diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/exports.txt b/src/interfaces/libpq/exports.txt
new file mode 100644
index 93da50d..5566943
*** a/src/interfaces/libpq/exports.txt
--- b/src/interfaces/libpq/exports.txt
*************** lo_lseek64                162
*** 165,167 ****
--- 165,169 ----
  lo_tell64                 163
  lo_truncate64             164
  PQconninfo                165
+ PQconninfoParseParams     166
+ PQconninfodefaultsMerge   167
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
new file mode 100644
index eea9c6b..5546c38
*** a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
--- b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
*************** PQconninfoParse(const char *conninfo, ch
*** 4002,4007 ****
--- 4002,4085 ----
  }
  
  /*
+  *		PQconninfoParseParams
+  *
+  * Parse a string like PQconnectdbParams() would do and return the
+  * resulting connection options array.	NULL is returned on failure.
+  * The result contains only options specified directly in the array,
+  * not any possible default values.
+  *
+  * If errmsg isn't NULL, *errmsg is set to NULL on success, or a malloc'd
+  * string on failure (use PQfreemem to free it).  In out-of-memory conditions
+  * both *errmsg and the result could be NULL.
+  *
+  * NOTE: the returned array is dynamically allocated and should
+  * be freed when no longer needed via PQconninfoFree().
+  */
+ PQconninfoOption *PQconninfoParseParams(const char *const * keywords,
+ 				  const char *const * values, int expand_dbname,
+ 				  char **errmsg)
+ {
+ 	PQExpBufferData errorBuf;
+ 	PQconninfoOption *connOptions;
+ 
+ 	if (errmsg)
+ 		*errmsg = NULL;			/* default */
+ 	initPQExpBuffer(&errorBuf);
+ 	if (PQExpBufferDataBroken(errorBuf))
+ 		return NULL;			/* out of memory already :-( */
+ 	connOptions = conninfo_array_parse(keywords, values,
+ 									   &errorBuf,
+ 									   false, expand_dbname);
+ 
+ 	if (connOptions == NULL && errmsg)
+ 		*errmsg = errorBuf.data;
+ 	else
+ 		termPQExpBuffer(&errorBuf);
+ 	return connOptions;
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+  *		PQconninfodefaultsMerge
+  *
+  * Add the default values for any unspecified options to the connection
+  * options array.
+  *
+  * Defaults are obtained from a service file, environment variables, etc.
+  *
+  * Returns 1 if successful, otherwise 0; connOptions is freed and errmsg is
+  * filled in upon failure.  Note that failure to locate a default value is
+  * not an error condition here --- we just leave the option's value as NULL.
+  *
+  * If errmsg isn't NULL, *errmsg is set to NULL on success, or a malloc'd
+  * string on failure (use PQfreemem to free it).  In out-of-memory conditions
+  * both *errmsg and the result could be NULL.
+  */
+ int
+ PQconninfodefaultsMerge(PQconninfoOption *connOptions, char **errmsg)
+ {
+ 	PQExpBufferData errorBuf;
+ 
+ 	if (errmsg)
+ 		*errmsg = NULL;
+ 	initPQExpBuffer(&errorBuf);
+ 	if (PQExpBufferDataBroken(errorBuf))
+ 	{
+ 		PQconninfoFree(connOptions);
+ 		return 0;
+ 	}
+ 	if (!conninfo_add_defaults(connOptions, &errorBuf))
+ 	{
+ 		if (errmsg)
+ 			*errmsg = errorBuf.data;
+ 		PQconninfoFree(connOptions);
+ 		return 0;
+ 	}
+ 	termPQExpBuffer(&errorBuf);
+ 	return 1;
+ }
+ 
+ /*
   * Build a working copy of the constant PQconninfoOptions array.
   */
  static PQconninfoOption *
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h b/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h
new file mode 100644
index e0f4bc7..9fa3c1c
*** a/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h
--- b/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-fe.h
*************** extern PQconninfoOption *PQconndefaults(
*** 267,276 ****
  /* parse connection options in same way as PQconnectdb */
  extern PQconninfoOption *PQconninfoParse(const char *conninfo, char **errmsg);
  
  /* return the connection options used by a live connection */
  extern PQconninfoOption *PQconninfo(PGconn *conn);
  
! /* free the data structure returned by PQconndefaults() or PQconninfoParse() */
  extern void PQconninfoFree(PQconninfoOption *connOptions);
  
  /*
--- 267,284 ----
  /* parse connection options in same way as PQconnectdb */
  extern PQconninfoOption *PQconninfoParse(const char *conninfo, char **errmsg);
  
+ /* parse connection options in same way as PQconnectdbParams */
+ extern PQconninfoOption *PQconninfoParseParams(const char *const * keywords,
+ 				  const char *const * values, int expand_dbname,
+ 				  char **errmsg);
+ 
+ /* Merge default connection options into an existing PQconninfoOption struct */
+ extern int PQconninfodefaultsMerge(PQconninfoOption *connOptions, char **errmsg);
+ 
  /* return the connection options used by a live connection */
  extern PQconninfoOption *PQconninfo(PGconn *conn);
  
! /* free the data structure returned by PQconndefaults(), PQconninfoParse(), or PQconninfoParseParams() */
  extern void PQconninfoFree(PQconninfoOption *connOptions);
  
  /*