diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
index f36e7de929..4416f79c3e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/Dialect.java
@@ -733,7 +733,27 @@ public Class getNativeIdentifierGeneratorClass() {
 			return SequenceStyleGenerator.class;
 		}
 	}
+    // Materialized view support
 
+    /**
+     * Does the dialect support materialized view. It's needed for schema validation purposes.
+     * @return True if dialect supports materialized views. False otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean supportsMaterializedView() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Does the dialect support materialized view. It's needed for schema validation purposes.
+     * @return Query string that will be passed as one of  {@code String[] types} parameter
+     * to {@link java.sql.DatabaseMetaData#getTables(String, String, String, String[])}. {@code null}
+     * otherwise if dialect is not supported or doesn't need to use explicit type term.
+     */
+    public String getMaterializedViewTypeTerm() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    // End of Materialized view support
 
 	// IDENTITY support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQL93Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQL93Dialect.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbde44a0cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQL93Dialect.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.hibernate.dialect;
+
+/**
+ * An SQL Dialect for PostgreSQL 9.3 and later. Adds support for Materialized view.
+ *
+ * @author Dionis Argiri
+ */
+public class PostgreSQL93Dialect extends PostgreSQL9Dialect {
+    @Override
+    public boolean supportsMaterializedView() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getMaterializedViewTypeTerm() {
+        return "MATERIALIZED VIEW";
+    }
+}