diff --git a/flightsql/src/planner.rs b/flightsql/src/planner.rs
index e080abcf89..7d7448cbb3 100644
--- a/flightsql/src/planner.rs
+++ b/flightsql/src/planner.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use arrow::{
-    array::{as_string_array, ArrayRef, BinaryArray, GenericBinaryBuilder},
+    array::{as_string_array, ArrayRef, BinaryArray, GenericBinaryBuilder, StringArray},
     datatypes::{DataType, Field, Schema, SchemaRef},
     error::ArrowError,
     ipc::writer::IpcWriteOptions,
@@ -558,16 +558,22 @@ static GET_TABLES_SCHEMA_WITH_TABLE_SCHEMA: Lazy<SchemaRef> = Lazy::new(|| {
 });
 
 /// Return a `LogicalPlan` for GetTableTypes
-///
-/// In the future this could be made more efficient by building the
-/// response directly from the IOx catalog rather than running an
-/// entire DataFusion plan.
 async fn plan_get_table_types(ctx: &IOxSessionContext) -> Result<LogicalPlan> {
-    let query = "SELECT DISTINCT table_type FROM information_schema.tables ORDER BY table_type";
-
-    Ok(ctx.sql_to_logical_plan(query).await?)
+    Ok(ctx.batch_to_logical_plan(TABLE_TYPES_RECORD_BATCH.clone())?)
 }
 
 /// The schema for GetTableTypes
-static GET_TABLE_TYPE_SCHEMA: Lazy<Schema> =
-    Lazy::new(|| Schema::new(vec![Field::new("table_type", DataType::Utf8, false)]));
+static GET_TABLE_TYPE_SCHEMA: Lazy<SchemaRef> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![Field::new(
+        "table_type",
+        DataType::Utf8,
+        false,
+    )]))
+});
+
+static TABLE_TYPES_RECORD_BATCH: Lazy<RecordBatch> = Lazy::new(|| {
+    // https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/blob/26b8377b0690916deacf401097d688699026b8fb/datafusion/core/src/catalog/information_schema.rs#L285-L287
+    // IOx doesn't support LOCAL TEMPORARY yet
+    let table_type = Arc::new(StringArray::from_iter_values(["BASE TABLE", "VIEW"])) as ArrayRef;
+    RecordBatch::try_new(Arc::clone(&GET_TABLE_TYPE_SCHEMA), vec![table_type]).unwrap()
+});
diff --git a/influxdb_iox/tests/end_to_end_cases/flightsql.rs b/influxdb_iox/tests/end_to_end_cases/flightsql.rs
index 605bf11953..1762e04190 100644
--- a/influxdb_iox/tests/end_to_end_cases/flightsql.rs
+++ b/influxdb_iox/tests/end_to_end_cases/flightsql.rs
@@ -488,6 +488,70 @@ async fn flightsql_get_table_types() {
     .await
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn flightsql_get_table_types_matches_information_schema() {
+    test_helpers::maybe_start_logging();
+    let database_url = maybe_skip_integration!();
+
+    let table_name = "the_table";
+
+    // Set up the cluster  ====================================
+    let mut cluster = MiniCluster::create_shared2(database_url).await;
+
+    StepTest::new(
+        &mut cluster,
+        vec![
+            Step::WriteLineProtocol(format!(
+                "{table_name},tag1=A,tag2=B val=42i 123456\n\
+                 {table_name},tag1=A,tag2=C val=43i 123457"
+            )),
+            Step::Custom(Box::new(move |state: &mut StepTestState| {
+                async move {
+                    let mut client = flightsql_client(state.cluster());
+
+                    // output of get_table_types is built manually in
+                    // IOx, so it is important it remains in sync with
+                    // the actual contents of the information schema
+                    fn no_filter() -> Option<String> {
+                        None
+                    }
+                    let stream = client
+                        .get_table_types()
+                        .await
+                        .unwrap();
+                    let get_table_types_batches = collect_stream(stream).await;
+                    let get_table_types_output = batches_to_sorted_lines(&get_table_types_batches);
+
+                    let sql = "SELECT DISTINCT table_type FROM information_schema.tables ORDER BY table_type";
+
+                    let stream = client.query(sql).await.unwrap();
+                    let information_schema_batches = collect_stream(stream).await;
+                    let information_schema_output =
+                        batches_to_sorted_lines(&information_schema_batches);
+
+                    insta::assert_yaml_snapshot!(
+                        get_table_types_output,
+                        @r###"
+                    ---
+                    - +------------+
+                    - "| table_type |"
+                    - +------------+
+                    - "| BASE TABLE |"
+                    - "| VIEW       |"
+                    - +------------+
+                    "###
+                    );
+
+                    assert_eq!(get_table_types_output, information_schema_output);
+                }
+                .boxed()
+            })),
+        ],
+    )
+    .run()
+    .await
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn flightsql_get_db_schemas() {
     test_helpers::maybe_start_logging();
diff --git a/influxdb_iox_client/src/client/flightsql.rs b/influxdb_iox_client/src/client/flightsql.rs
index cf59aba68b..717c05872b 100644
--- a/influxdb_iox_client/src/client/flightsql.rs
+++ b/influxdb_iox_client/src/client/flightsql.rs
@@ -120,8 +120,13 @@ impl FlightSqlClient {
     /// Step 2: Fetch the results described in the [`FlightInfo`]
     ///
     /// This implementation does not support alternate endpoints
-    pub async fn query(&mut self, query: String) -> Result<FlightRecordBatchStream> {
-        let msg = CommandStatementQuery { query };
+    pub async fn query(
+        &mut self,
+        query: impl Into<String> + Send,
+    ) -> Result<FlightRecordBatchStream> {
+        let msg = CommandStatementQuery {
+            query: query.into(),
+        };
         self.do_get_with_cmd(msg.as_any()).await
     }