diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2d442cd0d..efc758afa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/matrix-org/dendrite
 
+replace github.com/lib/pq => github.com/matrix-org/pq v1.3.2
+
 require (
 	github.com/DataDog/zstd v1.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/Shopify/toxiproxy v2.1.4+incompatible // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7c8732f63..783193d4d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200124100636-0c2ec91d1df5 h1:km
 github.com/matrix-org/gomatrixserverlib v0.0.0-20200124100636-0c2ec91d1df5/go.mod h1:FsKa2pWE/bpQql9H7U4boOPXFoJX/QcqaZZ6ijLkaZI=
 github.com/matrix-org/naffka v0.0.0-20200127221512-0716baaabaf1 h1:osLoFdOy+ChQqVUn2PeTDETFftVkl4w9t/OW18g3lnk=
 github.com/matrix-org/naffka v0.0.0-20200127221512-0716baaabaf1/go.mod h1:cXoYQIENbdWIQHt1SyCo6Bl3C3raHwJ0wgVrXHSqf+A=
+github.com/matrix-org/pq v1.3.1 h1:vsBJEETyxXflSf6i+KYHxlXdjfHUSwdFS210k/tQtO0=
+github.com/matrix-org/pq v1.3.1/go.mod h1:l6tPTzDjcj8fhD5OD0+7dejtZrwyjJadAAYM+CntUVQ=
+github.com/matrix-org/pq v1.3.2 h1:7Kh2Qz4xonRH8OcFpCIj2najpBxF2+j1ff0hC082L68=
+github.com/matrix-org/pq v1.3.2/go.mod h1:l6tPTzDjcj8fhD5OD0+7dejtZrwyjJadAAYM+CntUVQ=
 github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20171127121716-2e2df66af2f5 h1:W7l5CP4V7wPyPb4tYE11dbmeAOwtFQBTW0rf4OonOS8=
 github.com/matrix-org/util v0.0.0-20171127121716-2e2df66af2f5/go.mod h1:lePuOiXLNDott7NZfnQvJk0lAZ5HgvIuWGhel6J+RLA=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v2.0.2+incompatible h1:qzw9c2GNT8UFrgWNDhCTqRqYUSmu/Dav/9Z58LGpk7U=