diff --git a/lib/Conf.php b/lib/Conf.php
index 9173d3c..f15926c 100644
--- a/lib/Conf.php
+++ b/lib/Conf.php
@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ class Conf {
     public $dbPostgreSQLPort        = 5432;
     /** @var string Database name on PostgreSQL database server (if using PostgreSQL) */
     public $dbPostgreSQLDb          = "arsse";
-    /** @var string Schema name on PostgreSQL database server (if using PostgreSQL) */
+    /** @var string Schema name in PostgreSQL database (if using PostgreSQL) */
     public $dbPostgreSQLSchema      = "";
+    /** @var string Service file entry to use (if using PostgreSQL); if using a service entry all above parameters except schema are ignored */
+    public $dbPostgreSQLService     = "";
 
     /** @var string Class of the user management driver in use (Internal by default) */
     public $userDriver              = User\Internal\Driver::class;
diff --git a/lib/Db/PostgreSQL/Driver.php b/lib/Db/PostgreSQL/Driver.php
index 2ba5baa..7e763e8 100644
--- a/lib/Db/PostgreSQL/Driver.php
+++ b/lib/Db/PostgreSQL/Driver.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use JKingWeb\Arsse\Db\ExceptionTimeout;
 
 class Driver extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\Db\AbstractDriver {
 
-    public function __construct(string $user = null, string $pass = null, string $db = null, string $host = null, int $port = null, string $schema = null) {
+    public function __construct(string $user = null, string $pass = null, string $db = null, string $host = null, int $port = null, string $schema = null, string $service = null) {
         // check to make sure required extension is loaded
         if (!static::requirementsMet()) {
             throw new Exception("extMissing", self::driverName()); // @codeCoverageIgnore
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class Driver extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\Db\AbstractDriver {
         $host = $host ?? Arsse::$conf->dbPostgreSQLHost;
         $port = $port ?? Arsse::$conf->dbPostgreSQLPort;
         $schema = $schema ?? Arsse::$conf->dbPostgreSQLSchema;
-        $this->makeConnection($user, $pass, $db, $host, $port);
+        $service = $service ?? Arsse::$conf->dbPostgreSQLService;
+        $this->makeConnection($user, $pass, $db, $host, $port, $service);
     }
 
     public static function requirementsMet(): bool {
@@ -38,20 +39,38 @@ class Driver extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\Db\AbstractDriver {
         throw new \Exception;
     }
 
-    protected function makeConnectionString(bool $pdo, string $user, string $pass, string $db, string $host, int $port): string {
-        $out = ['dbname' => $db];
-        if ($host != "") {
-            $out['host'] = $host;
-            $out['port'] = (string) $port;
-        }
-        if (!$pdo) {
-            $out['user'] = $user;
-            $out['password'] = $pass;
+    public static function makeConnectionString(bool $pdo, string $user, string $pass, string $db, string $host, int $port, string $service): string {
+        $base = [
+            'client_encoding' => "UTF8",
+            'application_name' => "arsse",
+        ];
+        $out = [];
+        if ($service != "") {
+            $out['service'] = $service;
+        } else {
+            if ($host != "") {
+                $out['host'] = $host;
+            }
+            if ($port != 5432 && !($host != "" && $host[0] == "/")) {
+                $out['port'] = (string) $port;
+            }
+            if ($db != "") {
+                $out['dbname'] = $db;
+            }
+            if (!$pdo) {
+                $out['user'] = $user;
+                if ($pass != "") {
+                    $out['password'] = $pass;
+                }
+            }
         }
+        ksort($out);
+        ksort($base);
+        $out = array_merge($out, $base);
         $out = array_map(function($v, $k) {
             return "$k='".str_replace("'", "\\'", str_replace("\\", "\\\\", $v))."'";
         }, $out, array_keys($out));
-        return implode(($pdo ? ";" : " "), $out);
+        return implode(" ", $out);
     }
 
     public function __destruct() {
diff --git a/lib/Db/PostgreSQL/PDODriver.php b/lib/Db/PostgreSQL/PDODriver.php
index fd43780..9bb630e 100644
--- a/lib/Db/PostgreSQL/PDODriver.php
+++ b/lib/Db/PostgreSQL/PDODriver.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ class PDODriver extends Driver {
         return class_exists("PDO") && in_array("pgsql", \PDO::getAvailableDrivers());
     }
 
-    protected function makeConnection(string $user, string $pass, string $db, string $host, int $port) {
-        $dsn = $this->makeconnectionString(true, $user, $pass, $db, $host, $port);
+    protected function makeConnection(string $user, string $pass, string $db, string $host, int $port, string $service) {
+        $dsn = $this->makeconnectionString(true, $user, $pass, $db, $host, $port, $service);
         $this->db = new \PDO("pgsql:$dsn", $user, $pass);
     }
 
diff --git a/locale/en.php b/locale/en.php
index 55a0bd3..50b8b5f 100644
--- a/locale/en.php
+++ b/locale/en.php
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ return [
 
     'Driver.Db.SQLite3.Name'                                               => 'SQLite 3',
     'Driver.Db.SQLite3PDO.Name'                                            => 'SQLite 3 (PDO)',
+    'Driver.Db.PostgreSQL.Name'                                            => 'PostgreSQL',
+    'Driver.Db.PostgreSQLPDO.Name'                                         => 'PostgreSQL (PDO)',
     'Driver.Service.Curl.Name'                                             => 'HTTP (curl)',
     'Driver.Service.Internal.Name'                                         => 'Internal',
     'Driver.User.Internal.Name'                                            => 'Internal',
diff --git a/tests/cases/Db/PostgreSQL/TestDriver.php b/tests/cases/Db/PostgreSQL/TestDriver.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59e113b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cases/Db/PostgreSQL/TestDriver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+/** @license MIT
+ * Copyright 2017 J. King, Dustin Wilson et al.
+ * See LICENSE and AUTHORS files for details */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+namespace JKingWeb\Arsse\TestCase\Db\PostgreSQL;
+
+use JKingWeb\Arsse\Db\PostgreSQL\Driver;
+
+/**
+ * @covers \JKingWeb\Arsse\Db\PostgreSQL\Driver<extended> */
+class TestDriver extends \JKingWeb\Arsse\Test\AbstractTest {
+    /** @dataProvider provideConnectionStrings */
+    public function testGenerateConnectionString(bool $pdo, string $user, string $pass, string $db, string $host, int $port, string $service, string $exp) {
+        $postfix = "application_name='arsse' client_encoding='UTF8'";
+        $act = Driver::makeConnectionString($pdo, $user, $pass, $db, $host, $port, $service);
+        if ($act==$postfix) {
+            $this->assertSame($exp, "");
+        } else {
+            $test = substr($act, 0, strlen($act) - (strlen($postfix) + 1) );
+            $check = substr($act, strlen($test) + 1);
+            $this->assertSame($postfix, $check);
+            $this->assertSame($exp, $test);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function provideConnectionStrings() {
+        return [
+            [false, "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "",          5432, "",      "dbname='arsse' password='secret' user='arsse'"],
+            [false, "arsse",           "p word",   "arsse",     "",          5432, "",      "dbname='arsse' password='p word' user='arsse'"],
+            [false, "arsse",           "p'word",   "arsse",     "",          5432, "",      "dbname='arsse' password='p\\'word' user='arsse'"],
+            [false, "arsse user",      "secret",   "arsse db",  "",          5432, "",      "dbname='arsse db' password='secret' user='arsse user'"],
+            [false, "arsse",           "secret",   "",          "",          5432, "",      "password='secret' user='arsse'"],
+            [false, "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "localhost", 5432, "",      "dbname='arsse' host='localhost' password='secret' user='arsse'"],
+            [false, "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "",          9999, "",      "dbname='arsse' password='secret' port='9999' user='arsse'"],
+            [false, "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "localhost", 9999, "",      "dbname='arsse' host='localhost' password='secret' port='9999' user='arsse'"],
+            [false, "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "/socket",   9999, "",      "dbname='arsse' host='/socket' password='secret' user='arsse'"],
+            [false, "T'Pau of Vulcan", "",         "",          "",          5432, "",      "user='T\\'Pau of Vulcan'"],
+            [false, "T'Pau of Vulcan", "superman", "datumbase", "somehost",  2112, "arsse", "service='arsse'"],
+            [true,  "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "",          5432, "",      "dbname='arsse'"],
+            [true,  "arsse",           "p word",   "arsse",     "",          5432, "",      "dbname='arsse'"],
+            [true,  "arsse",           "p'word",   "arsse",     "",          5432, "",      "dbname='arsse'"],
+            [true,  "arsse user",      "secret",   "arsse db",  "",          5432, "",      "dbname='arsse db'"],
+            [true,  "arsse",           "secret",   "",          "",          5432, "",      ""],
+            [true,  "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "localhost", 5432, "",      "dbname='arsse' host='localhost'"],
+            [true,  "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "",          9999, "",      "dbname='arsse' port='9999'"],
+            [true,  "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "localhost", 9999, "",      "dbname='arsse' host='localhost' port='9999'"],
+            [true,  "arsse",           "secret",   "arsse",     "/socket",   9999, "",      "dbname='arsse' host='/socket'"],
+            [true,  "T'Pau of Vulcan", "",         "",          "",          5432, "",      ""],
+            [true,  "T'Pau of Vulcan", "superman", "datumbase", "somehost",  2112, "arsse", "service='arsse'"],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit.xml b/tests/phpunit.xml
index f2a4967..564ced7 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit.xml
+++ b/tests/phpunit.xml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
         <file>cases/Db/SQLite3PDO/TestCreation.php</file>
         <file>cases/Db/SQLite3PDO/TestDriver.php</file>
         <file>cases/Db/SQLite3PDO/TestUpdate.php</file>
+
+        <file>cases/Db/PostgreSQL/TestDriver.php</file>
     </testsuite>
     <testsuite name="Database functions">
         <file>cases/Db/SQLite3/Database/TestMiscellany.php</file>