diff --git a/drift/lib/src/runtime/query_builder/query_builder.dart b/drift/lib/src/runtime/query_builder/query_builder.dart
index 2162c3ab..8269239c 100644
--- a/drift/lib/src/runtime/query_builder/query_builder.dart
+++ b/drift/lib/src/runtime/query_builder/query_builder.dart
@@ -93,14 +93,54 @@ void _writeCommaSeparated(
 enum SqlDialect {
   /// Use sqlite's sql dialect. This is the default option and the only
   /// officially supported dialect at the moment.
-  sqlite,
+  sqlite(
+    textType: 'TEXT',
+    integerType: 'INTEGER',
+    realType: 'REAL',
+    blobType: 'BLOB',
+  ),
 
   /// (currently unsupported)
-  mysql,
+  mysql(
+    booleanType: '',
+    textType: '',
+    integerType: '',
+    blobType: '',
+    realType: '',
+  ),
 
   /// PostgreSQL (currently supported in an experimental state)
-  postgres,
+  postgres(
+    booleanType: 'boolean',
+    textType: 'text',
+    integerType: 'bigint',
+    blobType: 'bytea',
+    realType: 'float8',
+  ),
 
   /// MariaDB (currently supported in an experimental state)
-  mariadb,
+  mariadb(
+    booleanType: 'BOOLEAN',
+    textType: 'TEXT',
+    bigIntType: 'BIGINT',
+    integerType: 'INT',
+    blobType: 'BLOB',
+    realType: 'DOUBLE',
+  );
+
+  final String? booleanType;
+  final String textType;
+  final String? bigIntType;
+  final String integerType;
+  final String realType;
+  final String blobType;
+
+  const SqlDialect({
+    required this.textType,
+    required this.integerType,
+    required this.realType,
+    required this.blobType,
+    this.booleanType,
+    this.bigIntType,
+  });
 }
diff --git a/drift/lib/src/runtime/types/mapping.dart b/drift/lib/src/runtime/types/mapping.dart
index 94b34b35..955e1d21 100644
--- a/drift/lib/src/runtime/types/mapping.dart
+++ b/drift/lib/src/runtime/types/mapping.dart
@@ -321,40 +321,23 @@ enum DriftSqlType<T extends Object> implements _InternalDriftSqlType<T> {
     // ignore: unnecessary_cast
     switch (this as DriftSqlType<Object>) {
       case DriftSqlType.bool:
-        return dialect == SqlDialect.sqlite
-            ? 'INTEGER'
-            : dialect == SqlDialect.mariadb
-                ? 'BOOL'
-                : 'boolean';
+        return dialect.booleanType ?? dialect.integerType;
       case DriftSqlType.string:
-        return dialect == SqlDialect.sqlite || dialect == SqlDialect.mariadb
-            ? 'TEXT'
-            : 'text';
+        return dialect.textType;
       case DriftSqlType.bigInt:
+        return dialect.bigIntType ?? dialect.integerType;
       case DriftSqlType.int:
-        return dialect == SqlDialect.sqlite
-            ? 'INTEGER'
-            : dialect == SqlDialect.mariadb
-                ? 'INT'
-                : 'bigint';
+        return dialect.integerType;
       case DriftSqlType.dateTime:
         if (context.typeMapping.storeDateTimesAsText) {
-          return dialect == SqlDialect.sqlite || dialect == SqlDialect.mariadb
-              ? 'TEXT'
-              : 'text';
+          return dialect.textType;
         } else {
-          return dialect == SqlDialect.sqlite ? 'INTEGER' : 'bigint';
+          return dialect.integerType;
         }
       case DriftSqlType.blob:
-        return dialect == SqlDialect.sqlite || dialect == SqlDialect.mariadb
-            ? 'BLOB'
-            : 'bytea';
+        return dialect.blobType;
       case DriftSqlType.double:
-        return dialect == SqlDialect.sqlite
-            ? 'REAL'
-            : dialect == SqlDialect.mariadb
-                ? 'DOUBLE'
-                : 'float8';
+        return dialect.realType;
       case DriftSqlType.any:
         return 'ANY';
     }