diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a38ab631df..1696349acb1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 ### Fixes
 - Add generic tests defined on sources to the manifest once, not twice ([#3347](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/issues/3347), [#3880](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/pull/3880))
 - Skip partial parsing if certain macros have changed ([#3810](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/issues/3810), [#3982](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/pull/3892))
+- Enable cataloging of unlogged Postgres tables ([3961](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/issues/3961), [#3993](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/pull/3993))
 
 ### Under the hood
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ Contributors:
 
 - [@dave-connors-3](https://github.com/dave-connors-3) ([#3920](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/issues/3920))
 - [@kadero](https://github.com/kadero) ([#3952](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/issues/3952))
+- [@samlader](https://github.com/samlader) ([#3993](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt/pull/3993))
 
 ## dbt 0.21.0 (Release TBD)
 
diff --git a/plugins/postgres/dbt/include/postgres/macros/catalog.sql b/plugins/postgres/dbt/include/postgres/macros/catalog.sql
index 505af99f793..f0d68e1741c 100644
--- a/plugins/postgres/dbt/include/postgres/macros/catalog.sql
+++ b/plugins/postgres/dbt/include/postgres/macros/catalog.sql
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         {%- endfor -%}
       )
       and not pg_is_other_temp_schema(sch.oid) -- not a temporary schema belonging to another session
-      and tbl.relpersistence = 'p' -- [p]ermanent table. Other values are [u]nlogged table, [t]emporary table
+      and tbl.relpersistence in ('p', 'u') -- [p]ermanent table or [u]nlogged table. Exclude [t]emporary tables
       and tbl.relkind in ('r', 'v', 'f', 'p') -- o[r]dinary table, [v]iew, [f]oreign table, [p]artitioned table. Other values are [i]ndex, [S]equence, [c]omposite type, [t]OAST table, [m]aterialized view
       and col.attnum > 0 -- negative numbers are used for system columns such as oid
       and not col.attisdropped -- column as not been dropped
diff --git a/test/integration/074_postgres_unlogged_table_tests/models/schema.yml b/test/integration/074_postgres_unlogged_table_tests/models/schema.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b44402ad885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/074_postgres_unlogged_table_tests/models/schema.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: 2
+models:
+  - name: table_unlogged
+    description: "Unlogged table model"
+    columns:
+      - name: column_a
+        description: "Sample description"
+        quote: true
diff --git a/test/integration/074_postgres_unlogged_table_tests/models/table_unlogged.sql b/test/integration/074_postgres_unlogged_table_tests/models/table_unlogged.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..191d2755290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/074_postgres_unlogged_table_tests/models/table_unlogged.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{{ config(materialized = 'table', unlogged = True) }}
+
+select 1 as column_a
diff --git a/test/integration/074_postgres_unlogged_table_tests/test_postgres_unlogged_table.py b/test/integration/074_postgres_unlogged_table_tests/test_postgres_unlogged_table.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f24e76424d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/074_postgres_unlogged_table_tests/test_postgres_unlogged_table.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import re
+import json
+from test.integration.base import DBTIntegrationTest, use_profile
+
+
+class TestPostgresUnloggedTable(DBTIntegrationTest):
+    @property
+    def schema(self):
+        return "postgres_unlogged_074"
+
+    @property
+    def models(self):
+        return "models"
+
+    @property
+    def project_config(self):
+        return {
+            'config-version': 2,
+            'models': {
+                'test': {
+                    'materialized': 'table',
+                    '+persist_docs': {
+                        "relation": True,
+                        "columns": True,
+                    },
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    @use_profile('postgres')
+    def test__postgres__unlogged__table__catalog(self):
+        table_name = 'table_unlogged'
+
+        results = self.run_dbt(['run', '--models', table_name])
+        self.assertEqual(len(results),  1)
+
+        assert self.get_table_persistence(table_name) == 'u'
+
+        self.run_dbt(['docs', 'generate'])
+
+        with open('target/catalog.json') as fp:
+            catalog_data = json.load(fp)
+
+        assert len(catalog_data['nodes']) == 1
+
+        table_node = catalog_data['nodes'][f'model.test.{table_name}']
+        assert 'column_a' in table_node['columns']
+
+    def get_table_persistence(self, table_name):
+        sql = """
+            SELECT
+              relpersistence
+            FROM pg_class
+            WHERE relname = '{table_name}'
+        """
+        sql = sql.format(table_name=table_name, schema=self.unique_schema())
+
+        result, = self.run_sql(sql, fetch='one')
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(result),  1)
+
+        return result