diff --git a/src/EFCore.Relational/Extensions/RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensions.cs b/src/EFCore.Relational/Extensions/RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensions.cs
index 8609eb690d6..b22a06cb603 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Relational/Extensions/RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.Relational/Extensions/RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensions.cs
@@ -604,6 +604,16 @@ public static void SetCommandTimeout([NotNull] this DatabaseFacade databaseFacad
         public static string GenerateCreateScript([NotNull] this DatabaseFacade databaseFacade)
             => databaseFacade.GetRelationalService<IRelationalDatabaseCreator>().GenerateCreateScript();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     <para>
+        ///         Returns true if the database provider currently in use is a relational database.
+        ///     </para>
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="databaseFacade"> The facade from <see cref="DbContext.Database" />. </param>
+        /// <returns> True if a relational database provider is being used; false otherwise. </returns>
+        public static bool IsRelational([NotNull] this DatabaseFacade databaseFacade)
+            => ((IDatabaseFacadeDependenciesAccessor)Check.NotNull(databaseFacade, nameof(databaseFacade))).Dependencies is IRelationalDatabaseFacadeDependencies;
+
         private static IRelationalDatabaseFacadeDependencies GetFacadeDependencies(DatabaseFacade databaseFacade)
         {
             var dependencies = ((IDatabaseFacadeDependenciesAccessor)databaseFacade).Dependencies;
diff --git a/test/EFCore.Relational.Tests/RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensionsTest.cs b/test/EFCore.Relational.Tests/RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensionsTest.cs
index 09571440bc3..8c6d05b7863 100644
--- a/test/EFCore.Relational.Tests/RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensionsTest.cs
+++ b/test/EFCore.Relational.Tests/RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensionsTest.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@ namespace Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore
 {
     public class RelationalDatabaseFacadeExtensionsTest
     {
+        [ConditionalFact]
+        public void Return_true_if_relational()
+        {
+            using var context = RelationalTestHelpers.Instance.CreateContext();
+            Assert.True(context.Database.IsRelational());
+        }
+
+        [ConditionalFact]
+        public void Return_false_if_inMemory()
+        {
+            using var context = InMemoryTestHelpers.Instance.CreateContext();
+            Assert.False(context.Database.IsRelational());
+        }
+
+
         [ConditionalFact]
         public void GetDbConnection_returns_the_current_connection()
         {