diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
index ba70cc3550..d32f3705c1 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DataType.java
@@ -1577,9 +1577,26 @@ public interface DataType<T> extends Named {
 
     /**
      * Whether this data type is a UDT type.
+     * <p>
+     * It is recommended to use {@link #isQualifiedRecord()} instead, which
+     * returns the same thing as {@link #isUDT()}, or {@link #isUDTRecord()} if
+     * only actual {@link UDT} types are requested.
      */
     boolean isUDT();
 
+    /**
+     * Whether this data type is a {@link UDTRecord} type.
+     */
+    boolean isUDTRecord();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether this data type is a {@link QualifiedRecord} type.
+     * <p>
+     * This includes {@link UDT#getDataType()} as well as
+     * {@link Table#getDataType()}.
+     */
+    boolean isQualifiedRecord();
+
     /**
      * Whether this data type is a nested record type.
      * <p>
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
index 2964829975..ffb34466b3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractDataType.java
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ import org.jooq.RowId;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
 import org.jooq.Schema;
 import org.jooq.Table;
+import org.jooq.UDTRecord;
 import org.jooq.XML;
 import org.jooq.impl.QOM.GenerationLocation;
 import org.jooq.impl.QOM.GenerationOption;
@@ -1038,8 +1039,18 @@ implements
         return EmbeddableRecord.class.isAssignableFrom(tType0());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isUDTRecord() {
+        return UDTRecord.class.isAssignableFrom(tType0());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final boolean isUDT() {
+        return isQualifiedRecord();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final boolean isQualifiedRecord() {
         return QualifiedRecord.class.isAssignableFrom(tType0());
     }