diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
index 8230b6cfd0..cd22f262e9 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/JavaGenerator.java
@@ -1667,6 +1667,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
             ? out.ref(getStrategy().getFullJavaIdentifier(tableUdtOrEmbeddable), 2)
             : null;
         final List<String> interfaces = out.ref(getStrategy().getJavaClassImplements(tableUdtOrEmbeddable, Mode.RECORD));
+        final String abstract_ = tableUdtOrEmbeddable instanceof UDTDefinition && !((UDTDefinition) tableUdtOrEmbeddable).isInstantiable() ? "abstract " : "";
 
         printPackage(out, tableUdtOrEmbeddable, Mode.RECORD);
 
@@ -1725,8 +1726,9 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
 
         if (scala) {
             if (tableUdtOrEmbeddable instanceof EmbeddableDefinition)
-                out.println("%sclass %s extends %s[%s](%s.%s.getDataType.getRow)[[before= with ][separator= with ][%s]] {",
+                out.println("%s%sclass %s extends %s[%s](%s.%s.getDataType.getRow)[[before= with ][separator= with ][%s]] {",
                     visibility(),
+                    abstract_,
                     className,
                     baseClass,
                     className,
@@ -1735,8 +1737,9 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                     interfaces
                 );
             else
-                out.println("%sclass %s extends %s[%s](%s)[[before= with ][separator= with ][%s]] {",
+                out.println("%s%sclass %s extends %s[%s](%s)[[before= with ][separator= with ][%s]] {",
                     visibility(),
+                    abstract_,
                     className,
                     baseClass,
                     className,
@@ -1747,8 +1750,9 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
         else if (kotlin) {
             String constructorVisibility = generateKotlinNotNullRecordAttributes() ? " private constructor" : "";
             if (tableUdtOrEmbeddable instanceof EmbeddableDefinition)
-                out.println("%sopen class %s%s() : %s<%s>(%s.%s.dataType.row)[[before=, ][%s]] {",
+                out.println("%s%sopen class %s%s() : %s<%s>(%s.%s.dataType.row)[[before=, ][%s]] {",
                     visibility(),
+                    abstract_,
                     className,
                     constructorVisibility,
                     baseClass,
@@ -1758,8 +1762,9 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                     interfaces
                 );
             else
-                out.println("%sopen class %s%s() : %s<%s>(%s)[[before=, ][%s]] {",
+                out.println("%s%sopen class %s%s() : %s<%s>(%s)[[before=, ][%s]] {",
                     visibility(),
+                    abstract_,
                     className,
                     constructorVisibility,
                     baseClass,
@@ -1769,7 +1774,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                 );
         }
         else
-            out.println("%sclass %s extends %s<%s>[[before= implements ][%s]] {", visibility(), className, baseClass, className, interfaces);
+            out.println("%s%sclass %s extends %s<%s>[[before= implements ][%s]] {", visibility(), abstract_, className, baseClass, className, interfaces);
 
         out.printSerial();
 
@@ -5659,6 +5664,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
             : "";
         final String superName = out.ref(getStrategy().getJavaClassExtends(tableUdtOrEmbeddable, Mode.POJO));
         final List<String> interfaces = out.ref(getStrategy().getJavaClassImplements(tableUdtOrEmbeddable, Mode.POJO));
+        final String abstract_ = tableUdtOrEmbeddable instanceof UDTDefinition && !((UDTDefinition) tableUdtOrEmbeddable).isInstantiable() ? "abstract " : "";
 
         if (generateInterfaces())
             interfaces.add(interfaceName);
@@ -5679,7 +5685,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
             printTableJPAAnnotation(out, (TableDefinition) tableUdtOrEmbeddable);
 
         if (scala) {
-            out.println("%s%sclass %s(", visibility(), (generatePojosAsScalaCaseClasses() ? "case " : ""), className);
+            out.println("%s%s%sclass %s(", visibility(), abstract_, (generatePojosAsScalaCaseClasses() ? "case " : ""), className);
 
             forEach(getTypedElements(tableUdtOrEmbeddable), (column, separator) -> {
                 out.println("%s%s %s: %s%s",
@@ -5694,7 +5700,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
             out.println(")[[before= extends ][%s]][[before= with ][separator= with ][%s]] {", first(superTypes), remaining(superTypes));
         }
         else if (kotlin) {
-            out.println("%s%sclass %s(", visibility(), (generatePojosAsKotlinDataClasses() ? "data " : ""), className);
+            out.println("%s%s%sclass %s(", visibility(), abstract_, (generatePojosAsKotlinDataClasses() ? "data " : ""), className);
 
             forEach(getTypedElements(tableUdtOrEmbeddable), (column, separator) -> {
                 final String member = getStrategy().getJavaMemberName(column, Mode.POJO);
@@ -5741,7 +5747,7 @@ public class JavaGenerator extends AbstractGenerator {
                 out.println(")[[before= implements ][%s]] {", interfaces);
             }
             else {
-                out.println("%sclass %s[[before= extends ][%s]][[before= implements ][%s]] {", visibility(), className, list(superName), interfaces);
+                out.println("%s%sclass %s[[before= extends ][%s]][[before= implements ][%s]] {", visibility(), abstract_, className, list(superName), interfaces);
             }
 
             if (generateSerializablePojos() || generateSerializableInterfaces())
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractUDTDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractUDTDefinition.java
index a562b2f799..04aeb2c5cd 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractUDTDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractUDTDefinition.java
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ implements
 
     private List<RoutineDefinition> routines;
     private final boolean           synthetic;
-    private SchemaDefinition        supertypeSchema;
-    private String                  supertypeName;
+    private final SchemaDefinition  supertypeSchema;
+    private final String            supertypeName;
+    private final boolean           instantiable;
 
     public AbstractUDTDefinition(SchemaDefinition schema, String name, String comment) {
         this(schema, null, name, false, comment);
@@ -65,15 +66,16 @@ implements
     }
 
     public AbstractUDTDefinition(SchemaDefinition schema, PackageDefinition pkg, String name, boolean synthetic, String comment) {
-        this(schema, pkg, name, synthetic, comment, null, null);
+        this(schema, pkg, name, synthetic, comment, null, null, true);
     }
 
-    public AbstractUDTDefinition(SchemaDefinition schema, PackageDefinition pkg, String name, boolean synthetic, String comment, SchemaDefinition supertypeSchema, String supertypeName) {
+    public AbstractUDTDefinition(SchemaDefinition schema, PackageDefinition pkg, String name, boolean synthetic, String comment, SchemaDefinition supertypeSchema, String supertypeName, boolean instantiable) {
         super(schema, pkg, name, comment);
 
         this.synthetic = synthetic;
         this.supertypeSchema = supertypeSchema;
         this.supertypeName = supertypeName;
+        this.instantiable = instantiable;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -125,4 +127,9 @@ implements
     public List<UDTDefinition> getSubtypes() {
         return getDatabase().getSubtypes(this);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isInstantiable() {
+        return instantiable;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/UDTDefinition.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/UDTDefinition.java
index 09014aee70..1cdf1c96b6 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/UDTDefinition.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/UDTDefinition.java
@@ -86,4 +86,9 @@ public interface UDTDefinition extends PackageDefinition {
      * The supertype of this UDT, if any.
      */
     UDTDefinition getSupertype();
+
+    /**
+     * Whether the UDT is instantiable.
+     */
+    boolean isInstantiable();
 }