diff --git a/tests/schema/test_generate_schema.py b/tests/schema/test_generate_schema.py
index 40272d8e2..269045f45 100644
--- a/tests/schema/test_generate_schema.py
+++ b/tests/schema/test_generate_schema.py
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ async def test_index_safe(self):
     `full_text` LONGTEXT NOT NULL,
     `geometry` GEOMETRY NOT NULL
 ) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;
-CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_index_full_te_3caba4` ON `index` (`full_text`) WITH PARSER ngram;
-CREATE SPATIAL INDEX IF NOT EXISTS `idx_index_geometr_0b4dfb` ON `index` (`geometry`);""",
+CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX `idx_index_full_te_3caba4` ON `index` (`full_text`) WITH PARSER ngram;
+CREATE SPATIAL INDEX `idx_index_geometr_0b4dfb` ON `index` (`geometry`);""",
         )
 
     async def test_index_unsafe(self):
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ async def test_index_unsafe(self):
 CREATE INDEX "idx_index_gist_c807bf" ON "index" USING GIST ("gist");
 CREATE INDEX "idx_index_sp_gist_2c0bad" ON "index" USING SPGIST ("sp_gist");
 CREATE INDEX "idx_index_hash_cfe6b5" ON "index" USING HASH ("hash");
-CREATE INDEX "idx_index_partial_c5be6a" ON "index" USING  ("partial") WHERE id = 1;""",
+CREATE INDEX "idx_index_partial_c5be6a" ON "index" USING ("partial") WHERE id = 1;""",
         )
 
     async def test_index_safe(self):
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ async def test_index_safe(self):
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "idx_index_gist_c807bf" ON "index" USING GIST ("gist");
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "idx_index_sp_gist_2c0bad" ON "index" USING SPGIST ("sp_gist");
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "idx_index_hash_cfe6b5" ON "index" USING HASH ("hash");
-CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "idx_index_partial_c5be6a" ON "index" USING  ("partial") WHERE id = 1;""",
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS "idx_index_partial_c5be6a" ON "index" USING ("partial") WHERE id = 1;""",
         )
 
     async def test_m2m_no_auto_create(self):
diff --git a/tests/testmodels.py b/tests/testmodels.py
index 1e2c7dcf6..723b88c54 100644
--- a/tests/testmodels.py
+++ b/tests/testmodels.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 from tortoise import fields
 from tortoise.exceptions import ValidationError
 from tortoise.fields import NO_ACTION
+from tortoise.indexes import Index
 from tortoise.manager import Manager
 from tortoise.models import Model
 from tortoise.queryset import QuerySet
@@ -150,6 +151,9 @@ class ModelTestPydanticMetaBackwardRelations3(Model):
 class Node(Model):
     name = fields.CharField(max_length=10)
 
+    class Meta:
+        indexes = [Index(fields=("name",))]
+
 
 class Tree(Model):
     parent: fields.ForeignKeyRelation[Node] = fields.ForeignKeyField(
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_describe_model.py b/tests/utils/test_describe_model.py
index 998d6e794..a25d114b2 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_describe_model.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_describe_model.py
@@ -25,12 +25,19 @@
     ManyToManyFieldInstance,
     OneToOneFieldInstance,
 )
+from tortoise.indexes import Index
+
+
+def dump_index(obj):
+    if isinstance(obj, Index):
+        return repr(obj)
+    return obj
 
 
 class TestDescribeModels(test.TestCase):
     def test_describe_models_all_serializable(self):
         val = Tortoise.describe_models()
-        json.dumps(val)
+        json.dumps(val, default=dump_index)
         self.assertIn("models.SourceFields", val.keys())
         self.assertIn("models.Event", val.keys())
 
diff --git a/tortoise/backends/mysql/executor.py b/tortoise/backends/mysql/executor.py
index 0ab40a19c..6a19be073 100644
--- a/tortoise/backends/mysql/executor.py
+++ b/tortoise/backends/mysql/executor.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import enum
 
-from pypika_tortoise import functions, SqlContext
+from pypika_tortoise import SqlContext, functions
 from pypika_tortoise.enums import SqlTypes
 from pypika_tortoise.functions import Cast, Coalesce
 from pypika_tortoise.terms import BasicCriterion, Criterion
diff --git a/tortoise/indexes.py b/tortoise/indexes.py
index b3be63da5..c503fb8bb 100644
--- a/tortoise/indexes.py
+++ b/tortoise/indexes.py
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ def get_sql(
             ctx = schema_generator.client.query_class.SQL_CONTEXT
             expressions = [f"({expression.get_sql(ctx)})" for expression in self.expressions]
             fields = ", ".join(expressions)
-
+        exists = "IF NOT EXISTS " if safe and schema_generator.DIALECT != "mysql" else ""
         return self.INDEX_CREATE_TEMPLATE.format(
-            exists="IF NOT EXISTS " if safe else "",
+            exists=exists,
             index_name=schema_generator.quote(self.index_name(schema_generator, model)),
-            index_type=f" {self.INDEX_TYPE} ",
+            index_type=f" {self.INDEX_TYPE} " if self.INDEX_TYPE else " ",
             table_name=schema_generator.quote(model._meta.db_table),
             fields=fields,
             extra=self.extra,
diff --git a/tortoise/utils.py b/tortoise/utils.py
index e5c4fe0dd..8ea411b39 100644
--- a/tortoise/utils.py
+++ b/tortoise/utils.py
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ async def generate_schema_for_client(client: "BaseDBAsyncClient", safe: bool) ->
     :param safe: When set to true, creates the table only when it does not already exist.
     """
     generator = client.schema_generator(client)
-    schema = get_schema_sql(client, safe)
-    logger.debug("Creating schema: %s", schema)
-    if schema:  # pragma: nobranch
+    if schema := generator.get_create_schema_sql(safe):  # pragma: nobranch
+        logger.debug("Creating schema: %s", schema)
         await generator.generate_from_string(schema)