diff --git a/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c b/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c
index 5c6e56a5b2..81cf9e30d7 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "pqexpbuffer.h"
 #include "replication/walreceiver.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/guc.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pg_lsn.h"
 #include "utils/tuplestore.h"
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ libpqrcv_connect(const char *conninfo, bool logical, const char *appname,
 	if (logical)
 	{
 		PGresult   *res;
+		const char *datestyle;
 
 		res = libpqrcv_PQexec(conn->streamConn,
 							  ALWAYS_SECURE_SEARCH_PATH_SQL);
@@ -229,6 +231,23 @@ libpqrcv_connect(const char *conninfo, bool logical, const char *appname,
 							pchomp(PQerrorMessage(conn->streamConn)))));
 		}
 		PQclear(res);
+
+		datestyle = GetConfigOption("datestyle", true, true);
+		if (datestyle != NULL) {
+			char *sql;
+
+			sql = psprintf("SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('datestyle', '%s', false);", datestyle);
+			res = libpqrcv_PQexec(conn->streamConn, sql);
+			if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_TUPLES_OK)
+			{
+				PQclear(res);
+				ereport(ERROR,
+						(errmsg("could not set datestyle: %s",
+								pchomp(PQerrorMessage(conn->streamConn)))));
+			}
+			PQclear(res);
+			pfree(sql);
+		}
 	}
 
 	conn->logical = logical;