diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c b/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c
index f03d5b1c6c..57355639c0 100644
--- a/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c
+++ b/src/bin/scripts/vacuumdb.c
@@ -964,6 +964,13 @@ prepare_vacuum_command(PQExpBuffer sql, int serverVersion,
 				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sVERBOSE", sep);
 				sep = comma;
 			}
+			if (vacopts->buffer_usage_limit)
+			{
+				Assert(serverVersion >= 160000);
+				appendPQExpBuffer(sql, "%sBUFFER_USAGE_LIMIT '%s'", sep,
+						  vacopts->buffer_usage_limit);
+				sep = comma;
+			}
 			if (sep != paren)
 				appendPQExpBufferChar(sql, ')');
 		}