diff --git a/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/__init__.py b/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/__init__.py
index 96bfa8a9d202d..962cbb2d4ad9b 100644
--- a/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/__init__.py
+++ b/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/__init__.py
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ def sql_source_for_type(
     else:
         incremental = None
 
+    connect_args = []
+
     if source_type == ExternalDataSource.Type.POSTGRES:
         credentials = ConnectionStringCredentials(
             f"postgresql://{user}:{password}@{host}:{port}/{database}?sslmode={sslmode}"
@@ -76,6 +78,10 @@ def sql_source_for_type(
         credentials = ConnectionStringCredentials(
             f"mysql+pymysql://{user}:{password}@{host}:{port}/{database}?ssl_ca={ssl_ca}&ssl_verify_cert=false"
         )
+
+        # PlanetScale needs this to be set
+        if host.endswith("psdb.cloud"):
+            connect_args = ["SET workload = 'OLAP';"]
     elif source_type == ExternalDataSource.Type.MSSQL:
         credentials = ConnectionStringCredentials(
             f"mssql+pyodbc://{user}:{password}@{host}:{port}/{database}?driver=ODBC+Driver+18+for+SQL+Server&TrustServerCertificate=yes"
@@ -84,7 +90,12 @@ def sql_source_for_type(
         raise Exception("Unsupported source_type")
 
     db_source = sql_database(
-        credentials, schema=schema, table_names=table_names, incremental=incremental, team_id=team_id
+        credentials,
+        schema=schema,
+        table_names=table_names,
+        incremental=incremental,
+        team_id=team_id,
+        connect_args=connect_args,
     )
 
     return db_source
@@ -180,6 +191,7 @@ def sql_database(
     table_names: Optional[List[str]] = dlt.config.value,  # noqa: UP006
     incremental: Optional[dlt.sources.incremental] = None,
     team_id: Optional[int] = None,
+    connect_args: Optional[list[str]] = None,
 ) -> Iterable[DltResource]:
     """
     A DLT source which loads data from an SQL database using SQLAlchemy.
@@ -231,6 +243,7 @@ def sql_database(
                 engine=engine,
                 table=table,
                 incremental=incremental,
+                connect_args=connect_args,
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/helpers.py b/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/helpers.py
index d877effb3e374..50577b6b04d17 100644
--- a/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/helpers.py
+++ b/posthog/temporal/data_imports/pipelines/sql_database/helpers.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 from dlt.common.typing import TDataItem
 from .settings import DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE
 
-from sqlalchemy import Table, create_engine, Column
+from sqlalchemy import Table, create_engine, Column, text
 from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
 from sqlalchemy.sql import Select
 
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ def __init__(
         table: Table,
         chunk_size: int = 1000,
         incremental: Optional[dlt.sources.incremental[Any]] = None,
+        connect_args: Optional[list[str]] = None,
     ) -> None:
         self.engine = engine
         self.table = table
         self.chunk_size = chunk_size
         self.incremental = incremental
+        self.connect_args = connect_args
         if incremental:
             try:
                 self.cursor_column: Optional[Column[Any]] = table.c[incremental.cursor_path]
@@ -74,6 +76,9 @@ def make_query(self) -> Select[Any]:
     def load_rows(self) -> Iterator[list[TDataItem]]:
         query = self.make_query()
         with self.engine.connect() as conn:
+            if self.connect_args:
+                for stmt in self.connect_args:
+                    conn.execute(text(stmt))
             result = conn.execution_options(yield_per=self.chunk_size).execute(query)
             for partition in result.partitions(size=self.chunk_size):
                 yield [dict(row._mapping) for row in partition]
@@ -84,6 +89,7 @@ def table_rows(
     table: Table,
     chunk_size: int = DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE,
     incremental: Optional[dlt.sources.incremental[Any]] = None,
+    connect_args: Optional[list[str]] = None,
 ) -> Iterator[TDataItem]:
     """
     A DLT source which loads data from an SQL database using SQLAlchemy.
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ def table_rows(
     """
     yield dlt.mark.materialize_table_schema()  # type: ignore
 
-    loader = TableLoader(engine, table, incremental=incremental, chunk_size=chunk_size)
+    loader = TableLoader(engine, table, incremental=incremental, chunk_size=chunk_size, connect_args=connect_args)
     yield from loader.load_rows()
 
     engine.dispose()