diff --git a/helpers/index.js b/helpers/index.js
index c3ace315..714153ab 100644
--- a/helpers/index.js
+++ b/helpers/index.js
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ module.exports = {
   setSequence: require('./set-sequence'),
   sum: require('./sum'),
   teardown: require('./teardown'),
-  update: require('./update')
+  update: require('./update'),
+  validateConnection: require('./validate-connection')
 };
diff --git a/helpers/validate-connection.js b/helpers/validate-connection.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d74f4721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/validate-connection.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+//  ██╗   ██╗ █████╗ ██╗     ██╗██████╗  █████╗ ████████╗███████╗
+//  ██║   ██║██╔══██╗██║     ██║██╔══██╗██╔══██╗╚══██╔══╝██╔════╝
+//  ██║   ██║███████║██║     ██║██║  ██║███████║   ██║   █████╗
+//  ╚██╗ ██╔╝██╔══██║██║     ██║██║  ██║██╔══██║   ██║   ██╔══╝
+//   ╚████╔╝ ██║  ██║███████╗██║██████╔╝██║  ██║   ██║   ███████╗
+//    ╚═══╝  ╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝╚═╝╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═╝   ╚═╝   ╚══════╝
+//
+//   ██████╗ ██████╗ ███╗   ██╗███╗   ██╗███████╗ ██████╗████████╗██╗ ██████╗ ███╗   ██╗
+//  ██╔════╝██╔═══██╗████╗  ██║████╗  ██║██╔════╝██╔════╝╚══██╔══╝██║██╔═══██╗████╗  ██║
+//  ██║     ██║   ██║██╔██╗ ██║██╔██╗ ██║█████╗  ██║        ██║   ██║██║   ██║██╔██╗ ██║
+//  ██║     ██║   ██║██║╚██╗██║██║╚██╗██║██╔══╝  ██║        ██║   ██║██║   ██║██║╚██╗██║
+//  ╚██████╗╚██████╔╝██║ ╚████║██║ ╚████║███████╗╚██████╗   ██║   ██║╚██████╔╝██║ ╚████║
+//   ╚═════╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚═╝  ╚═══╝╚══════╝ ╚═════╝   ╚═╝   ╚═╝ ╚═════╝ ╚═╝  ╚═══╝
+//
+
+module.exports = require('machine').build({
+
+
+  friendlyName: 'Validate Connection',
+
+
+  description: 'Test connectivity with the database.',
+
+
+  inputs: {
+
+    datastore: {
+      description: 'The datastore to use for connections.',
+      extendedDescription: 'Datastores represent the config and manager required to obtain an active database connection.',
+      required: true,
+      type: 'ref'
+    }
+  },
+
+
+  exits: {
+
+    success: {
+      description: 'Connection to the database was successful.'
+    },
+
+    error: {
+      friendlyName: 'Error in connection',
+      description: 'A connection could not be obtained.'
+    }
+  },
+
+
+  fn: function validateConnection(inputs, exits) {
+    // Dependencies
+    var Helpers = require('./private');
+
+    //  ╔═╗╔═╗╔═╗╦ ╦╔╗╔  ┌─┐┌─┐┌┐┌┌┐┌┌─┐┌─┐┌┬┐┬┌─┐┌┐┌
+    //  ╚═╗╠═╝╠═╣║║║║║║  │  │ │││││││├┤ │   │ ││ ││││
+    //  ╚═╝╩  ╩ ╩╚╩╝╝╚╝  └─┘└─┘┘└┘┘└┘└─┘└─┘ ┴ ┴└─┘┘└┘
+    // Spawn a new connection.
+    Helpers.connection.spawnConnection(inputs.datastore, function spawnConnectionCb(err, connection) {
+      if (err) {
+        return exits.error(err);
+      }
+
+      // Release the connection.
+      Helpers.connection.releaseConnection(connection, false, function releaseConnectionCb(err) {
+        if (err) {
+          return exits.error(err);
+        }
+
+        return exits.success();
+      }); // </ releaseConnection >
+    }); // </ spawnConnection >
+  }
+});
diff --git a/lib/adapter.js b/lib/adapter.js
index c8627018..f6b88b57 100644
--- a/lib/adapter.js
+++ b/lib/adapter.js
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ module.exports = (function sailsPostgresql() {
       });
     },
 
+    validateConnection: function validateConnection(datastoreName, cb) {
+      var datastore = datastores[datastoreName];
+
+      Helpers.validateConnection({
+        datastore: datastore
+      }).switch({
+        error: function error(err) {
+          return cb(redactPasswords(err));
+        },
+        success: function success() {
+          return cb();
+        }
+      });
+    },
+
 
     //  ╔╦╗╔═╗╔═╗╦═╗╔╦╗╔═╗╦ ╦╔╗╔  ┌─┐┌─┐┌┐┌┌┐┌┌─┐┌─┐┌┬┐┬┌─┐┌┐┌
     //   ║ ║╣ ╠═╣╠╦╝ ║║║ ║║║║║║║  │  │ │││││││├┤ │   │ ││ ││││