diff --git a/src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/statement/create/index/CreateIndex.java b/src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/statement/create/index/CreateIndex.java
index 806eda9a6..dfec6e930 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/statement/create/index/CreateIndex.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/statement/create/index/CreateIndex.java
@@ -22,6 +22,17 @@ public class CreateIndex implements Statement {
     private Index index;
     private List<String> tailParameters;
 
+    public boolean isUsingIfNotExists() {
+        return usingIfNotExists;
+    }
+
+    public CreateIndex setUsingIfNotExists(boolean usingIfNotExists) {
+        this.usingIfNotExists = usingIfNotExists;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    private boolean usingIfNotExists = false;
+
     @Override
     public void accept(StatementVisitor statementVisitor) {
         statementVisitor.visit(this);
@@ -63,6 +74,9 @@ public String toString() {
         }
 
         buffer.append("INDEX ");
+        if (usingIfNotExists) {
+            buffer.append("IF NOT EXISTS ");
+        }
         buffer.append(index.getName());
         buffer.append(" ON ");
         buffer.append(table.getFullyQualifiedName());
@@ -77,8 +91,10 @@ public String toString() {
 
             buffer.append(
                     index.getColumns().stream()
-                            .map(cp -> cp.columnName + (cp.getParams() != null ? " " + String.join(" ", cp.getParams()) : "")).collect(joining(", "))
-            );
+                            .map(cp -> cp.columnName + (cp.getParams() != null
+                                    ? " " + String.join(" ", cp.getParams())
+                                    : ""))
+                            .collect(joining(", ")));
 
             buffer.append(")");
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/util/deparser/CreateIndexDeParser.java b/src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/util/deparser/CreateIndexDeParser.java
index 0f2aae236..5a292b283 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/util/deparser/CreateIndexDeParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/util/deparser/CreateIndexDeParser.java
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
  */
 package net.sf.jsqlparser.util.deparser;
 
-import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
-
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.index.CreateIndex;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.table.Index;
 
+import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
+
 public class CreateIndexDeParser extends AbstractDeParser<CreateIndex> {
 
     public CreateIndexDeParser(StringBuilder buffer) {
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ public void deParse(CreateIndex createIndex) {
         }
 
         buffer.append("INDEX ");
+        if (createIndex.isUsingIfNotExists()) {
+            buffer.append("IF NOT EXISTS ");
+        }
         buffer.append(index.getName());
         buffer.append(" ON ");
         buffer.append(createIndex.getTable().getFullyQualifiedName());
@@ -45,7 +48,9 @@ public void deParse(CreateIndex createIndex) {
         if (index.getColumnsNames() != null) {
             buffer.append(" (");
             buffer.append(index.getColumnWithParams().stream()
-                    .map(cp -> cp.columnName + (cp.getParams() != null ? " " + String.join(" ", cp.getParams()) : ""))
+                    .map(cp -> cp.columnName
+                            + (cp.getParams() != null ? " " + String.join(" ", cp.getParams())
+                                    : ""))
                     .collect(joining(", ")));
             buffer.append(")");
         }
diff --git a/src/main/jjtree/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/JSqlParserCC.jjt b/src/main/jjtree/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/JSqlParserCC.jjt
index 93ecfc537..f933ffef9 100644
--- a/src/main/jjtree/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/JSqlParserCC.jjt
+++ b/src/main/jjtree/net/sf/jsqlparser/parser/JSqlParserCC.jjt
@@ -5167,10 +5167,8 @@ CreateIndex CreateIndex():
     CreateIndex createIndex = new CreateIndex();
     Table table = null;
     List<Index.ColumnParams> colNames;
-    //Token columnName;
     Token using;
     Index index = null;
-    //String name = null;
     List<String> parameter = new ArrayList<String>();
     List<String> tailParameters = new ArrayList<String>();
     List<String> name;
@@ -5178,18 +5176,14 @@ CreateIndex CreateIndex():
 {
     [ parameter=CreateParameter() ]
 
-    <K_INDEX> index = Index() { index.setType(parameter.isEmpty()?null:parameter.get(0)); }
+    <K_INDEX>
+    [ LOOKAHEAD(2) <K_IF> <K_NOT> <K_EXISTS> { createIndex.setUsingIfNotExists(true);} ]
+    index = Index() { index.setType(parameter.isEmpty() ? null : parameter.get(0)); }
 
     <K_ON> table=Table()
-
     [ <K_USING> using=<S_IDENTIFIER> {index.setUsing(using.image);} ]
-
     colNames = ColumnNamesWithParamsList()
-
-    /* [ tailParameter = CreateParameter() {} ] */
-
     ( parameter=CreateParameter() { tailParameters.addAll(parameter); } )*
-
     {
         index.setColumns(colNames);
         createIndex.setIndex(index);
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/statement/create/CreateIndexTest.java b/src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/statement/create/CreateIndexTest.java
index a159215b7..9901a8488 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/statement/create/CreateIndexTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/sf/jsqlparser/statement/create/CreateIndexTest.java
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@
  */
 package net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create;
 
-import java.io.StringReader;
-import java.util.List;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.JSQLParserException;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.parser.CCJSqlParserManager;
 import net.sf.jsqlparser.statement.create.index.CreateIndex;
-import static net.sf.jsqlparser.test.TestUtils.*;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static net.sf.jsqlparser.test.TestUtils.assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 public class CreateIndexTest {
 
@@ -25,8 +27,7 @@ public class CreateIndexTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateIndex() throws JSQLParserException {
-        String statement
-                = "CREATE INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol, mycol2)";
+        String statement = "CREATE INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol, mycol2)";
         CreateIndex createIndex = (CreateIndex) parserManager.parse(new StringReader(statement));
         assertEquals(2, createIndex.getIndex().getColumnsNames().size());
         assertEquals("myindex", createIndex.getIndex().getName());
@@ -38,8 +39,7 @@ public void testCreateIndex() throws JSQLParserException {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateIndex2() throws JSQLParserException {
-        String statement
-                = "CREATE mytype INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol, mycol2)";
+        String statement = "CREATE mytype INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol, mycol2)";
         CreateIndex createIndex = (CreateIndex) parserManager.parse(new StringReader(statement));
         assertEquals(2, createIndex.getIndex().getColumnsNames().size());
         assertEquals("myindex", createIndex.getIndex().getName());
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ public void testCreateIndex2() throws JSQLParserException {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateIndex3() throws JSQLParserException {
-        String statement
-                = "CREATE mytype INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol ASC, mycol2, mycol3)";
+        String statement = "CREATE mytype INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol ASC, mycol2, mycol3)";
         CreateIndex createIndex = (CreateIndex) parserManager.parse(new StringReader(statement));
         assertEquals(3, createIndex.getIndex().getColumnsNames().size());
         assertEquals("myindex", createIndex.getIndex().getName());
@@ -63,8 +62,7 @@ public void testCreateIndex3() throws JSQLParserException {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateIndex4() throws JSQLParserException {
-        String statement
-                = "CREATE mytype INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol ASC, mycol2 (75), mycol3)";
+        String statement = "CREATE mytype INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol ASC, mycol2 (75), mycol3)";
         CreateIndex createIndex = (CreateIndex) parserManager.parse(new StringReader(statement));
         assertEquals(3, createIndex.getIndex().getColumnsNames().size());
         assertEquals("myindex", createIndex.getIndex().getName());
@@ -75,8 +73,8 @@ public void testCreateIndex4() throws JSQLParserException {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateIndex5() throws JSQLParserException {
-        String statement
-                = "CREATE mytype INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol ASC, mycol2 (75), mycol3) mymodifiers";
+        String statement =
+                "CREATE mytype INDEX myindex ON mytab (mycol ASC, mycol2 (75), mycol3) mymodifiers";
         CreateIndex createIndex = (CreateIndex) parserManager.parse(new StringReader(statement));
         assertEquals(3, createIndex.getIndex().getColumnsNames().size());
         assertEquals("myindex", createIndex.getIndex().getName());
@@ -93,8 +91,7 @@ public void testCreateIndex6() throws JSQLParserException {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateIndex7() throws JSQLParserException {
-        String statement
-                = "CREATE INDEX myindex1 ON mytab USING GIST (mycol)";
+        String statement = "CREATE INDEX myindex1 ON mytab USING GIST (mycol)";
         CreateIndex createIndex = (CreateIndex) parserManager.parse(new StringReader(statement));
         assertEquals(1, createIndex.getIndex().getColumnsNames().size());
         assertEquals("myindex1", createIndex.getIndex().getName());
@@ -108,23 +105,25 @@ public void testCreateIndex7() throws JSQLParserException {
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateIndexIssue633() throws JSQLParserException {
-        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed("CREATE INDEX idx_american_football_action_plays_1 ON american_football_action_plays USING btree (play_type)");
+        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed(
+                "CREATE INDEX idx_american_football_action_plays_1 ON american_football_action_plays USING btree (play_type)");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testFullIndexNameIssue936() throws JSQLParserException {
-        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed("CREATE INDEX \"TS\".\"IDX\" ON \"TEST\" (\"ID\" ASC) TABLESPACE \"TS\"");
+        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed(
+                "CREATE INDEX \"TS\".\"IDX\" ON \"TEST\" (\"ID\" ASC) TABLESPACE \"TS\"");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testFullIndexNameIssue936_2() throws JSQLParserException {
-        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed("CREATE INDEX \"TS\".\"IDX\" ON \"TEST\" (\"ID\") TABLESPACE \"TS\"");
+        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed(
+                "CREATE INDEX \"TS\".\"IDX\" ON \"TEST\" (\"ID\") TABLESPACE \"TS\"");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testCreateIndexTrailingOptions() throws JSQLParserException {
-        String statement
-                = "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX cfe.version_info_idx2\n"
+        String statement = "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX cfe.version_info_idx2\n"
                 + "    ON cfe.version_info ( major_version\n"
                 + "                            , minor_version\n"
                 + "                            , patch_level ) parallel compress nologging\n"
@@ -136,4 +135,11 @@ public void testCreateIndexTrailingOptions() throws JSQLParserException {
         assertEquals(tailParameters.get(1), "compress");
         assertEquals(tailParameters.get(2), "nologging");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testIfNotExistsIssue1861() throws JSQLParserException {
+        String sqlStr =
+                "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS test_test_idx ON test.test USING btree (\"time\")";
+        assertSqlCanBeParsedAndDeparsed(sqlStr, true);
+    }
 }