diff --git a/spec/PostgresConfigParser.spec.js b/spec/PostgresConfigParser.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cb84cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/PostgresConfigParser.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+const parser = require('../src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresConfigParser');
+
+const queryParamTests = {
+  'a=1&b=2': { a: '1', b: '2' },
+  'a=abcd%20efgh&b=abcd%3Defgh': { a: 'abcd efgh', b: 'abcd=efgh' },
+  'a=1&b&c=true': { a: '1', b: '', c: 'true' }
+}
+
+describe('PostgresConfigParser.parseQueryParams', () => {
+  it('creates a map from a query string', () => {
+
+    for (const key in queryParamTests) {
+      const result = parser.parseQueryParams(key);
+
+      const testObj = queryParamTests[key];
+
+      expect(Object.keys(result).length)
+        .toEqual(Object.keys(testObj).length);
+
+      for (const k in result) {
+        expect(result[k]).toEqual(testObj[k]);
+      }
+    }
+
+  })
+});
+
+const baseURI = 'postgres://username:password@localhost:5432/db-name'
+
+const dbOptionsTest = {};
+dbOptionsTest[`${baseURI}?ssl=true&binary=true&application_name=app_name&fallback_application_name=f_app_name&poolSize=10`] = {
+  ssl: true,
+  binary: true,
+  application_name: 'app_name',
+  fallback_application_name: 'f_app_name',
+  poolSize: 10
+};
+dbOptionsTest[`${baseURI}?ssl=&binary=aa`] = {
+  ssl: false,
+  binary: false
+}
+
+describe('PostgresConfigParser.getDatabaseOptionsFromURI', () => {
+  it('creates a db options map from a query string', () => {
+
+    for (const key in dbOptionsTest) {
+      const result = parser.getDatabaseOptionsFromURI(key);
+
+      const testObj = dbOptionsTest[key];
+
+      for (const k in testObj) {
+        expect(result[k]).toEqual(testObj[k]);
+      }
+    }
+
+  });
+
+  it('sets the poolSize to 10 if the it is not a number', () => {
+
+    const result = parser.getDatabaseOptionsFromURI(`${baseURI}?poolSize=sdf`);
+
+    expect(result.poolSize).toEqual(10);
+
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresClient.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresClient.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59316b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresClient.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const pgp = require('pg-promise')();
+const parser = require('./PostgresConfigParser');
+
+export function createClient(uri, databaseOptions) {
+  let client;
+  let dbOptions = {};
+  databaseOptions = databaseOptions || {};
+
+  if (uri) {
+    dbOptions = parser.getDatabaseOptionsFromURI(uri);
+  }
+
+  for (const key in databaseOptions) {
+    dbOptions[key] = databaseOptions[key];
+  }
+
+  client = pgp(dbOptions);
+
+  if (dbOptions.pgOptions) {
+    for (const key in dbOptions.pgOptions) {
+      client.pg.defaults[key] = dbOptions.pgOptions[key];
+    }
+  }
+
+  return client;
+}
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresConfigParser.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresConfigParser.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bcce676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresConfigParser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+const url = require('url');
+
+function getDatabaseOptionsFromURI(uri) {
+  const databaseOptions = {};
+
+  const parsedURI = url.parse(uri);
+  const queryParams = parseQueryParams(parsedURI.query);
+  const authParts = parsedURI.auth ? parsedURI.auth.split(':') : [];
+
+  databaseOptions.host = parsedURI.hostname || 'localhost';
+  databaseOptions.port = parsedURI.port ? parseInt(parsedURI.port) : 5432;
+  databaseOptions.database = parsedURI.pathname
+    ? parsedURI.pathname.substr(1)
+    : undefined;
+
+  databaseOptions.user = authParts.length > 0 ? authParts[0] : '';
+  databaseOptions.password = authParts.length > 1 ? authParts[1] : '';
+
+  databaseOptions.ssl =
+    queryParams.ssl && queryParams.ssl.toLowerCase() === 'true' ? true : false;
+  databaseOptions.binary =
+    queryParams.binary && queryParams.binary.toLowerCase() === 'true' ? true : false;
+
+  databaseOptions.client_encoding = queryParams.client_encoding;
+  databaseOptions.application_name = queryParams.application_name;
+  databaseOptions.fallback_application_name = queryParams.fallback_application_name;
+
+  if (queryParams.poolSize) {
+    databaseOptions.poolSize = parseInt(queryParams.poolSize) || 10;
+  }
+
+  return databaseOptions;
+}
+
+function parseQueryParams(queryString) {
+  queryString = queryString || '';
+
+  return queryString
+    .split('&')
+    .reduce((p, c) => {
+      const parts = c.split('=');
+      p[decodeURIComponent(parts[0])] =
+        parts.length > 1
+          ? decodeURIComponent(parts.slice(1).join('='))
+          : '';
+      return p;
+    }, {});
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  parseQueryParams: parseQueryParams,
+  getDatabaseOptionsFromURI: getDatabaseOptionsFromURI
+};
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js
index d54d987a..b2d0e471 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Postgres/PostgresStorageAdapter.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const pgp = require('pg-promise')();
+import { createClient } from './PostgresClient';
 
 const PostgresRelationDoesNotExistError = '42P01';
 const PostgresDuplicateRelationError = '42P07';
@@ -379,9 +379,10 @@ export class PostgresStorageAdapter {
   constructor({
     uri,
     collectionPrefix = '',
+    databaseOptions
   }) {
     this._collectionPrefix = collectionPrefix;
-    this._client = pgp(uri);
+    this._client = createClient(uri, databaseOptions);
   }
 
   _ensureSchemaCollectionExists() {
diff --git a/src/ParseServer.js b/src/ParseServer.js
index 1358b5ab..fcc27de7 100644
--- a/src/ParseServer.js
+++ b/src/ParseServer.js
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ class ParseServer {
       case 'postgres:':
         return new PostgresStorageAdapter({
           uri: databaseURI,
-          collectionPrefix
+          collectionPrefix,
+          databaseOptions
         });
       default:
         return new MongoStorageAdapter({