diff --git a/src/lib/server-impl.test.ts b/src/lib/server-impl.test.ts
index 7a1bd69d68..66d522ff61 100644
--- a/src/lib/server-impl.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server-impl.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import { createTestConfig } from '../test/config/test-config';
-import { start, create } from './server-impl';
+import { create, start } from './server-impl';
 import FakeEventStore from '../test/fixtures/fake-event-store';
 
 jest.mock(
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ const settingStore = {
     get: () => {
         Promise.resolve('secret');
     },
+    postgresVersion: () => {
+        Promise.resolve('16.2');
+    },
 };
 
 jest.mock('./metrics', () => ({
diff --git a/src/lib/server-impl.ts b/src/lib/server-impl.ts
index e95b8cd4d8..1ed4ba6937 100644
--- a/src/lib/server-impl.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server-impl.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import * as eventType from './types/events';
 import { Db } from './db/db';
 import { defaultLockKey, defaultTimeout, withDbLock } from './util/db-lock';
 import { scheduleServices } from './features/scheduler/schedule-services';
+import { compareAndLogPostgresVersion } from './util/postgres-version-checker';
 
 async function createApp(
     config: IUnleashConfig,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ async function createApp(
     const serverVersion = config.enterpriseVersion ?? version;
     const db = createDb(config);
     const stores = createStores(config, db);
+    await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, stores.settingStore);
     const services = createServices(stores, config, db);
     if (!config.disableScheduler) {
         await scheduleServices(services, config);
diff --git a/src/lib/util/postgres-version-checker.test.ts b/src/lib/util/postgres-version-checker.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..797af963fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/util/postgres-version-checker.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import type { ISettingStore, IUnleashConfig } from '../types';
+import { createTestConfig } from '../../test/config/test-config';
+import { compareAndLogPostgresVersion } from './postgres-version-checker';
+import FakeSettingStore from '../../test/fixtures/fake-setting-store';
+
+let config: IUnleashConfig;
+let settingStore: ISettingStore;
+let infoMessages: string[];
+let errorMessages: string[];
+
+const fakeSettingStore = (postgresVersion: string): ISettingStore => {
+    const temp = new FakeSettingStore();
+    jest.spyOn(temp, 'postgresVersion').mockResolvedValue(postgresVersion);
+    return temp;
+};
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+    infoMessages = [];
+    errorMessages = [];
+    config = createTestConfig({
+        getLogger: () => {
+            return {
+                info: (message: string) => {
+                    infoMessages.push(message);
+                },
+                error: (message: string) => {
+                    errorMessages.push(message);
+                },
+                warn: (message: string) => {},
+                debug: (message: string) => {},
+                fatal(message: any, ...args) {},
+            };
+        },
+    });
+});
+describe('postgres-version-checker', () => {
+    describe('Postgres version below 13.0 will yield error messages', () => {
+        test('12.1.7', async () => {
+            settingStore = fakeSettingStore('12.1.7');
+            await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, settingStore);
+            expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(1);
+            expect(infoMessages).toHaveLength(0);
+        });
+        test('12.1', async () => {
+            settingStore = fakeSettingStore('12.1');
+            await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, settingStore);
+            expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(1);
+            expect(infoMessages).toHaveLength(0);
+        });
+        test('11.1', async () => {
+            settingStore = fakeSettingStore('11.1');
+            await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, settingStore);
+            expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(1);
+            expect(infoMessages).toHaveLength(0);
+        });
+        test('10.1', async () => {
+            settingStore = fakeSettingStore('10.1');
+            await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, settingStore);
+            expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(1);
+            expect(infoMessages).toHaveLength(0);
+        });
+        test('9.6', async () => {
+            settingStore = fakeSettingStore('9.6');
+            await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, settingStore);
+            expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(1);
+            expect(infoMessages).toHaveLength(0);
+        });
+    });
+    describe('Postgres version at 13.0 or higher will yield an info message', () => {
+        test('13.9.2', async () => {
+            settingStore = fakeSettingStore('13.9.2');
+            await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, settingStore);
+            expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(0);
+            expect(infoMessages).toHaveLength(1);
+        });
+        test('14.9', async () => {
+            settingStore = fakeSettingStore('14.9');
+            await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, settingStore);
+            expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(0);
+            expect(infoMessages).toHaveLength(1);
+        });
+        test('15.9', async () => {
+            settingStore = fakeSettingStore('15.9');
+            await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, settingStore);
+            expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(0);
+            expect(infoMessages).toHaveLength(1);
+        });
+        test('16.2', async () => {
+            settingStore = fakeSettingStore('16.2');
+            await compareAndLogPostgresVersion(config, settingStore);
+            expect(errorMessages).toHaveLength(0);
+            expect(infoMessages).toHaveLength(1);
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/lib/util/postgres-version-checker.ts b/src/lib/util/postgres-version-checker.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26af8652a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/util/postgres-version-checker.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import type { ISettingStore, IUnleashConfig } from '../types';
+import semver, { lt, type SemVer } from 'semver';
+
+const MIN_SUPPORTED_POSTGRES_VERSION: SemVer = semver.parse('13.0.0')!;
+
+export async function compareAndLogPostgresVersion(
+    config: IUnleashConfig,
+    settingStore: ISettingStore,
+): Promise<void> {
+    const logger = config.getLogger('server-impl/postgresVersionWarner');
+    const postgresVersion = await settingStore.postgresVersion();
+    const pgSemVer = semver.coerce(postgresVersion); // Postgres usually reports Major.Minor, semver needs a patch version included in string
+    if (pgSemVer !== null && lt(pgSemVer, MIN_SUPPORTED_POSTGRES_VERSION)) {
+        logger.error(
+            `You are running an unsupported version of PostgreSQL: ${postgresVersion}. You'll have to upgrade to Postgres 13 or newer to continue getting our support.`,
+        );
+    } else {
+        logger.info(`Running PostgreSQL version ${postgresVersion}.`);
+    }
+}