diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 641201f..87d365b 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ DEV_MODE=
 
 # Services
 PROJECT_NAME=odoocker
-SERVICES=odoo,nginx,proxy,postgres
+SERVICES=odoo,nginx,proxy,postgres,pgbouncer
 
 # Service configuration
 USE_REDIS=false
 USE_S3=false
 USE_SENTRY=false
 USE_PGADMIN=false
+USE_PGBOUNCER=false
 
 # GitHub user and access token to clone private repositories
 GITHUB_USER=
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ UNACCENT=False
 LIST_DB=True
 DBFILTER=.*
 
+# PgBouncer
+POOL_MODE=transaction
+MAX_CLIENT_CONN=500
+ADMIN_USERS=postgres,dbuser,odoo
+
 # Logging
 LOG_LEVEL=info
 # Additional logs
@@ -135,6 +141,7 @@ USE_REDIS=${USE_REDIS}
 USE_S3=${USE_S3}
 USE_SENTRY=${USE_SENTRY}
 USE_PGADMIN=${USE_PGADMIN}
+USE_PGBOUNCER=${USE_PGBOUNCER}
 
 # Which services are going to be brought up
 COMPOSE_PROFILES=${SERVICES}
@@ -149,10 +156,12 @@ ACME_COMPANION_PROFILES="acme"
 KEYDB_PROFILES="keydb"
 MINIO_PROFILES="minio"
 PGADMIN_PROFILES="pgadmin"
+PGBOUNCER_PROFILES="pgbouncer"
 
 # Containers' Tags
 ODOO_TAG=17.0
 POSTGRES_TAG=16.1
+PGBOUNCER_TAG=latest
 KEYDB_TAG=latest
 MINIO_TAG=latest
 NGINX_TAG=1.25.3
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.local.yml b/docker-compose.override.local.yml
index 5a725b8..e77024f 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.local.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.local.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
 
+  pgbouncer:
+    restart: 'no'
+    ports:
+      - 5432:5432
+
   nginx:
     restart: 'no'
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.override.production.yml b/docker-compose.override.production.yml
index 909797a..b67a7c9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.override.production.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.override.production.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ services:
     ports:
       - 127.0.0.1:5432:5432
 
+  pgbouncer:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1=5432:5432
+
   nginx:
     restart: unless-stopped
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 188c4c5..3738290 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -83,6 +83,23 @@ services:
       - internal
     profiles: [$POSTGRES_PROFILES]
 
+  pgbouncer:
+    image: edoburu/pgbouncer:latest
+    container_name: pgbouncer
+    restart: always
+    depends_on:
+      - db
+    #ports:
+    #  - "5432:5432"
+    environment:
+      - DB_HOST=db
+      - DB_USER=odoo
+      - DB_PASSWORD=odoo
+      - MAX_CLIENT_CONN=500
+      - POOL_MODE=transaction
+      - ADMIN_USERS=postgres,dbuser,odoo
+    profiles: [$PGBOUNCER_PROFILES]
+
   nginx:
     container_name: nginx
     image: nginx:${NGINX_TAG}
diff --git a/pgbouncer/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sh b/pgbouncer/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8b8bb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgbouncer/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" <<-EOSQL
+	CREATE USER dbuser WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'dbuser';
+	CREATE DATABASE dbuser OWNER dbuser;
+
+	CREATE USER user1 WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'user1';
+	CREATE DATABASE user1 OWNER user1;
+
+	CREATE USER user2 WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'user2';
+	CREATE DATABASE user2 OWNER user2;
+
+	CREATE USER user3 WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'user3';
+	CREATE DATABASE user3 OWNER user3;
+
+	CREATE USER odoo WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'odoo';
+	CREATE DATABASE odoo OWNER odoo;
+
+EOSQL
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