diff --git a/pkg/dbsql/postgres_helpers.go b/pkg/dbsql/postgres_helpers.go
index 287eae3..85ede8c 100644
--- a/pkg/dbsql/postgres_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/dbsql/postgres_helpers.go
@@ -26,6 +26,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hyperledger-firefly/common/pkg/i18n"
 )
 
+// PostgreSQLMaxPlaceholders is the limit on bind parameters in one statement, set by the PostgreSQL wire protocol
+const PostgreSQLMaxPlaceholders = 65535
+
+// DefaultPostgreSQLProviderFeatures are the features shared by PostgreSQL providers, which can add their own on top
+func DefaultPostgreSQLProviderFeatures() SQLFeatures {
+	features := DefaultSQLProviderFeatures()
+	features.PlaceholderFormat = sq.Dollar
+	features.MultiRowInsert = true
+	features.MaxPlaceholders = PostgreSQLMaxPlaceholders
+	features.DBOptimizedUpsertBuilder = BuildPostgreSQLOptimizedUpsert
+	return features
+}
+
 // BuildPostgreSQLOptimizedUpsert is a PostgreSQL helper to avoid implementing this lots of times in child packages
 func BuildPostgreSQLOptimizedUpsert(ctx context.Context, table string, idColumn string, insertCols, updateCols []string, returnCol string, values map[string]driver.Value) (insert sq.InsertBuilder, err error) {
 	insertValues := make([]interface{}, 0, len(insertCols))
diff --git a/pkg/dbsql/postgres_helpers_test.go b/pkg/dbsql/postgres_helpers_test.go
index 9ad857c..362bdd0 100644
--- a/pkg/dbsql/postgres_helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dbsql/postgres_helpers_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql/driver"
 	"testing"
 
+	sq "github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
 	"github.com/hyperledger-firefly/common/pkg/fftypes"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -60,3 +61,13 @@ func TestBuildPostgreSQLOptimizedUpsertFail(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Regexp(t, "FF00247", err)
 
 }
+
+func TestDefaultPostgreSQLProviderFeatures(t *testing.T) {
+
+	features := DefaultPostgreSQLProviderFeatures()
+	assert.Equal(t, sq.Dollar, features.PlaceholderFormat)
+	assert.True(t, features.MultiRowInsert)
+	assert.Equal(t, 65535, features.MaxPlaceholders)
+	assert.NotNil(t, features.DBOptimizedUpsertBuilder)
+
+}