diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/pg_background.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/ext/pg_background.nix
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+{
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+  lib,
+  postgresql,
+  postgresqlBuildExtension,
+  openssl,
+}:
+
+postgresqlBuildExtension (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "pg_background";
+  version = "1.5";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "vibhorkum";
+    repo = "pg_background";
+    tag = "v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    hash = "sha256-9fW5wHdo9r5fLwU8zN2EEVSWxa+7q2qMjPpMo6iCavg=";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = postgresql.buildInputs;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Run PostgreSQL Commands in Background Workers";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/vibhorkum/pg_background";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/vibhorkum/pg_background/releases/tag/v${finalAttrs.version}";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ mkleczek ];
+    platforms = postgresql.meta.platforms;
+    license = lib.licenses.gpl3Only;
+  };
+})