diff --git a/dspace_statistics_api/config.py b/dspace_statistics_api/config.py
index 289fb06..31b1ea0 100644
--- a/dspace_statistics_api/config.py
+++ b/dspace_statistics_api/config.py
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ DATABASE_NAME = os.environ.get('DATABASE_NAME', 'dspacestatistics')
 DATABASE_USER = os.environ.get('DATABASE_USER', 'dspacestatistics')
 DATABASE_PASS = os.environ.get('DATABASE_PASS', 'dspacestatistics')
 DATABASE_HOST = os.environ.get('DATABASE_HOST', 'localhost')
+DATABASE_PORT = os.environ.get('DATABASE_PORT', '5432')
 
 # vim: set sw=4 ts=4 expandtab:
diff --git a/dspace_statistics_api/database.py b/dspace_statistics_api/database.py
index 3dae8ec..73ee022 100644
--- a/dspace_statistics_api/database.py
+++ b/dspace_statistics_api/database.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ from .config import DATABASE_NAME
 from .config import DATABASE_USER
 from .config import DATABASE_PASS
 from .config import DATABASE_HOST
+from .config import DATABASE_PORT
 import psycopg2, psycopg2.extras
 
 def database_connection():
-    connection = psycopg2.connect("dbname={} user={} password={} host='{}'".format(DATABASE_NAME, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_HOST), cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor)
+    connection = psycopg2.connect("dbname={} user={} password={} host='{}' port={}".format(DATABASE_NAME, DATABASE_USER, DATABASE_PASS, DATABASE_HOST, DATABASE_PORT), cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.DictCursor)
 
     return connection