diff --git a/django/core/cache/backends/db.py b/django/core/cache/backends/db.py
index dd18cd6b1d..25cbe4d236 100644
--- a/django/core/cache/backends/db.py
+++ b/django/core/cache/backends/db.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ except ImportError:
 class CacheClass(BaseCache):
     def __init__(self, table, params):
         BaseCache.__init__(self, params)
-        self._table = table
+        self._table = connection.ops.quote_name(table)
         max_entries = params.get('max_entries', 300)
         try:
             self._max_entries = int(max_entries)
diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/createcachetable.py b/django/core/management/commands/createcachetable.py
index c0d3cb8219..90172b6ca3 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/createcachetable.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/createcachetable.py
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ class Command(LabelCommand):
                 field_output.append("UNIQUE")
             if f.db_index:
                 unique = f.unique and "UNIQUE " or ""
-                index_output.append("CREATE %sINDEX %s_%s ON %s (%s);" % \
-                    (unique, tablename, f.name, qn(tablename),
+                index_output.append("CREATE %sINDEX %s ON %s (%s);" % \
+                    (unique, qn('%s_%s' % (tablename, f.name)), qn(tablename),
                     qn(f.name)))
             table_output.append(" ".join(field_output))
         full_statement = ["CREATE TABLE %s (" % qn(tablename)]
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/cache/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/cache/tests.py
index 6ca4d8bce8..5d8d039cf5 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/cache/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/cache/tests.py
@@ -342,13 +342,15 @@ class BaseCacheTests(object):
 
 class DBCacheTests(unittest.TestCase, BaseCacheTests):
     def setUp(self):
-        management.call_command('createcachetable', 'test_cache_table', verbosity=0, interactive=False)
-        self.cache = get_cache('db://test_cache_table')
+        # Spaces are used in the table name to ensure quoting/escaping is working
+        self._table_name = 'test cache table'
+        management.call_command('createcachetable', self._table_name, verbosity=0, interactive=False)
+        self.cache = get_cache('db://%s' % self._table_name)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         from django.db import connection
         cursor = connection.cursor()
-        cursor.execute('DROP TABLE test_cache_table')
+        cursor.execute('DROP TABLE %s' % connection.ops.quote_name(self._table_name))
 
 class LocMemCacheTests(unittest.TestCase, BaseCacheTests):
     def setUp(self):