diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 6234ca018cc166b4b560a9a8a7dd4a0434ab486d..aae9a154132d1138668bac9b5fbea1d56c24c61d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ and this project adheres to `Semantic Versioning`_.
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+Added
+~~~~~
+
+* Allow configuration of database options
+
 `2.3.1`_ – 2021-12-17
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/aleksis/core/settings.py b/aleksis/core/settings.py
index df59f9b01760d4c7176e18da2cf997e3f70b0f70..2ddf26cfde1fe010074534c0a7bedf00a04fbf3b 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/settings.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/settings.py
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ DATABASES = {
         "HOST": _settings.get("database.host", "127.0.0.1"),
         "PORT": _settings.get("database.port", "5432"),
         "CONN_MAX_AGE": _settings.get("database.conn_max_age", None),
+        "OPTIONS": _settings.get("database.options", {}),
     }
 }