diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go
index b10938f40..c18636d1c 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/client.go
@@ -86,6 +86,23 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) getRelIDForTable(schemaTable *SchemaTable) (uint32,
 	return relID, nil
 }
 
+// getReplicaIdentity returns the replica identity for a table.
+func (c *PostgresConnector) getReplicaIdentityForTable(schemaTable *SchemaTable) (string, error) {
+	relID, relIDErr := c.getRelIDForTable(schemaTable)
+	if relIDErr != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get relation id for table %s: %w", schemaTable, relIDErr)
+	}
+
+	var replicaIdentity rune
+	err := c.pool.QueryRow(c.ctx,
+		`SELECT relreplident FROM pg_class WHERE oid = $1;`,
+		relID).Scan(&replicaIdentity)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error getting replica identity for table %s: %w", schemaTable, err)
+	}
+	return string(replicaIdentity), nil
+}
+
 // getPrimaryKeyColumn for table returns the primary key column for a given table
 // errors if there is no primary key column or if there is more than one primary key column.
 func (c *PostgresConnector) getPrimaryKeyColumn(schemaTable *SchemaTable) (string, error) {
diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
index 078a912ce..83801ac2f 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -568,7 +568,10 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) getTableSchemaForTable(
 
 	pkey, err := c.getPrimaryKeyColumn(schemaTable)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting primary key column for table %s: %w", schemaTable, err)
+		replicaIdentity, err := c.getReplicaIdentityForTable(schemaTable)
+		if err != nil || replicaIdentity != "f" {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting primary key column for table %s: %w", schemaTable, err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	res := &protos.TableSchema{