diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/solutions/spannerddl/diff/AstTreeUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/solutions/spannerddl/diff/AstTreeUtils.java
index 290eee0..ffb1d71 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/solutions/spannerddl/diff/AstTreeUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/solutions/spannerddl/diff/AstTreeUtils.java
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ public static String tokensToString(
       if (t.next != null
           && !t.next.toString().equals(",")
           && !t.next.toString().equals(".")
+          && !(tok.equals("=") && t.next.toString().equals(">"))
           && !tok.equals(".")) {
         sb.append(" ");
       }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/expectedDdlDiff.txt b/src/test/resources/expectedDdlDiff.txt
index 7de8af4..856226a 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/expectedDdlDiff.txt
+++ b/src/test/resources/expectedDdlDiff.txt
@@ -393,5 +393,9 @@ ALTER TABLE test ALTER COLUMN change_def SET DEFAULT (TRUE)
 
 ALTER TABLE test1 ADD COLUMN col3 UUID
 
+== test 77 with => in column expression
+
+ALTER TABLE test1 ADD COLUMN col2 TOKENLIST AS ( TOKENIZE_NGRAMS ( domain, ngram_size_min => 2, ngram_size_max => 12 ) ) HIDDEN
+
 ==
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/newDdl.txt b/src/test/resources/newDdl.txt
index 5794bab..5964dc1 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/newDdl.txt
+++ b/src/test/resources/newDdl.txt
@@ -613,4 +613,11 @@ create table test1 (
     col3 uuid
 ) primary key (col1);
 
+== test 77 with => in column expression
+
+create table test1 (
+    col1 int64,
+    col2 TOKENLIST AS (TOKENIZE_NGRAMS(domain, ngram_size_min => 2, ngram_size_max => 12)) HIDDEN,
+) primary key (col1);
+
 ==
diff --git a/src/test/resources/originalDdl.txt b/src/test/resources/originalDdl.txt
index ba77cdb..8b39339 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/originalDdl.txt
+++ b/src/test/resources/originalDdl.txt
@@ -611,5 +611,10 @@ create table test1 (
     col2 string(max)
 ) primary key (col1);
 
-==
+== test 77 with => in column expression
 
+create table test1 (
+    col1 int64
+) primary key (col1);
+
+==