diff --git a/providers/src/airflow/providers/common/sql/sensors/sql.py b/providers/src/airflow/providers/common/sql/sensors/sql.py
index ece2ea241c948..e9cac16a00eae 100644
--- a/providers/src/airflow/providers/common/sql/sensors/sql.py
+++ b/providers/src/airflow/providers/common/sql/sensors/sql.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # under the License.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from operator import itemgetter
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Callable, Mapping, Sequence
 
 from airflow.exceptions import AirflowException
@@ -46,10 +47,12 @@ class SqlSensor(BaseSensorOperator):
     :param sql: The SQL to run. To pass, it needs to return at least one cell
         that contains a non-zero / empty string value.
     :param parameters: The parameters to render the SQL query with (optional).
-    :param success: Success criteria for the sensor is a Callable that takes the first_cell's value
-        as the only argument, and returns a boolean (optional).
-    :param failure: Failure criteria for the sensor is a Callable that takes the first_cell's value
-        as the only argument and returns a boolean (optional).
+    :param success: Success criteria for the sensor is a Callable that takes the output
+        of selector as the only argument, and returns a boolean (optional).
+    :param failure: Failure criteria for the sensor is a Callable that takes the output
+        of selector as the only argument and returns a boolean (optional).
+    :param selector: Function which takes the resulting row and transforms it before
+        it is passed to success or failure (optional). Takes the first cell by default.
     :param fail_on_empty: Explicitly fail on no rows returned.
     :param hook_params: Extra config params to be passed to the underlying hook.
             Should match the desired hook constructor params.
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ def __init__(
         parameters: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
         success: Callable[[Any], bool] | None = None,
         failure: Callable[[Any], bool] | None = None,
+        selector: Callable[[tuple[Any]], Any] | None = itemgetter(0),
         fail_on_empty: bool = False,
         hook_params: Mapping[str, Any] | None = None,
         **kwargs,
@@ -76,6 +80,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.parameters = parameters
         self.success = success
         self.failure = failure
+        self.selector = selector
         self.fail_on_empty = fail_on_empty
         self.hook_params = hook_params
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
@@ -102,11 +107,11 @@ def poke(self, context: Context) -> bool:
             else:
                 return False
 
-        first_cell = records[0][0]
+        condition = self.selector(records[0])
         if self.failure is not None:
             if callable(self.failure):
-                if self.failure(first_cell):
-                    message = f"Failure criteria met. self.failure({first_cell}) returned True"
+                if self.failure(condition):
+                    message = f"Failure criteria met. self.failure({condition}) returned True"
                     raise AirflowException(message)
             else:
                 message = f"self.failure is present, but not callable -> {self.failure}"
@@ -114,8 +119,8 @@ def poke(self, context: Context) -> bool:
 
         if self.success is not None:
             if callable(self.success):
-                return self.success(first_cell)
+                return self.success(condition)
             else:
                 message = f"self.success is present, but not callable -> {self.success}"
                 raise AirflowException(message)
-        return bool(first_cell)
+        return bool(condition)
diff --git a/providers/tests/common/sql/sensors/test_sql.py b/providers/tests/common/sql/sensors/test_sql.py
index 3b46af7be578d..377a51e8295ec 100644
--- a/providers/tests/common/sql/sensors/test_sql.py
+++ b/providers/tests/common/sql/sensors/test_sql.py
@@ -264,6 +264,31 @@ def test_sql_sensor_postgres_poke_invalid_success(
             op.poke({})
         assert "self.success is present, but not callable -> [1]" == str(ctx.value)
 
+    @pytest.mark.backend("postgres")
+    def test_sql_sensor_postgres_with_selector(self):
+        op1 = SqlSensor(
+            task_id="sql_sensor_check_1",
+            conn_id="postgres_default",
+            sql="SELECT 0, 1",
+            dag=self.dag,
+            success=lambda x: x in [1],
+            failure=lambda x: x in [0],
+            selector=lambda x: x[1],
+        )
+        op1.run(start_date=DEFAULT_DATE, end_date=DEFAULT_DATE, ignore_ti_state=True)
+
+        op2 = SqlSensor(
+            task_id="sql_sensor_check_2",
+            conn_id="postgres_default",
+            sql="SELECT 0, 1",
+            dag=self.dag,
+            success=lambda x: x in [1],
+            failure=lambda x: x in [0],
+            selector=lambda x: x[0],
+        )
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowException):
+            op2.poke({})
+
     @pytest.mark.db_test
     def test_sql_sensor_hook_params(self):
         op = SqlSensor(