diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 2b7200a89..0b18e94b5 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         "symfony/console": "^3.3||^4.0",
         "amphp/amp": "^2.1",
         "amphp/byte-stream": "^1.5",
-        "phpmyadmin/sql-parser": "^5.0",
         "sebastian/diff": "^3.0"
     },
     "bin": ["psalm", "psalter", "psalm-language-server", "psalm-plugin"],
@@ -47,7 +46,8 @@
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^7.5 || ^8.0",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "3.4.0",
         "bamarni/composer-bin-plugin": "^1.2",
-        "psalm/plugin-phpunit": "^0.6"
+        "psalm/plugin-phpunit": "^0.6",
+        "phpmyadmin/sql-parser": "^5.0"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "ext-igbinary": "^2.0.5"
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Config.php b/src/Psalm/Config.php
index 24f35a7c3..a2cc6a46a 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Config.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Config.php
@@ -320,6 +320,13 @@ class Config
      */
     public $after_statement_checks = [];
 
+    /**
+     * Static methods to be called after method checks have completed
+     *
+     * @var class-string<Hook\StringInterpreterInterface>[]
+     */
+    public $string_interpreters = [];
+
     /**
      * Static methods to be called after classlike exists checks have completed
      *
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Plugin/Hook/StringInterpreterInterface.php b/src/Psalm/Plugin/Hook/StringInterpreterInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c41e6187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Psalm/Plugin/Hook/StringInterpreterInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+namespace Psalm\Plugin\Hook;
+
+use Psalm\Type;
+
+interface StringInterpreterInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Called after a statement has been checked
+     */
+    public static function getTypeFromValue(string $value
+    ) : ?Type\Atomic\TLiteralString;
+}
diff --git a/src/Psalm/PluginRegistrationSocket.php b/src/Psalm/PluginRegistrationSocket.php
index 417b566cd..3c2c8e2d5 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/PluginRegistrationSocket.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/PluginRegistrationSocket.php
@@ -112,5 +112,9 @@ class PluginRegistrationSocket implements RegistrationInterface
         if (is_subclass_of($handler, Hook\AfterAnalysisInterface::class)) {
             $this->config->after_analysis[$handler] = $handler;
         }
+
+        if (is_subclass_of($handler, Hook\StringInterpreterInterface::class)) {
+            $this->config->string_interpreters[$handler] = $handler;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Type.php b/src/Psalm/Type.php
index 9680b8f61..9f73e2035 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Type.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Type.php
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TObject;
 use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TObjectWithProperties;
 use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TResource;
 use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TSingleLetter;
-use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TSqlSelectString;
 use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TString;
 use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TTrue;
 use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TVoid;
@@ -933,16 +932,10 @@ abstract class Type
         if ($value !== null) {
             $config = \Psalm\Config::getInstance();
 
-            if ($config->parse_sql && stripos($value, 'select ') !== false) {
-                try {
-                    $parser = new \PhpMyAdmin\SqlParser\Parser($value);
-
-                    if (!$parser->errors) {
-                        $type = new TSqlSelectString($value);
-                    }
-                } catch (\Throwable $e) {
-                    if (strlen($value) < $config->max_string_length) {
-                        $type = new TLiteralString($value);
+            if ($config->string_interpreters) {
+                foreach ($config->string_interpreters as $string_interpreter) {
+                    if ($type = $string_interpreter::getTypeFromValue($value)) {
+                        break;
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tests/Config/Plugin/Hook/SqlStringProvider.php b/tests/Config/Plugin/Hook/SqlStringProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..50da7ffc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Config/Plugin/Hook/SqlStringProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+namespace Psalm\Test\Config\Plugin\Hook;
+
+use Psalm\Plugin\Hook\StringInterpreterInterface;
+use Psalm\Type\Atomic\TLiteralString;
+
+class SqlStringProvider implements StringInterpreterInterface
+{
+    public static function getTypeFromValue(string $value) : ?TLiteralString
+    {
+        if (stripos($value, 'select ') !== false) {
+            try {
+                $parser = new \PhpMyAdmin\SqlParser\Parser($value);
+
+                if (!$parser->errors) {
+                    return new StringProvider\TSqlSelectString($value);
+                }
+            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                // fall through
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Psalm/Type/Atomic/TSqlSelectString.php b/tests/Config/Plugin/Hook/StringProvider/TSqlSelectString.php
similarity index 76%
rename from src/Psalm/Type/Atomic/TSqlSelectString.php
rename to tests/Config/Plugin/Hook/StringProvider/TSqlSelectString.php
index 65ad7cadd..3523cd072 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Type/Atomic/TSqlSelectString.php
+++ b/tests/Config/Plugin/Hook/StringProvider/TSqlSelectString.php
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?php
-namespace Psalm\Type\Atomic;
 
-class TSqlSelectString extends TLiteralString
+namespace Psalm\Test\Config\Plugin\Hook\StringProvider;
+
+class TSqlSelectString extends \Psalm\Type\Atomic\TLiteralString
 {
     /**
      * @return string
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ class TSqlSelectString extends TLiteralString
     {
         return 'sql-select-string';
     }
-
     /**
      * @return string
      */
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class TSqlSelectString extends TLiteralString
     {
         return 'sql-select-string(' . $this->value . ')';
     }
-
     /**
      * @return bool
      */
diff --git a/tests/Config/Plugin/SqlStringProviderPlugin.php b/tests/Config/Plugin/SqlStringProviderPlugin.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7bca1c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Config/Plugin/SqlStringProviderPlugin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?php
+namespace Psalm\Test\Config\Plugin;
+
+use Psalm\Plugin;
+use SimpleXMLElement;
+
+/** @psalm-suppress UnusedClass */
+class SqlStringProviderPlugin implements \Psalm\Plugin\PluginEntryPointInterface
+{
+    /** @return void */
+    public function __invoke(Plugin\RegistrationInterface $registration, SimpleXMLElement $config = null)
+    {
+        require_once __DIR__ . '/Hook/SqlStringProvider.php';
+        require_once __DIR__ . '/Hook/StringProvider/TSqlSelectString.php';
+
+        $registration->registerHooksFromClass(Hook\SqlStringProvider::class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Config/PluginTest.php b/tests/Config/PluginTest.php
index 4003ab527..1a3117011 100644
--- a/tests/Config/PluginTest.php
+++ b/tests/Config/PluginTest.php
@@ -618,6 +618,46 @@ class PluginTest extends \Psalm\Tests\TestCase
         $this->analyzeFile($file_path, new Context());
     }
 
+    /** @return void */
+    public function testSqlStringProviderHooks()
+    {
+        require_once __DIR__ . '/Plugin/SqlStringProviderPlugin.php';
+
+        $this->project_analyzer = $this->getProjectAnalyzerWithConfig(
+            TestConfig::loadFromXML(
+                dirname(__DIR__, 2) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR,
+                '<?xml version="1.0"?>
+                <psalm>
+                    <projectFiles>
+                        <directory name="src" />
+                    </projectFiles>
+                    <plugins>
+                        <pluginClass class="Psalm\\Test\\Config\\Plugin\\SqlStringProviderPlugin" />
+                    </plugins>
+                </psalm>'
+            )
+        );
+
+        $this->project_analyzer->getCodebase()->config->initializePlugins($this->project_analyzer);
+
+        $file_path = getcwd() . '/src/somefile.php';
+
+        $this->addFile(
+            $file_path,
+            '<?php
+                $a = "select * from videos;";'
+        );
+
+        $context = new Context();
+        $this->analyzeFile($file_path, $context);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(isset($context->vars_in_scope['$a']));
+
+        foreach ($context->vars_in_scope['$a']->getTypes() as $type) {
+            $this->assertInstanceOf(\Psalm\Test\Config\Plugin\Hook\StringProvider\TSqlSelectString::class, $type);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      *
      * @return void
diff --git a/tests/ValueTest.php b/tests/ValueTest.php
index 6ea6845c6..dfad1aca6 100644
--- a/tests/ValueTest.php
+++ b/tests/ValueTest.php
@@ -486,17 +486,6 @@ class ValueTest extends TestCase
                 'assertions' => [],
                 'error_levels' => ['MissingParamType', 'MixedAssignment'],
             ],
-            'sqlTypes' => [
-                '<?php
-                    $a = "select * from foo";
-                    $b = "select * from";
-                    $c = "select * from foo where i = :i";',
-                'assertions' => [
-                    '$a===' => 'sql-select-string(select * from foo)',
-                    '$b===' => 'string(select * from)',
-                    '$c===' => 'sql-select-string(select * from foo where i = :i)',
-                ],
-            ],
             'numericToStringComparison' => [
                 '<?php
                     /** @psalm-suppress MissingParamType */