diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
index 0074c6fd6f0a..a94712556a71 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/default.nix
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ let
       ++ lib.optionals jitSupport [ "--with-llvm" ];
 
     patches = [
-      ./patches/disable-resolve_symlinks.patch
+      (if atLeast "16" then ./patches/disable-normalize_exec_path.patch
+       else ./patches/disable-resolve_symlinks.patch)
       ./patches/less-is-more.patch
       ./patches/hardcode-pgxs-path.patch
       ./patches/specify_pkglibdir_at_runtime.patch
@@ -357,6 +358,15 @@ let
       thisAttr = "postgresql_15";
       inherit self;
     };
+
+    postgresql_16 = self.callPackage generic {
+      version = "16.0";
+      psqlSchema = "16";
+      hash = "sha256-356CPrIjMEROHUjlLMZRNaZSpv2zzjJePwhUkzn1G5k=";
+      this = self.postgresql_16;
+      thisAttr = "postgresql_16";
+      inherit self;
+    };
   };
 
 in self:
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/patches/disable-normalize_exec_path.patch b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/patches/disable-normalize_exec_path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..349fd4203348
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/patches/disable-normalize_exec_path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/src/common/exec.c
++++ b/src/common/exec.c
+@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@
+ static int
+ normalize_exec_path(char *path)
+ {
++	// On NixOS we *want* stuff relative to symlinks.
++	return 0;
++
+ 	/*
+ 	 * We used to do a lot of work ourselves here, but now we just let
+ 	 * realpath(3) do all the heavy lifting.
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d91b07108261..35e185fc8f6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -27300,12 +27300,14 @@ with pkgs;
     postgresql_13
     postgresql_14
     postgresql_15
+    postgresql_16
 
     postgresql_11_jit
     postgresql_12_jit
     postgresql_13_jit
     postgresql_14_jit
     postgresql_15_jit
+    postgresql_16_jit
   ;
   postgresql = postgresql_14.override { this = postgresql; };
   postgresql_jit = postgresql_14_jit.override { this = postgresql_jit; };
@@ -27315,11 +27317,13 @@ with pkgs;
   postgresql12Packages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_12.pkgs;
   postgresql13Packages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_13.pkgs;
   postgresql15Packages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_15.pkgs;
+  postgresql16Packages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_16.pkgs;
   postgresql11JitPackages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_11_jit.pkgs;
   postgresql12JitPackages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_12_jit.pkgs;
   postgresql13JitPackages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_13_jit.pkgs;
   postgresql14JitPackages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_14_jit.pkgs;
   postgresql15JitPackages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_15_jit.pkgs;
+  postgresql16JitPackages = recurseIntoAttrs postgresql_16_jit.pkgs;
   postgresql14Packages = postgresqlPackages;
 
   postgresql_jdbc = callPackage ../development/java-modules/postgresql_jdbc { };