diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6dc590..c807316 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 2.1.8
+
+* [FIX] ensure index names do not collide with table names
+
 # 2.1.7
 
 * [FIX] use more precise foreign key constraints
diff --git a/mysql_to_sqlite3/transporter.py b/mysql_to_sqlite3/transporter.py
index b17e3a0..628c0ae 100644
--- a/mysql_to_sqlite3/transporter.py
+++ b/mysql_to_sqlite3/transporter.py
@@ -405,8 +405,29 @@ def _build_create_table_sql(self, table_name: str) -> str:
             """,
             (self._mysql_database, table_name),
         )
-        for index in self._mysql_cur_dict.fetchall():
+        mysql_indices: t.Sequence[t.Optional[t.Dict[str, ToPythonOutputTypes]]] = self._mysql_cur_dict.fetchall()
+        for index in mysql_indices:
             if index is not None:
+                index_name: str
+                if isinstance(index["name"], bytes):
+                    index_name = index["name"].decode()
+                elif isinstance(index["name"], str):
+                    index_name = index["name"]
+                else:
+                    index_name = str(index["name"])
+
+                # check if the index name collides with any table name
+                self._mysql_cur_dict.execute(
+                    """
+                    SELECT COUNT(*) 
+                    FROM information_schema.TABLES 
+                    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = %s 
+                    AND TABLE_NAME = %s
+                    """,
+                    (self._mysql_database, index_name),
+                )
+                index_name_collision: t.Optional[t.Dict[str, ToPythonOutputTypes]] = self._mysql_cur_dict.fetchone()
+
                 columns: str = ""
                 if isinstance(index["columns"], bytes):
                     columns = index["columns"].decode()
@@ -421,14 +442,9 @@ def _build_create_table_sql(self, table_name: str) -> str:
                     else:
                         indices += """CREATE {unique} INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "{name}" ON "{table}" ({columns});""".format(
                             unique="UNIQUE" if index["unique"] in {1, "1"} else "",
-                            name="{table}_{name}".format(
-                                table=table_name,
-                                name=index["name"].decode() if isinstance(index["name"], bytes) else index["name"],
-                            )
-                            if self._prefix_indices
-                            else index["name"].decode()
-                            if isinstance(index["name"], bytes)
-                            else index["name"],
+                            name=f"{table_name}_{index_name}"
+                            if (index_name_collision is not None or self._prefix_indices)
+                            else index_name,
                             table=table_name,
                             columns=", ".join(f'"{column}"' for column in columns.split(",")),
                         )