diff --git a/django/db/backends/__init__.py b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
index 1b12a41caf..3868b41e0d 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ class BaseDatabaseFeatures(object):
     # If NULL is implied on columns without needing to be explicitly specified
     implied_column_null = False
 
-    uppercases_column_names = True
+    uppercases_column_names = False
 
     def __init__(self, connection):
         self.connection = connection
diff --git a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
index 20378fc2c1..d46e770437 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class DatabaseFeatures(BaseDatabaseFeatures):
     connection_persists_old_columns = True
     closed_cursor_error_class = InterfaceError
     bare_select_suffix = " FROM DUAL"
-    uppercases_column_names = False
+    uppercases_column_names = True
 
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
diff --git a/tests/inspectdb/tests.py b/tests/inspectdb/tests.py
index 92a5a02dbd..3e587e45bd 100644
--- a/tests/inspectdb/tests.py
+++ b/tests/inspectdb/tests.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class InspectDBTestCase(TestCase):
         out = StringIO()
         call_command('inspectdb', stdout=out)
         output = out.getvalue()
-        base_name = 'field' if not connection.features.uppercases_column_names else 'Field'
+        base_name = 'Field' if not connection.features.uppercases_column_names else 'field'
         self.assertIn("field = models.IntegerField()", output)
         self.assertIn("field_field = models.IntegerField(db_column='%s_')" % base_name, output)
         self.assertIn("field_field_0 = models.IntegerField(db_column='%s__')" % base_name, output)