diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ea8db2d870..b07f86adcb5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 ### Under the hood
 - Added 3 more adapter methods that the new dbt-adapter-test suite can use for testing. ([#2492](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2492), [#2721](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/pull/2721))
+- Check for Postgres relation names longer than 63 and throw exception. ([#2197](https://github.com/fishtown-analytics/dbt/issues/2197))
 
 
 ## dbt 0.18.0rc1 (August 19, 2020)
diff --git a/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/__init__.py b/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/__init__.py
index 7a3b1bd48ed..04f0e8cda53 100644
--- a/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.postgres.connections import PostgresConnectionManager  # noqa
 from dbt.adapters.postgres.connections import PostgresCredentials
 from dbt.adapters.postgres.relation import PostgresColumn  # noqa
+from dbt.adapters.postgres.relation import PostgresRelation  # noqa: F401
 from dbt.adapters.postgres.impl import PostgresAdapter
 
 from dbt.adapters.base import AdapterPlugin
diff --git a/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/impl.py b/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/impl.py
index fc22f78e452..c03dafefe14 100644
--- a/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/impl.py
+++ b/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/impl.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.sql import SQLAdapter
 from dbt.adapters.postgres import PostgresConnectionManager
 from dbt.adapters.postgres import PostgresColumn
+from dbt.adapters.postgres import PostgresRelation
 import dbt.exceptions
 
 
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class PostgresConfig(AdapterConfig):
 
 
 class PostgresAdapter(SQLAdapter):
+    Relation = PostgresRelation
     ConnectionManager = PostgresConnectionManager
     Column = PostgresColumn
 
diff --git a/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/relation.py b/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/relation.py
index 3b864ce440f..2040337ac48 100644
--- a/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/relation.py
+++ b/plugins/postgres/dbt/adapters/postgres/relation.py
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
 from dbt.adapters.base import Column
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dbt.adapters.base.relation import BaseRelation
+from dbt.exceptions import RuntimeException
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False, repr=False)
+class PostgresRelation(BaseRelation):
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        # Check for length of Postgres table/view names.
+        # Check self.type to exclude test relation identifiers
+        if (self.identifier is not None and self.type is not None and
+                len(self.identifier) > self.relation_max_name_length()):
+            raise RuntimeException(
+                f"Relation name '{self.identifier}' "
+                f"is longer than {self.relation_max_name_length()} characters"
+            )
+
+    def relation_max_name_length(self):
+        return 63
 
 
 class PostgresColumn(Column):
diff --git a/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/__init__.py b/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/__init__.py
index 003c3ba9a9d..f8059e1168b 100644
--- a/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.redshift.connections import RedshiftConnectionManager  # noqa
 from dbt.adapters.redshift.connections import RedshiftCredentials
 from dbt.adapters.redshift.relation import RedshiftColumn  # noqa
+from dbt.adapters.redshift.relation import RedshiftRelation  # noqa: F401
 from dbt.adapters.redshift.impl import RedshiftAdapter
 
 
diff --git a/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/impl.py b/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/impl.py
index da8588df3f2..65ea6bbeda6 100644
--- a/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/impl.py
+++ b/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/impl.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from dbt.adapters.postgres import PostgresAdapter
 from dbt.adapters.redshift import RedshiftConnectionManager
 from dbt.adapters.redshift import RedshiftColumn
+from dbt.adapters.redshift import RedshiftRelation
 from dbt.logger import GLOBAL_LOGGER as logger  # noqa
 
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ class RedshiftConfig(AdapterConfig):
 
 
 class RedshiftAdapter(PostgresAdapter):
+    Relation = RedshiftRelation
     ConnectionManager = RedshiftConnectionManager
     Column = RedshiftColumn
 
diff --git a/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/relation.py b/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/relation.py
index 4d48746a650..ac3ecdb9534 100644
--- a/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/relation.py
+++ b/plugins/redshift/dbt/adapters/redshift/relation.py
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 from dbt.adapters.base import Column
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dbt.adapters.postgres.relation import PostgresRelation
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True, eq=False, repr=False)
+class RedshiftRelation(PostgresRelation):
+    # Override the method in the Postgres Relation
+    # because Redshift allows longer names
+    def relation_max_name_length(self):
+        return 127
 
 
 class RedshiftColumn(Column):
diff --git a/test/integration/063_relation_name_tests/data/seed.csv b/test/integration/063_relation_name_tests/data/seed.csv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4a1e26eed2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/063_relation_name_tests/data/seed.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+col_A,col_B
+1,2
+3,4
+5,6
diff --git a/test/integration/063_relation_name_tests/models/long_table_name_with_enough_characters_to_fail_when_tmp_name.sql b/test/integration/063_relation_name_tests/models/long_table_name_with_enough_characters_to_fail_when_tmp_name.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31dc91a8d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/063_relation_name_tests/models/long_table_name_with_enough_characters_to_fail_when_tmp_name.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+select * from {{ this.schema }}.seed
diff --git a/test/integration/063_relation_name_tests/test_relation_name.py b/test/integration/063_relation_name_tests/test_relation_name.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39513f12b3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/063_relation_name_tests/test_relation_name.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from test.integration.base import DBTIntegrationTest, use_profile
+import dbt.exceptions
+
+class TestAdapterDDL(DBTIntegrationTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        DBTIntegrationTest.setUp(self)
+        self.run_dbt(['seed'])
+
+    @property
+    def schema(self):
+        return "adapter_ddl_063"
+
+    @property
+    def models(self):
+        return "models"
+
+    @property
+    def project_config(self):
+        return {
+            'config-version': 2,
+            'seeds': {
+                'quote_columns': False,
+            },
+        }
+
+    @use_profile('postgres')
+    def test_postgres_long_name_fails(self):
+        self.run_dbt(['run'],expect_pass=False)
+
+    @use_profile('redshift')
+    def test_redshift_long_name_succeeds(self):
+        self.run_dbt(['run'],expect_pass=True)
+