diff --git a/misc/dbt-materialize/CHANGELOG.md b/misc/dbt-materialize/CHANGELOG.md
index 52f491390c43..8be78624515c 100644
--- a/misc/dbt-materialize/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/misc/dbt-materialize/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   * Migrate to dbt-common and dbt-adapters packages.
   * Add tests for `--empty` flag as part of [dbt-labs/dbt-core#8971](https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/8971)
   * Add functional tests for unit testing.
+* Support enforcing model contracts for the [`map`](https://materialize.com/docs/sql/types/map/),
+  [`list`](https://materialize.com/docs/sql/types/list/),
+  and [`record`](https://materialize.com/docs/sql/types/record/) pseudo-types.
 
 ## 1.7.8 - 2024-05-06
 
diff --git a/misc/dbt-materialize/dbt/include/materialize/macros/utils/cast.sql b/misc/dbt-materialize/dbt/include/materialize/macros/utils/cast.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0eb88a2f822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/dbt-materialize/dbt/include/materialize/macros/utils/cast.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-- Copyright Materialize, Inc. and contributors. All rights reserved.
+--
+-- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+-- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+-- You may obtain a copy of the License in the LICENSE file at the
+-- root of this repository, or online at
+--
+--     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+--
+-- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+-- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+-- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+-- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+-- limitations under the License.
+
+{% macro materialize__cast(expression, data_type) -%}
+    {#-- Handle types that don't support cast(NULL as type) --#}
+    {%- if expression.strip().lower() == "null" and data_type.strip().lower() == "map" -%}
+      NULL::map[text=>text]
+    {%- elif expression.strip().lower() == "null" and data_type.strip().lower() == "list" -%}
+      LIST[NULL]
+    {%- elif expression.strip().lower() == "null" and data_type.strip().lower() == "record" -%}
+      ROW(NULL)
+    {%- else -%}
+      cast({{ expression }} as {{ data_type }})
+    {%- endif -%}
+{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/fixtures.py b/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/fixtures.py
index 55c31afa9930..dc2fa6de11dd 100644
--- a/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/fixtures.py
+++ b/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/fixtures.py
@@ -299,3 +299,25 @@
       - name: c
         data_type: string
 """
+
+contract_pseudo_types_yml = """
+version: 2
+models:
+  - name: test_pseudo_types
+    config:
+      contract:
+        enforced: true
+    columns:
+      - name: a
+        data_type: map
+      - name: b
+        data_type: record
+      - name: c
+        data_type: list
+"""
+
+test_pseudo_types = """
+{{ config(materialized='view') }}
+
+    SELECT '{a=>1, b=>2}'::map[text=>int] AS a, ROW(1, 2) AS b, LIST[[1,2],[3]] AS c
+"""
diff --git a/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/test_constraints.py b/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/test_constraints.py
index 4807555a836b..f3bf2b475eff 100644
--- a/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/test_constraints.py
+++ b/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/test_constraints.py
@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@
 from dbt.tests.util import run_dbt, run_sql_with_adapter
 from fixtures import (
     contract_invalid_cluster_schema_yml,
+    contract_pseudo_types_yml,
     nullability_assertions_schema_yml,
     test_materialized_view,
+    test_pseudo_types,
     test_view,
 )
 
@@ -162,3 +164,18 @@ def test_materialize_drop_quickstart(self, project):
         run_dbt(["run", "--models", "contract_invalid_cluster"], expect_pass=True)
 
         project.run_sql("CREATE CLUSTER quickstart SIZE = '1'")
+
+
+class TestContractPseudoTypes:
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {
+            "contract_pseudo_types.yml": contract_pseudo_types_yml,
+            "contract_pseudo_types.sql": test_pseudo_types,
+        }
+
+    # Pseudotypes in Materialize cannot be cast using the cast() function, so we
+    # special-handle their NULL casting for contract validation.
+    # See #17870: https://github.com/MaterializeInc/materialize/issues/17870
+    def test_test_pseudo_types(self, project):
+        run_dbt(["run", "--models", "contract_pseudo_types"], expect_pass=True)
diff --git a/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/test_utils.py b/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/test_utils.py
index 22cd258df89d..4417d4655bd9 100644
--- a/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/test_utils.py
+++ b/misc/dbt-materialize/tests/adapter/test_utils.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.fixture_get_intervals_between import (
     models__test_get_intervals_between_yml,
 )
+from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_cast import BaseCast
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_cast_bool_to_text import BaseCastBoolToText
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_current_timestamp import BaseCurrentTimestampAware
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_date_spine import BaseDateSpine
@@ -96,6 +97,11 @@
   11 as expected
 """
 
+
+class TestCast(BaseCast):
+    pass
+
+
 # The `cast_bool_to_text` macro works as expected, but we must alter the test case
 # because set operation type conversions do not work properly.
 # See https://github.com/MaterializeInc/materialize/issues/3331