diff --git a/tests/postgres/src/models/enums/mod.rs b/tests/postgres/src/models/enums/mod.rs
index 41bcc97d..b3eb3000 100644
--- a/tests/postgres/src/models/enums/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/postgres/src/models/enums/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // only for PostgreSQL to match a type definition
 
-#[derive(sqlx::Type, Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(welds::WeldsType, Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 #[sqlx(type_name = "Color")]
 pub enum Color {
     Red,
diff --git a/welds-connections/src/lib.rs b/welds-connections/src/lib.rs
index b0cf0946..0e9d14de 100644
--- a/welds-connections/src/lib.rs
+++ b/welds-connections/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub mod row;
 pub mod sqlite;
 pub mod trace;
 pub mod transaction;
+#[cfg(any(feature = "mysql", feature = "sqlite", feature = "postgres"))]
+pub use sqlx::Type as WeldsType;
 
 pub struct Fetch<'s, 'args, 't> {
     pub sql: &'s str,
diff --git a/welds/src/lib.rs b/welds/src/lib.rs
index 7f2a9f23..622b0961 100644
--- a/welds/src/lib.rs
+++ b/welds/src/lib.rs
@@ -180,3 +180,7 @@ pub use welds_connections::{Client, Row, Syntax, TransactStart};
 
 /// Re-export the Macro used to make models
 pub use welds_macros::WeldsModel;
+
+/// Re-export sqlx::Type as WeldsType for using custom types in models
+#[cfg(any(feature = "mysql", feature = "sqlite", feature = "postgres"))]
+pub use welds_connections::WeldsType;
diff --git a/welds/src/prelude.rs b/welds/src/prelude.rs
index 6d4bcc87..7d20a67e 100644
--- a/welds/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/welds/src/prelude.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ pub use crate::TransactStart;
 pub use crate::WeldsModel;
 pub use crate::exts::{VecRowExt, VecStateExt};
 pub use crate::state::DbState;
+#[cfg(any(feature = "mysql", feature = "sqlite", feature = "postgres"))]
+pub use crate::WeldsType;