diff --git a/group_vars/all/17_resource.yml b/group_vars/all/17_resource.yml
index f8a5c48d11..281b5eff75 100644
--- a/group_vars/all/17_resource.yml
+++ b/group_vars/all/17_resource.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ POSTGRES_WORK_MEM_MB: "{{ [ ( (POSTGRES_TOTAL_RAM_MB | int) // ( [ (POSTGRES_MAX
 POSTGRES_WORK_MEM: "{{ POSTGRES_WORK_MEM_MB ~ 'MB' }}"
 POSTGRES_MAINTENANCE_WORK_MEM_MB: "{{ [ (((POSTGRES_TOTAL_RAM_MB | int) * 5) // 100), 64 ] | max }}"
 POSTGRES_MAINTENANCE_WORK_MEM: "{{ POSTGRES_MAINTENANCE_WORK_MEM_MB ~ 'MB' }}"
+POSTGRES_MAX_LOCKS_PER_TRANSACTION: 256
 POSTGRES_DELAY: 2
 
 TIMEOUT_FACTOR: 1
diff --git a/roles/svc-db-postgres/templates/compose.yml.j2 b/roles/svc-db-postgres/templates/compose.yml.j2
index 5b0170dfda..3136594e5a 100644
--- a/roles/svc-db-postgres/templates/compose.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/svc-db-postgres/templates/compose.yml.j2
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
       - "work_mem={{ POSTGRES_WORK_MEM }}"
       - "-c"
       - "maintenance_work_mem={{ POSTGRES_MAINTENANCE_WORK_MEM }}"
+      - "-c"
+      - "max_locks_per_transaction={{ POSTGRES_MAX_LOCKS_PER_TRANSACTION }}"
 
     {% include 'roles/sys-svc-container/templates/base.yml.j2' %}
     {{ lookup('container_healthcheck', service_name) | indent(4) }}
diff --git a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/postgres.yml.j2 b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/postgres.yml.j2
index 8336da1ace..41d69882a2 100644
--- a/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/postgres.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/sys-svc-rdbms/templates/services/postgres.yml.j2
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 {% else %}
     {{ lookup('container_image', 'svc-db-postgres', 'postgres', image=lookup('database', application_id, 'image'), version=lookup('database', application_id, 'version')) }}
 {% endif %}
+    command:
+      - "postgres"
+      - "-c"
+      - "max_locks_per_transaction={{ POSTGRES_MAX_LOCKS_PER_TRANSACTION }}"
     env_file:
       - {{ lookup('database', application_id, 'env') }}
     {{ lookup('compose_restart') }}