diff --git a/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/index.ts b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/index.ts
index c01aa322ea..e7284aca32 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/index.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ export {
   isDefaultDynamoDbModelDataSourceStrategy,
   isDynamoDbModel,
   isDynamoDbType,
+  isPostgresModel,
+  isPostgresDbType,
   isModelType,
   isMutationNode,
   isObjectTypeDefinitionNode,
diff --git a/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/utils/model-datasource-strategy-utils.ts b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/utils/model-datasource-strategy-utils.ts
index 5e460a0b7d..6c8a53f033 100644
--- a/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/utils/model-datasource-strategy-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/amplify-graphql-transformer-core/src/utils/model-datasource-strategy-utils.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,27 @@ export const isSqlModel = (ctx: DataSourceStrategiesProvider, typename: string):
   return isSqlDbType(modelDataSourceType.dbType);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Checks if the given model is a SQL model
+ * @param ctx Transformer Context
+ * @param typename Model name
+ * @returns boolean
+ */
+export const isPostgresModel = (ctx: DataSourceStrategiesProvider, typename: string): boolean => {
+  if (isBuiltInGraphqlType(typename)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  const modelDataSourceType = getModelDataSourceStrategy(ctx, typename);
+  return isPostgresDbType(modelDataSourceType.dbType);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Type predicate that returns true if `dbType` is a supported SQL database type
+ */
+export const isPostgresDbType = (dbType: ModelDataSourceStrategyDbType): dbType is ModelDataSourceStrategySqlDbType => {
+  return dbType === POSTGRES_DB_TYPE;
+};
+
 /**
  * Type predicate that returns true if `obj` is a SQLLambdaModelDataSourceStrategy
  */