diff --git a/conf.d/pgsqldb.conf.sample b/conf.d/pgsqldb.conf.sample
index 33451935..bb3570a7 100644
--- a/conf.d/pgsqldb.conf.sample
+++ b/conf.d/pgsqldb.conf.sample
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 ;[default]
 ; The section name is used as the database connection name
 
+; autostart: bool: Automatically initiate the connection on startup
+;autostart=yes
+
 ; timeout: int: Query timeout in milliseconds
 ;timeout=10000
 
diff --git a/modules/server/pgsqldb.cpp b/modules/server/pgsqldb.cpp
index ced5817f..632b94db 100644
--- a/modules/server/pgsqldb.cpp
+++ b/modules/server/pgsqldb.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,8 @@ void PgModule::initialize()
 	if (!sec || (*sec == "general"))
 	    continue;
 	PgConn* conn = new PgConn(sec);
-	conn->initDb();
+	if (sec->getBoolValue("autostart",true))
+	    conn->initDb();
 	s_conns.insert(conn);
     }