diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/expected/page.out b/contrib/pageinspect/expected/page.out
index 80ddb45a60a..04fd9dee4bd 100644
--- a/contrib/pageinspect/expected/page.out
+++ b/contrib/pageinspect/expected/page.out
@@ -239,3 +239,12 @@ SELECT page_checksum(decode(repeat('00', :block_size), 'hex'), 1);
               
 (1 row)
 
+-- tests for sequences
+create temporary sequence test_sequence;
+select tuple_data_split('test_sequence'::regclass, t_data, t_infomask, t_infomask2, t_bits)
+  from heap_page_items(get_raw_page('test_sequence', 0));
+                   tuple_data_split                    
+-------------------------------------------------------
+ {"\\x0100000000000000","\\x0000000000000000","\\x00"}
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/heapfuncs.c b/contrib/pageinspect/heapfuncs.c
index 0f0252558c5..0c2e639131c 100644
--- a/contrib/pageinspect/heapfuncs.c
+++ b/contrib/pageinspect/heapfuncs.c
@@ -320,7 +320,11 @@ tuple_data_split_internal(Oid relid, char *tupdata,
 	raw_attrs = initArrayResult(BYTEAOID, CurrentMemoryContext, false);
 	nattrs = tupdesc->natts;
 
-	if (rel->rd_rel->relam != HEAP_TABLE_AM_OID)
+	/*
+	 * Sequences always use heap AM, but they don't show that in the catalogs.
+	 */
+	if (rel->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_SEQUENCE &&
+		rel->rd_rel->relam != HEAP_TABLE_AM_OID)
 		ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
 						errmsg("only heap AM is supported")));
 
diff --git a/contrib/pageinspect/sql/page.sql b/contrib/pageinspect/sql/page.sql
index 5bff568d3b5..59784fc7cce 100644
--- a/contrib/pageinspect/sql/page.sql
+++ b/contrib/pageinspect/sql/page.sql
@@ -98,3 +98,8 @@ SHOW block_size \gset
 SELECT fsm_page_contents(decode(repeat('00', :block_size), 'hex'));
 SELECT page_header(decode(repeat('00', :block_size), 'hex'));
 SELECT page_checksum(decode(repeat('00', :block_size), 'hex'), 1);
+
+-- tests for sequences
+create temporary sequence test_sequence;
+select tuple_data_split('test_sequence'::regclass, t_data, t_infomask, t_infomask2, t_bits)
+  from heap_page_items(get_raw_page('test_sequence', 0));
diff --git a/contrib/pgstattuple/expected/pgstattuple.out b/contrib/pgstattuple/expected/pgstattuple.out
index 283856e109e..9176dc98b6a 100644
--- a/contrib/pgstattuple/expected/pgstattuple.out
+++ b/contrib/pgstattuple/expected/pgstattuple.out
@@ -273,6 +273,31 @@ select pgstathashindex('test_partition_hash_idx');
  (4,8,0,1,0,0,0,100)
 (1 row)
 
+-- these should work for sequences
+create sequence test_sequence;
+select count(*) from pgstattuple('test_sequence');
+ count 
+-------
+     1
+(1 row)
+
+select pg_relpages('test_sequence');
+ pg_relpages 
+-------------
+           1
+(1 row)
+
+-- these should fail for sequences
+select pgstatindex('test_sequence');
+ERROR:  relation "test_sequence" is not a btree index
+select pgstatginindex('test_sequence');
+ERROR:  relation "test_sequence" is not a GIN index
+select pgstathashindex('test_sequence');
+ERROR:  relation "test_sequence" is not a hash index
+select pgstattuple_approx('test_sequence');
+ERROR:  relation "test_sequence" is of wrong relation kind
+DETAIL:  This operation is not supported for sequences.
+drop sequence test_sequence;
 drop table test_partitioned;
 drop view test_view;
 drop foreign table test_foreign_table;
diff --git a/contrib/pgstattuple/pgstattuple.c b/contrib/pgstattuple/pgstattuple.c
index 3bd8b96197f..1d012233cbf 100644
--- a/contrib/pgstattuple/pgstattuple.c
+++ b/contrib/pgstattuple/pgstattuple.c
@@ -323,7 +323,11 @@ pgstat_heap(Relation rel, FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 	pgstattuple_type stat = {0};
 	SnapshotData SnapshotDirty;
 
-	if (rel->rd_rel->relam != HEAP_TABLE_AM_OID)
+	/*
+	 * Sequences always use heap AM, but they don't show that in the catalogs.
+	 */
+	if (rel->rd_rel->relkind != RELKIND_SEQUENCE &&
+		rel->rd_rel->relam != HEAP_TABLE_AM_OID)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
 				 errmsg("only heap AM is supported")));
diff --git a/contrib/pgstattuple/sql/pgstattuple.sql b/contrib/pgstattuple/sql/pgstattuple.sql
index b08c31c21b7..7e72c567a06 100644
--- a/contrib/pgstattuple/sql/pgstattuple.sql
+++ b/contrib/pgstattuple/sql/pgstattuple.sql
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ create index test_partition_hash_idx on test_partition using hash (a);
 select pgstatindex('test_partition_idx');
 select pgstathashindex('test_partition_hash_idx');
 
+-- these should work for sequences
+create sequence test_sequence;
+select count(*) from pgstattuple('test_sequence');
+select pg_relpages('test_sequence');
+
+-- these should fail for sequences
+select pgstatindex('test_sequence');
+select pgstatginindex('test_sequence');
+select pgstathashindex('test_sequence');
+select pgstattuple_approx('test_sequence');
+
+drop sequence test_sequence;
 drop table test_partitioned;
 drop view test_view;
 drop foreign table test_foreign_table;