diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0cd52944..be9e8456 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 - Updated dependencies (including the library that lacked armhf support) [#722](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/722)
 - Fix missing group expansion in function `excludeCorretlyTaggedNodes` [#563](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/issues/563)
 - Improve registration protocol implementation and switch to NodeKey as main identifier [#725](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/725)
+- Add ability to connect to PostgreSQL via unix socket [#734](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/734)
 
 ## 0.16.0 (2022-07-25)
 
diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index 3e001203..9f113c2b 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -129,13 +129,19 @@ func NewHeadscale(cfg *Config) (*Headscale, error) {
 	switch cfg.DBtype {
 	case Postgres:
 		dbString = fmt.Sprintf(
-			"host=%s port=%d dbname=%s user=%s password=%s sslmode=disable",
+			"host=%s dbname=%s user=%s sslmode=disable",
 			cfg.DBhost,
-			cfg.DBport,
 			cfg.DBname,
 			cfg.DBuser,
-			cfg.DBpass,
 		)
+
+		if cfg.DBport != 0 {
+			dbString += fmt.Sprintf(" port=%d", cfg.DBport)
+		}
+
+		if cfg.DBpass != "" {
+			dbString += fmt.Sprintf(" password=%s", cfg.DBpass)
+		}
 	case Sqlite:
 		dbString = cfg.DBpath
 	default:
diff --git a/config-example.yaml b/config-example.yaml
index d3d155e2..ed447f9a 100644
--- a/config-example.yaml
+++ b/config-example.yaml
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ db_type: sqlite3
 db_path: /var/lib/headscale/db.sqlite
 
 # # Postgres config
+# If using a Unix socket to connect to Postgres, set the socket path in the 'host' field and leave 'port' blank.
 # db_type: postgres
 # db_host: localhost
 # db_port: 5432