diff --git a/lib/dialects/postgres/connection-manager.js b/lib/dialects/postgres/connection-manager.js
index 66cfac00e628..5c6f3b550e48 100644
--- a/lib/dialects/postgres/connection-manager.js
+++ b/lib/dialects/postgres/connection-manager.js
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ class ConnectionManager extends AbstractConnectionManager {
           'binary',
           // This should help with backends incorrectly considering idle clients to be dead and prematurely disconnecting them.
           // this feature has been added in pg module v6.0.0, check pg/CHANGELOG.md
-          'keepAlive'
+          'keepAlive',
+          // Times out queries after a set time in milliseconds. Added in pg v7.3
+          'statement_timeout'
         ]));
     }