diff --git a/src/ast/operator.rs b/src/ast/operator.rs
index c3bb379d6..d3ec3a301 100644
--- a/src/ast/operator.rs
+++ b/src/ast/operator.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ pub enum UnaryOperator {
     PGPrefixFactorial,
     /// Absolute value, e.g. `@ -9` (PostgreSQL-specific)
     PGAbs,
+    /// Special Not, e.g. `! false` (Hive-specific)
+    SpecialNot,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for UnaryOperator {
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for UnaryOperator {
             UnaryOperator::PGPostfixFactorial => "!",
             UnaryOperator::PGPrefixFactorial => "!!",
             UnaryOperator::PGAbs => "@",
+            UnaryOperator::SpecialNot => "!",
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/dialect/mod.rs b/src/dialect/mod.rs
index 744f5a8c8..28387ad5f 100644
--- a/src/dialect/mod.rs
+++ b/src/dialect/mod.rs
@@ -561,6 +561,11 @@ pub trait Dialect: Debug + Any {
     fn supports_asc_desc_in_column_definition(&self) -> bool {
         false
     }
+
+    /// Returns true if the dialect supports `a!` expressions
+    fn supports_factorial_operator(&self) -> bool {
+        false
+    }
 }
 
 /// This represents the operators for which precedence must be defined
diff --git a/src/dialect/postgresql.rs b/src/dialect/postgresql.rs
index 2a66705bb..9ffd67a70 100644
--- a/src/dialect/postgresql.rs
+++ b/src/dialect/postgresql.rs
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@ impl Dialect for PostgreSqlDialect {
     fn supports_explain_with_utility_options(&self) -> bool {
         true
     }
+
+    /// see <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/functions-math.html>
+    fn supports_factorial_operator(&self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn parse_comment(parser: &mut Parser) -> Result<Statement, ParserError> {
diff --git a/src/parser/mod.rs b/src/parser/mod.rs
index cd9be1d8f..3eccb9202 100644
--- a/src/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parser/mod.rs
@@ -1073,6 +1073,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     }))
                 }
                 Keyword::NOT => self.parse_not(),
+
                 Keyword::MATCH if dialect_of!(self is MySqlDialect | GenericDialect) => {
                     self.parse_match_against()
                 }
@@ -1174,6 +1175,14 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
                     ),
                 })
             }
+            Token::ExclamationMark if !self.dialect.supports_factorial_operator() => {
+                Ok(Expr::UnaryOp {
+                    op: UnaryOperator::SpecialNot,
+                    expr: Box::new(
+                        self.parse_subexpr(self.dialect.prec_value(Precedence::UnaryNot))?,
+                    ),
+                })
+            }
             tok @ Token::DoubleExclamationMark
             | tok @ Token::PGSquareRoot
             | tok @ Token::PGCubeRoot
@@ -1267,7 +1276,6 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             }
             _ => self.expected("an expression", next_token),
         }?;
-
         if self.parse_keyword(Keyword::COLLATE) {
             Ok(Expr::Collate {
                 expr: Box::new(expr),
@@ -2024,6 +2032,13 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn parse_special_not(&mut self) -> Result<Expr, ParserError> {
+        Ok(Expr::UnaryOp {
+            op: UnaryOperator::SpecialNot,
+            expr: Box::new(self.parse_subexpr(self.dialect.prec_value(Precedence::UnaryNot))?),
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Parses fulltext expressions [`sqlparser::ast::Expr::MatchAgainst`]
     ///
     /// # Errors
@@ -2797,8 +2812,27 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
             })
         } else if Token::ExclamationMark == tok {
             // PostgreSQL factorial operation
+            match expr {
+                Expr::Value(_) | Expr::Identifier(_) => {
+                    if !self.dialect.supports_factorial_operator() {
+                        return parser_err!(
+                            format!(
+                                "current dialect: {:?} does not support factorial operator",
+                                self.dialect
+                            ),
+                            self.peek_token().location
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            };
+            let op = if !self.dialect.supports_factorial_operator() {
+                UnaryOperator::SpecialNot
+            } else {
+                UnaryOperator::PGPostfixFactorial
+            };
             Ok(Expr::UnaryOp {
-                op: UnaryOperator::PGPostfixFactorial,
+                op,
                 expr: Box::new(expr),
             })
         } else if Token::LBracket == tok {
diff --git a/tests/sqlparser_hive.rs b/tests/sqlparser_hive.rs
index 069500bf6..c12b746df 100644
--- a/tests/sqlparser_hive.rs
+++ b/tests/sqlparser_hive.rs
@@ -537,6 +537,33 @@ fn parse_use() {
     );
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn parse_hive_unary_ops() {
+    let hive_unary_ops = &[("!", UnaryOperator::SpecialNot)];
+
+    for (str_op, op) in hive_unary_ops {
+        let select = hive().verified_only_select(&format!("SELECT {}a", &str_op));
+        assert_eq!(
+            SelectItem::UnnamedExpr(Expr::UnaryOp {
+                op: *op,
+                expr: Box::new(Expr::Identifier(Ident::new("a"))),
+            }),
+            select.projection[0]
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn parse_factorial_operator() {
+    let res = hive().parse_sql_statements("select a!");
+    assert_eq!(
+        ParserError::ParserError(
+            "current dialect: HiveDialect does not support factorial operator".to_string()
+        ),
+        res.unwrap_err()
+    );
+}
+
 fn hive() -> TestedDialects {
     TestedDialects {
         dialects: vec![Box::new(HiveDialect {})],