diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/encoder/datastore/GSOracleNGDatastoreEncoder.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/encoder/datastore/GSOracleNGDatastoreEncoder.java
index 2cc3f27..5c21a4b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/encoder/datastore/GSOracleNGDatastoreEncoder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/encoder/datastore/GSOracleNGDatastoreEncoder.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class GSOracleNGDatastoreEncoder extends GSAbstractDatastoreEncoder {
 
 	static final String TYPE = "Oracle NG";
 	
+	static final String DEFAULT_DB_TYPE = "oracle";
 	static final int DEFAULT_MIN_CONNECTIONS = 1;
 	static final int DEFAULT_MAX_CONNECTIONS = 10;
 	static final int DEFAULT_FETCH_SIZE = 1000;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public class GSOracleNGDatastoreEncoder extends GSAbstractDatastoreEncoder {
 
         // Set mandatory parameter
         setType(TYPE);
+        setDatabaseType(DEFAULT_DB_TYPE);
         setDatabase(database);
 
         // Set default values
@@ -120,6 +122,10 @@ public class GSOracleNGDatastoreEncoder extends GSAbstractDatastoreEncoder {
     public void setPassword(String password) {
         connectionParameters.set("passwd", password);
     }
+    
+    public void setDatabaseType(String dbtype) {
+        connectionParameters.set("dbtype", dbtype);
+    }
 
     public void setJndiReferenceName(String jndiReferenceName) {
         connectionParameters.set("jndiReferenceName", jndiReferenceName);