diff --git a/tests/WP_SQLite_Query_Tests.php b/tests/WP_SQLite_Query_Tests.php
index 9605cc4..ff6e0aa 100644
--- a/tests/WP_SQLite_Query_Tests.php
+++ b/tests/WP_SQLite_Query_Tests.php
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ public function testOnDuplicateKeyWithUnnamedKeys() {
 
 	public function testOnCreateTableIfNotExistsWithIndexAdded() {
 		$this->assertQuery(
-			'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test` (
+			'CREATE TABLE IF not EXISTS `test` (
 				`id` INT,
 				`name` VARCHAR(255),
 				`other` VARCHAR(255),
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ public function testOnCreateTableIfNotExistsWithIndexAdded() {
 			);'
 		);
 		$this->assertQuery(
-			'CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `test` (
+			'CREATE TABLE if   NOT   ExisTS `test` (
 				`id` INT,
 				`name` VARCHAR(255),
 				`other` VARCHAR(255),
diff --git a/wp-includes/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-translator.php b/wp-includes/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-translator.php
index 5491c9b..fd0ed36 100644
--- a/wp-includes/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-translator.php
+++ b/wp-includes/sqlite/class-wp-sqlite-translator.php
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ private function execute_create_table() {
 			')'
 		);
 
-		$if_not_exists = false === strpos( $create_query, 'IF NOT EXISTS' ) ? '' : 'IF NOT EXISTS';
+		$if_not_exists = preg_match( '/\bIF\s+NOT\s+EXISTS\b/i', $create_query ) ? 'IF NOT EXISTS' : '';
 
 		$this->execute_sqlite_query( $create_query );
 		$this->results      = $this->last_exec_returned;