diff --git a/src/package.lisp b/src/package.lisp
index b2379a2..d068918 100644
--- a/src/package.lisp
+++ b/src/package.lisp
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@
 
 (defpackage #:pgloader.quoting
   (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params)
-  (:export #:apply-identifier-case))
+  (:export #:apply-identifier-case
+           #:build-identifier
+           #:quoted-p
+           #:ensure-unquoted))
 
 (defpackage #:pgloader.catalog
   (:use #:cl #:pgloader.params #:pgloader.quoting)
@@ -251,6 +254,7 @@
 (defpackage #:pgloader.utils
   (:use #:cl
         #:pgloader.params
+        #:pgloader.quoting
         #:pgloader.catalog
         #:pgloader.monitor
         #:pgloader.state
@@ -278,11 +282,9 @@
            ;; charsets
            #:list-encodings-and-aliases
            #:show-encodings
-           #:make-external-format
-
-           ;; quoting
-           #:apply-identifier-case))
+           #:make-external-format))
 
+(cl-user::export-inherited-symbols "pgloader.quoting" "pgloader.utils")
 (cl-user::export-inherited-symbols "pgloader.catalog" "pgloader.utils")
 (cl-user::export-inherited-symbols "pgloader.monitor" "pgloader.utils")
 (cl-user::export-inherited-symbols "pgloader.state"   "pgloader.utils")
diff --git a/src/pgsql/pgsql-ddl.lisp b/src/pgsql/pgsql-ddl.lisp
index 140f24e..e6374b2 100644
--- a/src/pgsql/pgsql-ddl.lisp
+++ b/src/pgsql/pgsql-ddl.lisp
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@
                          (index-name index)
 
                          ;; in the general case, we build our own index name.
-                         (format nil "idx_~a_~a"
-                                 (table-oid (index-table index))
-                                 (index-name index))))
-	 (index-name (apply-identifier-case index-name)))
+                         (build-identifier "_"
+                                           "idx"
+                                           (table-oid (index-table index))
+                                           (index-name index)))))
     (cond
       ((or (index-primary index)
            (and (index-condef index) (index-unique index)))
diff --git a/src/pgsql/pgsql-schema.lisp b/src/pgsql/pgsql-schema.lisp
index 36d98a3..9269b1c 100644
--- a/src/pgsql/pgsql-schema.lisp
+++ b/src/pgsql/pgsql-schema.lisp
@@ -98,16 +98,6 @@
   (let ((table-name (table-name table)))
     (format nil "^~a$" (ensure-unquoted table-name))))
 
-(defun ensure-unquoted (identifier)
-  (cond ((pgloader.quoting::quoted-p identifier)
-         ;; when the table name comes from the user (e.g. in the
-         ;; load file) then we might have to unquote it: the
-         ;; PostgreSQL catalogs does not store object names in
-         ;; their quoted form.
-         (subseq identifier 1 (1- (length identifier))))
-
-        (t identifier)))
-
 (defun query-table-schema (table)
   "Get PostgreSQL schema name where to locate TABLE-NAME by following the
   current search_path rules. A PostgreSQL connection must be opened."
diff --git a/src/sources/sqlite/sqlite-schema.lisp b/src/sources/sqlite/sqlite-schema.lisp
index 5d071f2..57b8557 100644
--- a/src/sources/sqlite/sqlite-schema.lisp
+++ b/src/sources/sqlite/sqlite-schema.lisp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
                  (every (lambda (field)
                           (string-equal "integer" (coldef-dtype field)))
                         pk-fields))
-        (let ((pk-name (format nil "~a_pkey" (format-table-name table)))
+        (let ((pk-name (build-identifier "_" (format-table-name table) "pkey"))
               (clist   (mapcar #'coldef-name pk-fields)))
           ;; now forge the index and get it a name
           (add-index table (make-index :name pk-name
diff --git a/src/utils/quoting.lisp b/src/utils/quoting.lisp
index 8a85f5c..2be0a7a 100644
--- a/src/utils/quoting.lisp
+++ b/src/utils/quoting.lisp
@@ -46,3 +46,25 @@
       (:quote    (format nil "~s"
                          (cl-ppcre:regex-replace-all "\"" identifier "\"\"")))
       (:none     identifier))))
+
+(defun ensure-unquoted (identifier)
+  (cond ((quoted-p identifier)
+         ;; when the table name comes from the user (e.g. in the
+         ;; load file) then we might have to unquote it: the
+         ;; PostgreSQL catalogs does not store object names in
+         ;; their quoted form.
+         (subseq identifier 1 (1- (length identifier))))
+
+        (t identifier)))
+
+(defun build-identifier (sep &rest parts)
+  "Concatenante PARTS into a PostgreSQL identifier, with SEP in between
+   parts. That's useful for creating an index name from a table's oid and name."
+  (apply-identifier-case
+   (apply #'concatenate
+          'string
+          (loop :for (part . more?) :on parts
+             :collect (ensure-unquoted (typecase part
+                                         (string part)
+                                         (t      (princ-to-string part))))
+             :when more? :collect sep))))