diff --git a/src/driver/oracle/OracleDriver.ts b/src/driver/oracle/OracleDriver.ts
index 134ed6bba7..ec8b550697 100644
--- a/src/driver/oracle/OracleDriver.ts
+++ b/src/driver/oracle/OracleDriver.ts
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ export class OracleDriver implements Driver {
      * Creates an escaped parameter.
      */
     createParameter(parameterName: string, index: number): string {
-        return ":" + parameterName;
+        return ":" + (index + 1);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/github-issues/5067/issue-5067.ts b/test/github-issues/5067/issue-5067.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b54159900f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/github-issues/5067/issue-5067.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import "reflect-metadata";
+import {expect} from "chai";
+import {Connection} from "../../../src";
+import {closeTestingConnections, createTestingConnections} from "../../utils/test-utils";
+
+describe.only("github issues > #5067 ORA-00972: identifier is too long", () => {
+    let connections: Connection[];
+    before(async () => connections = await createTestingConnections({
+        entities: [__dirname + "/entity/*{.js,.ts}"]
+    }));
+    after(() => closeTestingConnections(connections));
+
+    it("generated parameter name returns index instead of parameter name", () => Promise.all(connections.map(async connection => {
+        const paramName = "output_";
+        const parametersCount = 0;
+        const createdParameter = await connection.driver.createParameter(paramName, parametersCount);
+
+        expect(createdParameter).to.be.not.undefined;
+        expect(createdParameter).to.be.not.null;
+        expect(createdParameter).to.be.an("String");
+        expect(createdParameter).to.not.match(/(?:output_)/);
+        expect(await connection.driver.createParameter(paramName, 2)).to.equal(":" + 3);
+    })));
+});