diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
index b1d2716..055c9de 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
@@ -466,6 +466,24 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
+	 * Truncate statement
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific truncate string from the supplied data
+	 *
+	 * If the database does not support the truncate() command,
+	 * then this method maps to 'DELETE FROM table'
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the table name
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected function _truncate($table)
+	{
+		return 'TRUNCATE TABLE '.$table;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
 	 * Delete statement
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific delete string from the supplied data
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
index dd55d7e..f750247 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php
@@ -453,6 +453,24 @@
 	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	/**
+	 * Truncate statement
+	 *
+	 * Generates a platform-specific truncate string from the supplied data
+	 *
+	 * If the database does not support the truncate() command,
+	 * then this method maps to 'DELETE FROM table'
+	 *
+	 * @param	string	the table name
+	 * @return	string
+	 */
+	protected function _truncate($table)
+	{
+		return 'TRUNCATE TABLE '.$table;
+	}
+
+	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+	/**
 	 * Delete statement
 	 *
 	 * Generates a platform-specific delete string from the supplied data
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 911996e..81644ec 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@
 -  Fixed a bug (#11, #183, #863) - CI_Form_validation::_execute() silently continued to the next rule, if a rule method/function is not found.
 -  Fixed a bug (#1242) - read_dir() in the :doc:`Zip Library <libraries/zip>` wasn't compatible with Windows.
 -  Fixed a bug (#306) - ODBC driver didn't have an _insert_batch() method, which resulted in fatal error being triggered when insert_batch() is used with it.
+-  Fixed a bug in MSSQL and SQLSrv's _truncate() where the TABLE keyword was missing.
 
 Version 2.1.1
 =============