on the table.
-func (d *ddl) ModifyColumn(ctx context.Context, ident ast.Ident, spec *ast.AlterTableSpec) error {
+func (d *ddl) getModifiableColumnJob(ctx context.Context, ident ast.Ident, originalColName model.CIStr,
+	spec *ast.AlterTableSpec) (*model.Job, error) {
 	is := d.infoHandle.Get()
 	schema, ok := is.SchemaByName(ident.Schema)
 	if !ok {
-		return errors.Trace(infoschema.ErrDatabaseNotExists)
+		return nil, errors.Trace(infoschema.ErrDatabaseNotExists)
 	}
 	t, err := is.TableByName(ident.Schema, ident.Name)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Trace(infoschema.ErrTableNotExists)
+		return nil, errors.Trace(infoschema.ErrTableNotExists)
 	}
-	colName := spec.Column.Name.Name
-	col := table.FindCol(t.Cols(), colName.L)
+
+	col := table.FindCol(t.Cols(), originalColName.L)
 	if col == nil {
-		return infoschema.ErrColumnNotExists.GenByArgs(colName, ident.Name)
+		return nil, infoschema.ErrColumnNotExists.GenByArgs(originalColName, ident.Name)
 	}
-	if spec.Constraint != nil || spec.Position.Tp != ast.ColumnPositionNone ||
-		len(spec.Column.Options) != 0 || spec.Column.Tp == nil {
+	if spec.Constraint != nil || (spec.Position != nil && spec.Position.Tp != ast.ColumnPositionNone) ||
+		len(spec.NewColumn.Options) != 0 || spec.NewColumn.Tp == nil {
 		// Make sure the column definition is simple field type.
-		return errUnsupportedModifyColumn
+		return nil, errUnsupportedModifyColumn
 	}
-	d.setCharsetCollationFlenDecimal(spec.Column.Tp)
-	if !d.modifiable(&col.FieldType, spec.Column.Tp) {
-		return errUnsupportedModifyColumn
+	d.setCharsetCollationFlenDecimal(spec.NewColumn.Tp)
+	if !d.modifiable(&col.FieldType, spec.NewColumn.Tp) {
+		return nil, errUnsupportedModifyColumn
 	}
+
 	newCol := *col
-	newCol.FieldType = *spec.Column.Tp
+	newCol.FieldType = *spec.NewColumn.Tp
+	newCol.Name = spec.NewColumn.Name.Name
 	job := &model.Job{
 		SchemaID: schema.ID,
 		TableID:  t.Meta().ID,
 		Type:     model.ActionModifyColumn,
-		Args:     []interface{}{&newCol},
+		Args:     []interface{}{&newCol, originalColName},
+	}
+	return job, nil
+}
+
+// ChangeColumn renames an existing column and modifies the column's definition,
+// currently we only support limited kind of changes
+// that do not need to change or check data on the table.
+func (d *ddl) ChangeColumn(ctx context.Context, ident ast.Ident, spec *ast.AlterTableSpec) error {
+	if len(spec.NewColumn.Name.Schema.O) != 0 && ident.Schema.L != spec.NewColumn.Name.Schema.L {
+		return errWrongDBName.GenByArgs(spec.NewColumn.Name.Schema.O)
+	}
+	if len(spec.OldColumnName.Schema.O) != 0 && ident.Schema.L != spec.OldColumnName.Schema.L {
+		return errWrongDBName.GenByArgs(spec.OldColumnName.Schema.O)
+	}
+	if len(spec.NewColumn.Name.Table.O) != 0 && ident.Name.L != spec.NewColumn.Name.Table.L {
+		return errWrongTableName.GenByArgs(spec.NewColumn.Name.Table.O)
+	}
+	if len(spec.OldColumnName.Table.O) != 0 && ident.Name.L != spec.OldColumnName.Table.L {
+		return errWrongTableName.GenByArgs(spec.OldColumnName.Table.O)
+	}
+
+	job, err := d.getModifiableColumnJob(ctx, ident, spec.OldColumnName.Name, spec)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
+	}
+
+	err = d.doDDLJob(ctx, job)
+	err = d.callHookOnChanged(err)
+	return errors.Trace(err)
+}
+
+// ModifyColumn does modification on an existing column, currently we only support limited kind of changes
+// that do not need to change or check data on the table.
+func (d *ddl) ModifyColumn(ctx context.Context, ident ast.Ident, spec *ast.AlterTableSpec) error {
+	originalColName := spec.NewColumn.Name.Name
+	job, err := d.getModifiableColumnJob(ctx, ident, originalColName, spec)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Trace(err)
 	}
+
 	err = d.doDDLJob(ctx, job)
 	err = d.callHookOnChanged(err)
 	return errors.Trace(err)
@@ -1458,6 +1502,8 @@ const (
 	codeIncorrectPrefixKey    = 1089
 	codeCantRemoveAllFields   = 1090
 	codeCantDropFieldOrKey    = 1091
+	codeWrongDBName           = 1102
+	codeWrongTableName        = 1103
 	codeBlobKeyWithoutLength  = 1170
 	codeInvalidOnUpdate       = 1294
 )
@@ -1474,6 +1520,8 @@ func init() {
 		codeTooLongKey:            mysql.ErrTooLongKey,
 		codeKeyColumnDoesNotExits: mysql.ErrKeyColumnDoesNotExits,
 		codeDupKeyName:            mysql.ErrDupKeyName,
+		codeWrongDBName:           mysql.ErrWrongDBName,
+		codeWrongTableName:        mysql.ErrWrongTableName,
 	}
 	terror.ErrClassToMySQLCodes[terror.ClassDDL] = ddlMySQLErrCodes
 }
diff --git a/ddl/ddl_db_test.go b/ddl/ddl_db_test.go
index 96965192ec0a0..68bb5bd0126e4 100644
--- a/ddl/ddl_db_test.go
+++ b/ddl/ddl_db_test.go
@@ -502,6 +502,7 @@ func (s *testDBSuite) TestColumn(c *C) {
 	s.tk.MustExec("use " + s.schemaName)
 	s.testAddColumn(c)
 	s.testDropColumn(c)
+	s.testChangeColumn(c)
 }
 
 func sessionExec(c *C, s kv.Storage, sql string) {
@@ -659,6 +660,18 @@ LOOP:
 	ctx.CommitTxn()
 }
 
+func (s *testDBSuite) testChangeColumn(c *C) {
+	s.mustExec(c, "create table t3 (a int, b varchar(10))")
+	s.mustExec(c, "insert into t3 values(1, 'a'), (2, 'b')")
+	s.tk.MustQuery("select a from t3").Check(testkit.Rows("1", "2"))
+	s.mustExec(c, "alter table t3 change a aa bigint")
+	s.tk.MustQuery("select aa from t3").Check(testkit.Rows("1", "2"))
+	sql := "alter table t3 change a testx.t3.aa bigint"
+	s.testErrorCode(c, sql, tmysql.ErrWrongDBName)
+	sql = "alter table t3 change t.a aa bigint"
+	s.testErrorCode(c, sql, tmysql.ErrWrongTableName)
+}
+
 func (s *testDBSuite) mustExec(c *C, query string, args ...interface{}) {
 	s.tk.MustExec(query, args...)
 }
diff --git a/parser/misc.go b/parser/misc.go
index f71b86e6ae061..fcc849aefc313 100644
--- a/parser/misc.go
+++ b/parser/misc.go
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ var tokenMap = map[string]int{
 	"CAST":                cast,
 	"CEIL":                ceil,
 	"CEILING":             ceiling,
+	"CHANGE":              change,
 	"CHARACTER":           character,
 	"CHARSET":             charsetKwd,
 	"CHECK":               check,
diff --git a/parser/parser.y b/parser/parser.y
index 0c4387bed6541..2b708f9c0b419 100644
--- a/parser/parser.y
+++ b/parser/parser.y
@@ -64,11 +64,12 @@ import (
 	binaryType	"BINARY"
 	blobType	"BLOB"
 	both		"BOTH"
-	charType	"CHAR"
 	by		"BY"
 	cascade		"CASCADE"
 	caseKwd		"CASE"
+	change          "CHANGE"
 	character	"CHARACTER"
+	charType	"CHAR"
 	check 		"CHECK"
 	collate 	"COLLATE"
 	column		"COLUMN"
@@ -788,7 +789,7 @@ AlterTableSpec:
 	{
 		$$ = &ast.AlterTableSpec{
 			Tp: 		ast.AlterTableAddColumn,
-			Column:		$3.(*ast.ColumnDef),
+			NewColumn:	$3.(*ast.ColumnDef),
 			Position:	$4.(*ast.ColumnPosition),
 		}
 	}
@@ -804,7 +805,7 @@ AlterTableSpec:
 	{
 		$$ = &ast.AlterTableSpec{
 			Tp: ast.AlterTableDropColumn,
-			DropColumn: $3.(*ast.ColumnName),
+			OldColumnName: $3.(*ast.ColumnName),
 		}
 	}
 |	"DROP" "PRIMARY" "KEY"
@@ -837,10 +838,19 @@ AlterTableSpec:
 	{
 		$$ = &ast.AlterTableSpec{
 			Tp:		ast.AlterTableModifyColumn,
-			Column:		$3.(*ast.ColumnDef),
+			NewColumn:	$3.(*ast.ColumnDef),
 			Position:	$4.(*ast.ColumnPosition),
 		}
 	}
+|	"CHANGE" ColumnKeywordOpt ColumnName ColumnDef
+	{
+		$$ = &ast.AlterTableSpec{
+			Tp:    		ast.AlterTableChangeColumn,
+			OldColumnName:	$3.(*ast.ColumnName),
+			NewColumn: 	$4.(*ast.ColumnDef),
+		}
+	}
+
 
 KeyOrIndex: "KEY" | "INDEX"
 
@@ -2044,7 +2054,7 @@ UnReservedKeyword:
 
 ReservedKeyword:
 "ADD" | "ALL" | "ALTER" | "ANALYZE" | "AND" | "AS" | "ASC" | "BETWEEN" | "BIGINT"
-| "BINARY" | "BLOB" | "BOTH" | "BY" | "CASCADE" | "CASE" | "CHARACTER" | "CHECK" | "COLLATE"
+| "BINARY" | "BLOB" | "BOTH" | "BY" | "CASCADE" | "CASE" | "CHANGE" | "CHARACTER" | "CHECK" | "COLLATE"
 | "COLUMN" | "CONSTRAINT" | "CONVERT" | "CREATE" | "CROSS" | "CURRENT_DATE" | "CURRENT_TIME"
 | "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP" | "CURRENT_USER" | "DATABASE" | "DATABASES" | "DAY_HOUR" | "DAY_MICROSECOND"
 | "DAY_MINUTE" | "DAY_SECOND" | "DECIMAL" | "DEFAULT" | "DELETE" | "DESC" | "DESCRIBE"
diff --git a/parser/parser_test.go b/parser/parser_test.go
index aaf4c963a28f9..76c79b0b71391 100644
--- a/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (s *testParserSuite) TestSimple(c *C) {
 
 	reservedKws := []string{
 		"add", "all", "alter", "analyze", "and", "as", "asc", "between", "bigint",
-		"binary", "blob", "both", "by", "cascade", "case", "character", "check", "collate",
+		"binary", "blob", "both", "by", "cascade", "case", "change", "character", "check", "collate",
 		"column", "constraint", "convert", "create", "cross", "current_date", "current_time",
 		"current_timestamp", "current_user", "database", "databases", "day_hour", "day_microsecond",
 		"day_minute", "day_second", "decimal", "default", "delete", "desc", "describe",
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ func (s *testParserSuite) TestDMLStmt(c *C) {
 		{"ALTER TABLE t DISABLE KEYS", true},
 		{"ALTER TABLE t ENABLE KEYS", true},
 		{"ALTER TABLE t MODIFY COLUMN a varchar(255)", true},
+		{"ALTER TABLE t CHANGE COLUMN a b varchar(255)", true},
 
 		// from join
 		{"SELECT * from t1, t2, t3", true},