diff --git a/exposed-core/api/exposed-core.api b/exposed-core/api/exposed-core.api
index 9e2d238532..2b77e8d631 100644
--- a/exposed-core/api/exposed-core.api
+++ b/exposed-core/api/exposed-core.api
@@ -4442,6 +4442,7 @@ public class org/jetbrains/exposed/v1/core/vendors/PostgreSQLDialect : org/jetbr
 	public fun dropIndex (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;ZZ)Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getName ()Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun getRequiresAutoCommitOnCreateDrop ()Z
+	public fun getSupportsColumnTypeChange ()Z
 	public fun getSupportsOrderByNullsFirstLast ()Z
 	public fun getSupportsSelectForUpdate ()Z
 	public fun getSupportsSubqueryUnions ()Z
diff --git a/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/v1/core/vendors/PostgreSQL.kt b/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/v1/core/vendors/PostgreSQL.kt
index 6303bba99f..c2377a85a3 100644
--- a/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/v1/core/vendors/PostgreSQL.kt
+++ b/exposed-core/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/v1/core/vendors/PostgreSQL.kt
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ open class PostgreSQLDialect(override val name: String = dialectName) : VendorDi
 
     override val supportsWindowFrameGroupsMode: Boolean = true
 
+    override val supportsColumnTypeChange: Boolean = true
+
     @Deprecated(
         "The parameter was moved to JdbcExposedDatabaseMetadata/R2dbcExposedDatabaseMetadata classes",
         ReplaceWith("TransactionManager.current().db.supportsSelectForUpdate")
diff --git a/exposed-migration-jdbc/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/v1/migration/jdbc/DatabaseMigrationTests.kt b/exposed-migration-jdbc/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/v1/migration/jdbc/DatabaseMigrationTests.kt
index 262b6caf2c..728980a618 100644
--- a/exposed-migration-jdbc/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/v1/migration/jdbc/DatabaseMigrationTests.kt
+++ b/exposed-migration-jdbc/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/v1/migration/jdbc/DatabaseMigrationTests.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.exposed.v1.datetime.date as kotlinDatetimeDate
 import org.jetbrains.exposed.v1.javatime.date as javatimeDate
 
 class DatabaseMigrationTests : DatabaseTestsBase() {
-    private val columnTypeChangeUnsupportedDb = TestDB.ALL - TestDB.ALL_H2_V2
+    private val columnTypeChangeUnsupportedDb = TestDB.ALL - TestDB.ALL_H2_V2 - TestDB.ALL_POSTGRES
 
     @OptIn(InternalApi::class)
     @Test
@@ -464,4 +464,27 @@ class DatabaseMigrationTests : DatabaseTestsBase() {
         logCaptor.clearLogs()
         logCaptor.close()
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testColumnTypeChangeOnlyGeneratesMigrationStatement() {
+        val originalTable = object : Table("tester") {
+            val data = varchar("data", 50)
+        }
+
+        val modifiedTable = object : Table("tester") {
+            val data = text("data")
+        }
+
+        withDb(excludeSettings = columnTypeChangeUnsupportedDb) {
+            try {
+                SchemaUtils.create(originalTable)
+
+                val statements = MigrationUtils.statementsRequiredForDatabaseMigration(modifiedTable, withLogs = false)
+                assertEquals(1, statements.size)
+                assertTrue(statements.first().contains("ALTER", ignoreCase = true))
+            } finally {
+                SchemaUtils.drop(originalTable)
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }