diff --git a/doc/build/changelog/changelog_10.rst b/doc/build/changelog/changelog_10.rst
index 4d017cfb15..c465c73ed1 100644
--- a/doc/build/changelog/changelog_10.rst
+++ b/doc/build/changelog/changelog_10.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@
     :version: 1.0.12
     :released:
 
+    .. change::
+        :tags: bug, mssql
+        :tickets: 3624
+        :pullreq: bitbucket:70
+
+        Fixed the syntax of the :func:`.extract` function when used on
+        MSSQL against a datetime value; the quotes around the keyword
+        are removed.  Pull request courtesy Guillaume Doumenc.
+
     .. change::
         :tags: bug, orm
         :tickets: 3623
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/base.py
index f3d20b3aa8..8fdb8ee877 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/base.py
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ class MSSQLCompiler(compiler.SQLCompiler):
 
     def visit_extract(self, extract, **kw):
         field = self.extract_map.get(extract.field, extract.field)
-        return 'DATEPART("%s", %s)' % \
+        return 'DATEPART(%s, %s)' % \
             (field, self.process(extract.expr, **kw))
 
     def visit_savepoint(self, savepoint_stmt):
diff --git a/test/dialect/mssql/test_types.py b/test/dialect/mssql/test_types.py
index a3dc6a91df..68a6908520 100644
--- a/test/dialect/mssql/test_types.py
+++ b/test/dialect/mssql/test_types.py
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@ class MSDateTypeTest(fixtures.TestBase):
             result_processor, 'abc'
         )
 
+    def test_extract(self):
+        from sqlalchemy import extract
+        fivedaysago = datetime.datetime.now() \
+            - datetime.timedelta(days=5)
+        for field, exp in ('year', fivedaysago.year), \
+                ('month', fivedaysago.month), ('day', fivedaysago.day):
+            r = testing.db.execute(
+                select([
+                    extract(field, fivedaysago)])
+            ).scalar()
+            eq_(r, exp)
+
 
 class TypeDDLTest(fixtures.TestBase):