diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/README.md b/metadata-ingestion/README.md
index fcca0f80ad..b9b3ec56d8 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/README.md
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/README.md
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ We use a plugin architecture so that you can install only the dependencies you a
 | hive          | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[hive]'`                        | Hive source                |
 | mssql         | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[mssql]'`                       | SQL Server source          |
 | mysql         | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[mysql]'`                       | MySQL source               |
-| postgres      | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[postgres]'`                    | Postgres source            |
 | oracle        | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[oracle]'`                      | Oracle source              |
+| postgres      | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[postgres]'`                    | Postgres source            |
+| sqlalchemy    | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[sqlalchemy]'`                  | Generic SQLAlchemy source  |
 | snowflake     | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[snowflake]'`                   | Snowflake source           |
 | mongodb       | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[mongodb]'`                     | MongoDB source             |
 | ldap          | `pip install 'acryl-datahub[ldap]'` ([extra requirements]) | LDAP source                |
@@ -369,6 +370,28 @@ source:
     # options is same as above
 ```
 
+### Other databases using SQLAlchemy `sqlalchemy`
+
+The `sqlalchemy` source is useful if we don't have a pre-built source for your chosen
+database system, but there is an [SQLAlchemy dialect](https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/dialects/)
+defined elsewhere. In order to use this, you must `pip install` the required dialect packages yourself.
+
+Extracts:
+
+- List of schemas and tables
+- Column types associated with each table
+
+```yml
+source:
+  type: sqlalchemy
+  config:
+    # See https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/14/core/engines.html#database-urls
+    connect_uri: "dialect+driver://username:password@host:port/database"
+    options: {} # same as above
+    schema_pattern: {} # same as above
+    table_pattern: {} # same as above
+```
+
 ### MongoDB `mongodb`
 
 Extracts:
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
index db2b077af7..12f7cebd26 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "console_scripts": ["datahub = datahub.entrypoints:datahub"],
         "datahub.ingestion.source.plugins": [
             "file = datahub.ingestion.source.mce_file:MetadataFileSource",
+            "sqlalchemy = datahub.ingestion.source.sql_generic:SQLAlchemyGenericSource",
             "athena = datahub.ingestion.source.athena:AthenaSource",
             "bigquery = datahub.ingestion.source.bigquery:BigQuerySource",
             "dbt = datahub.ingestion.source.dbt:DBTSource",
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_generic.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_generic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e48513150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_generic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from datahub.ingestion.api.common import PipelineContext
+from .sql_common import SQLAlchemyConfig, SQLAlchemySource
+
+
+class SQLAlchemyGenericConfig(SQLAlchemyConfig):
+    platform: str
+    connect_uri: str
+
+    def get_sql_alchemy_url(self):
+        return self.connect_uri
+
+
+class SQLAlchemyGenericSource(SQLAlchemySource):
+    def __init__(self, config: SQLAlchemyGenericConfig, ctx: PipelineContext):
+        super().__init__(config, ctx, config.platform)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create(cls, config_dict, ctx):
+        config = SQLAlchemyGenericConfig.parse_obj(config_dict)
+        return cls(config, ctx)