diff --git a/src/__tests__/repository-components.test.ts b/src/__tests__/repository-components.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8e013b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/repository-components.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+import * as semanticLayer from "../index.js";
+
+import { assert, it } from "vitest";
+
+const customersModel = semanticLayer
+  .model()
+  .withName("customers")
+  .fromTable("Customer")
+  .withDimension("customer_id", {
+    type: "number",
+    primaryKey: true,
+    sql: ({ model, sql }) => sql`${model.column("CustomerId")}`,
+  })
+  .withDimension("first_name", {
+    type: "string",
+    sql: ({ model }) => model.column("FirstName"),
+  });
+
+const invoicesModel = semanticLayer
+  .model()
+  .withName("invoices")
+  .fromTable("Invoice")
+  .withDimension("invoice_id", {
+    type: "number",
+    primaryKey: true,
+    sql: ({ model }) => model.column("InvoiceId"),
+  })
+  .withDimension("customer_id", {
+    type: "number",
+    sql: ({ model }) => model.column("CustomerId"),
+  });
+
+const invoiceLinesModel = semanticLayer
+  .model()
+  .withName("invoice_lines")
+  .fromTable("InvoiceLine")
+  .withDimension("invoice_line_id", {
+    type: "number",
+    primaryKey: true,
+    sql: ({ model }) => model.column("InvoiceLineId"),
+  })
+  .withDimension("invoice_id", {
+    type: "number",
+    sql: ({ model }) => model.column("InvoiceId"),
+  })
+  .withDimension("track_id", {
+    type: "number",
+    sql: ({ model }) => model.column("TrackId"),
+  });
+
+const tracksModel = semanticLayer
+  .model()
+  .withName("tracks")
+  .fromTable("Track")
+  .withDimension("track_id", {
+    type: "number",
+    primaryKey: true,
+    sql: ({ model }) => model.column("TrackId"),
+  });
+
+it("will correctly check if all models are connected when no joins exists", () => {
+  const repository = semanticLayer
+    .repository()
+    .withModel(customersModel)
+    .withModel(invoicesModel)
+    .withModel(invoiceLinesModel)
+    .withModel(tracksModel);
+
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    repository.build("postgresql");
+  }, "All models in a repository must be connected.");
+});
+
+it("will correctly check if all models are connected when only some models are connected (1)", () => {
+  const repository = semanticLayer
+    .repository()
+    .withModel(customersModel)
+    .withModel(invoicesModel)
+    .withModel(invoiceLinesModel)
+    .withModel(tracksModel)
+    .joinOneToMany(
+      "customers",
+      "invoices",
+      ({ sql, models }) =>
+        sql`${models.customers.dimension(
+          "customer_id",
+        )} = ${models.invoices.dimension("customer_id")}`,
+    );
+
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    repository.build("postgresql");
+  }, "All models in a repository must be connected.");
+});
+
+it("will correctly check if all models are connected when only some models are connected (2)", () => {
+  const repository = semanticLayer
+    .repository()
+    .withModel(customersModel)
+    .withModel(invoicesModel)
+    .withModel(invoiceLinesModel)
+    .withModel(tracksModel)
+    .joinOneToMany(
+      "customers",
+      "invoices",
+      ({ sql, models }) =>
+        sql`${models.customers.dimension(
+          "customer_id",
+        )} = ${models.invoices.dimension("customer_id")}`,
+    )
+    .joinManyToOne(
+      "invoice_lines",
+      "tracks",
+      ({ sql, models }) =>
+        sql`${models.invoice_lines.dimension(
+          "track_id",
+        )} = ${models.tracks.dimension("track_id")}`,
+    );
+
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    repository.build("postgresql");
+  }, "All models in a repository must be connected.");
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/repository.ts b/src/lib/repository.ts
index 0fb470a..920049e 100644
--- a/src/lib/repository.ts
+++ b/src/lib/repository.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@ export type ModelWithMatchingContext<C, T extends AnyModel> = [C] extends [
 
 export type AnyRepository = Repository<any, any, any, any, any, any>;
 
+function isRepositoryProperlyConnected(
+  modelNames: string[],
+  components: string[][],
+) {
+  if (modelNames.length === 1) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (components.length === 1) {
+    const firstComponent = components[0]!;
+    return firstComponent.length === modelNames.length;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 export class Repository<
   TContext,
   TModelNames extends string = never,
@@ -456,6 +472,16 @@ export class Repository<
   build<N extends AvailableDialectsNames, P = DialectParamsReturnType<N>>(
     dialectName: N,
   ) {
+    const repositoryGraphComponents = graphlib.alg.components(this.graph);
+
+    invariant(
+      isRepositoryProperlyConnected(
+        Object.keys(this.models),
+        repositoryGraphComponents,
+      ),
+      "All models in a repository must be connected.",
+    );
+
     const dialect = AvailableDialects[dialectName];
     return new QueryBuilder<
       TContext,