diff --git a/django/db/backends/creation.py b/django/db/backends/creation.py
index 99c49590e0..9077399adc 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/creation.py
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ class BaseDatabaseCreation(object):
         pending_references = {}
         qn = self.connection.ops.quote_name
         for f in opts.local_fields:
-            col_type = f.db_type(connection=self.connection)
+            db_params = f.db_parameters(connection=self.connection)
+            col_type = db_params['type']
+            if db_params['check']:
+                col_type = '%s CHECK (%s)' % (col_type, db_params['check'])
             col_type_suffix = f.db_type_suffix(connection=self.connection)
             tablespace = f.db_tablespace or opts.db_tablespace
             if col_type is None:
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
index 64a673f5a6..90673a826f 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.1.txt
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ Bugfixes
 
 * Fixed a ``UnicodeDecodeError`` when the ``flush`` error message contained
   Unicode characters (:ticket:`22882`).
+
+* Reinstated missing ``CHECK`` SQL clauses which were omitted on some backends
+  when not using migrations (:ticket:`23416`).
diff --git a/tests/commands_sql/models.py b/tests/commands_sql/models.py
index 78ad722307..fe5768b3dd 100644
--- a/tests/commands_sql/models.py
+++ b/tests/commands_sql/models.py
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ class Comment(models.Model):
 class Book(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=100, db_index=True)
     comments = models.ManyToManyField(Comment)
+    counter = models.PositiveIntegerField()
diff --git a/tests/commands_sql/tests.py b/tests/commands_sql/tests.py
index 6139bbafa2..83c1e06202 100644
--- a/tests/commands_sql/tests.py
+++ b/tests/commands_sql/tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
+import unittest
 
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.core.management.color import no_style
@@ -43,6 +44,18 @@ class SQLCommandsTestCase(TestCase):
             'commands_sql_comment', 'commands_sql_book', 'commands_sql_book_comments'
         })
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless('PositiveIntegerField' in connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS].creation.data_type_check_constraints, 'Backend does not have checks.')
+    def test_sql_create_check(self):
+        """Regression test for #23416 -- Check that db_params['check'] is respected."""
+        app_config = apps.get_app_config('commands_sql')
+        output = sql_create(app_config, no_style(), connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS])
+        success = False
+        for statement in output:
+            if 'CHECK' in statement:
+                success = True
+        if not success:
+            self.fail("'CHECK' not found in ouput %s" % output)
+
     def test_sql_delete(self):
         app_config = apps.get_app_config('commands_sql')
         output = sql_delete(app_config, no_style(), connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], close_connection=False)