diff --git a/nix/overlays/haskell-packages.nix b/nix/overlays/haskell-packages.nix
index f650278e9d..f1b431ee58 100644
--- a/nix/overlays/haskell-packages.nix
+++ b/nix/overlays/haskell-packages.nix
@@ -32,10 +32,28 @@ let
       postgresql-libpq = lib.dontCheck
         (prev.callCabal2nix "postgresql-libpq"
           (super.fetchFromGitHub {
-            owner = "PostgREST";
+            owner = "robx";
             repo = "postgresql-libpq";
-            rev = "890a0a16cf57dd401420fdc6c7d576fb696003bc"; # master
-            sha256 = "1wmyhldk0k14y8whp1p4akrkqxf5snh8qsbm7fv5f7kz95nyffd0";
+            rev = "6196681b97ae3b9f38c00a2909f643724d9068dc"; # pipeline
+            sha256 = "094c8jkk9prx831h8rjhv5x1gxwllw27y4al2zhhmc2warsxk2n2";
+          })
+          { });
+      hasql = lib.dontCheck
+        (prev.callCabal2nix "hasql"
+          (super.fetchFromGitHub {
+            owner = "robx";
+            repo = "hasql";
+            rev = "97ff7ce53e2f4586985a86694e586e077fad1718"; # pipeline2
+            sha256 = "0kn1zq4nmbb9kg6bl54w1k69pl5kiaffc8mh6iiiv06q6w8gyr34";
+          })
+          { });
+      hasql-transaction = lib.dontCheck
+        (prev.callCabal2nix "hasql-transaction"
+          (super.fetchFromGitHub {
+            owner = "robx";
+            repo = "hasql-transaction";
+            rev = "ae5f73438edd4fe424add51fcfd8c855747bee7d"; # pipeline
+            sha256 = "0vkmjr3m4xpial1lj7c420lsnjh5f5m4r7s6bimm9prvlyf522a5";
           })
           { });
 
@@ -44,7 +62,7 @@ let
           {
             pkg = "hasql-notifications";
             ver = "0.2.0.4";
-            sha256 = "sha256-fm1xiDyvDkb5WLOJ73/s8wrWEW23XFS7luAv2brfr8I=";
+            sha256 = "1hmgvyxdjbz0jsxm8p5pdl8xc2pkxizyz2dkb3wlc3mg7j472vby";
           }
           { });
 
@@ -53,7 +71,7 @@ let
           {
             pkg = "hasql-pool";
             ver = "0.9";
-            sha256 = "sha256-5UshbbaBVY8eJ/9VagNVVxonRwMcd7UmGqDc35pJNFY=";
+            sha256 = "0mil96ddzp5038kbaxqw0d3jf6jpal1nlmgz4wg8ymc1nrnj2jz5";
           }
           { });
     } // extraOverrides final prev;
diff --git a/postgrest.cabal b/postgrest.cabal
index b7e505c9c9..50fd95aed0 100644
--- a/postgrest.cabal
+++ b/postgrest.cabal
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ library
                     , network-uri               >= 2.6.1 && < 2.8
                     , optparse-applicative      >= 0.13 && < 0.18
                     , parsec                    >= 3.1.11 && < 3.2
+                    , postgresql-libpq
                     , protolude                 >= 0.3.1 && < 0.4
                     , regex-tdfa                >= 1.2.2 && < 1.4
                     , retry                     >= 0.7.4 && < 0.10
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Query.hs b/src/PostgREST/Query.hs
index b72a0c772f..b779a63141 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Query.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Query.hs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import qualified Hasql.Decoders                    as HD
 import qualified Hasql.DynamicStatements.Snippet   as SQL (Snippet)
 import qualified Hasql.DynamicStatements.Statement as SQL
 import qualified Hasql.Encoders                    as HE
+import qualified Hasql.Session                     as SQL (queuePipelineStatement)
 import qualified Hasql.Statement                   as SQL
 import qualified Hasql.Transaction                 as SQL
 
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ openApiQuery sCache pgVer AppConfig{..} tSchema =
     OADisabled ->
       pure Nothing
 
-writeQuery :: MutateReadPlan -> ApiRequest -> AppConfig  -> DbHandler ResultSet
+writeQuery :: MutateReadPlan -> ApiRequest -> AppConfig -> DbHandler ResultSet
 writeQuery MutateReadPlan{mrReadPlan, mrMutatePlan} apiReq@ApiRequest{iPreferences=Preferences{..}} conf =
   let
     (isInsert, pkCols) = case mrMutatePlan of {Insert{insPkCols} -> (True, insPkCols); _ -> (False, mempty);}
@@ -234,11 +235,19 @@ optionalRollback AppConfig{..} ApiRequest{iPreferences=Preferences{..}} = do
     shouldRollback =
       configDbTxAllowOverride && preferTransaction == Just Rollback
 
+usePipeline :: Bool
+usePipeline = True
+
+queuePipelineStatement :: params -> SQL.Statement params () -> SQL.Transaction ()
+queuePipelineStatement params stmt =
+  if usePipeline then SQL.inTransaction $ SQL.queuePipelineStatement params stmt
+                 else SQL.statement params stmt
+
 -- | Runs local (transaction scoped) GUCs for every request.
 setPgLocals :: AppConfig  -> KM.KeyMap JSON.Value -> BS.ByteString -> [(ByteString, ByteString)] ->
                ApiRequest -> PgVersion -> DbHandler ()
 setPgLocals AppConfig{..} claims role roleSettings req actualPgVersion = lift $
-  SQL.statement mempty $ SQL.dynamicallyParameterized
+  queuePipelineStatement mempty $ SQL.dynamicallyParameterized
     ("select " <> intercalateSnippet ", " (searchPathSql : roleSql ++ roleSettingsSql ++ claimsSql ++ [methodSql, pathSql] ++ headersSql ++ cookiesSql ++ appSettingsSql))
     HD.noResult configDbPreparedStatements
   where
@@ -270,7 +279,7 @@ setPgLocals AppConfig{..} claims role roleSettings req actualPgVersion = lift $
 
 -- | Runs the pre-request function.
 runPreReq :: AppConfig -> DbHandler ()
-runPreReq conf = lift $ traverse_ (SQL.statement mempty . stmt) (configDbPreRequest conf)
+runPreReq conf = lift $ traverse_ (queuePipelineStatement mempty . stmt) (configDbPreRequest conf)
   where
     stmt req = SQL.Statement
       ("select " <> fromQi req <> "()")