diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4864b9c8a..0c61e38a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. From versio
 - Log error when `db-schemas` config contains schema `pg_catalog` or `information_schema` by @taimoorzaeem in #4359
 - Add a `HINT` when the LISTEN channel stops working due to a PostgreSQL bug by @laurenceisla in #4581
 - Add string slicing operator for `jwt-role-claim-key` by @taimoorzaeem in #4599
-- Log the actual host and port of listener database connection by @mkleczek in #4617
+- Log host, port and pg version of listener database connection by @mkleczek in #4617 #4618
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Listener.hs b/src/PostgREST/Listener.hs
index 13eae3c86..9fcf77263 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Listener.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Listener.hs
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ import           PostgREST.Version     (prettyVersion)
 import qualified PostgREST.AppState as AppState
 import qualified PostgREST.Config   as Config
 
-import           Control.Arrow             ((&&&))
-import           Data.Bitraversable        (bisequence)
-import           Data.Either.Combinators   (whenRight)
-import qualified Database.PostgreSQL.LibPQ as LibPQ
+import           Control.Arrow              ((&&&))
+import           Data.Bitraversable         (bisequence)
+import           Data.Either.Combinators    (whenRight)
+import qualified Database.PostgreSQL.LibPQ  as LibPQ
+import qualified Hasql.Session              as SQL
+import           PostgREST.Config.Database  (queryPgVersion)
+import           PostgREST.Config.PgVersion (pgvFullName)
 import           Protolude
 
 -- | Starts the Listener in a thread
@@ -64,6 +67,9 @@ retryingListen appState = do
       \case
         Right db -> do
           SQL.listen db $ SQL.toPgIdentifier dbChannel
+          (pqHost, pqPort) <- SQL.withLibPQConnection db $ bisequence . (LibPQ.host &&& LibPQ.port)
+          pgFullName <- SQL.run (queryPgVersion False) db >>= either throwIO (pure . pgvFullName)
+
           AppState.putIsListenerOn appState True
 
           delay <- AppState.getNextListenerDelay appState
@@ -73,8 +79,7 @@ retryingListen appState = do
             -- reset the delay
             AppState.putNextListenerDelay appState 1
 
-          (pqHost, pqPort) <- SQL.withLibPQConnection db $ bisequence . (LibPQ.host &&& LibPQ.port)
-          observer $ DBListenStart pqHost pqPort dbChannel
+          observer $ DBListenStart pqHost pqPort pgFullName dbChannel
 
           SQL.waitForNotifications handleNotification db
 
diff --git a/src/PostgREST/Observation.hs b/src/PostgREST/Observation.hs
index 03a8e6d95..9f1e646e4 100644
--- a/src/PostgREST/Observation.hs
+++ b/src/PostgREST/Observation.hs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ data Observation
   | SchemaCacheSummaryObs Text
   | SchemaCacheLoadedObs Double
   | ConnectionRetryObs Int
-  | DBListenStart (Maybe ByteString) (Maybe ByteString) Text -- host, port, channel
+  | DBListenStart (Maybe ByteString) (Maybe ByteString) Text Text -- host, port, version string, channel
   | DBListenFail Text (Either SQL.ConnectionError (Either SomeException ()))
   | DBListenRetry Int
   | DBListenBugHint -- https://github.com/PostgREST/postgrest/issues/3147
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ observationMessage = \case
     "Attempting to reconnect to the database in " <> (show delay::Text) <> " seconds..."
   QueryPgVersionError usageErr ->
     "Failed to query the PostgreSQL version. " <> jsonMessage usageErr
-  DBListenStart host port channel -> do
-    "Listener connected to " <> show (fold $ host <> fmap (":" <>) port) <> " and listening for database notifications on the " <> show channel <> " channel"
+  DBListenStart host port fullName channel -> do
+    "Listener connected to " <> fullName <> " on " <> show (fold $ host <> fmap (":" <>) port) <> " and listening for database notifications on the " <> show channel <> " channel"
   DBListenFail channel listenErr ->
     "Failed listening for database notifications on the " <> show channel <> " channel. " <>
       either showListenerConnError showListenerException listenErr
diff --git a/test/io/test_io.py b/test/io/test_io.py
index 46f6414a9..e384a28fe 100644
--- a/test/io/test_io.py
+++ b/test/io/test_io.py
@@ -1649,9 +1649,11 @@ def test_log_listener_connection_start(defaultenv):
     }
 
     with run(env=env, no_startup_stdout=False, wait_for_readiness=True) as postgrest:
-        output = postgrest.read_stdout(nlines=5)
+        output = postgrest.read_stdout(nlines=10)
+        # Check for the listener start message containing host and port
+        # Do not check if pg version is displayed properly as it is tricky to test it
         assert any(
-            f'Listener connected to "{defaultenv["PGHOST"]}:5432" and listening for database notifications on the "pgrst" channel'
+            f'"{defaultenv["PGHOST"]}:5432" and listening for database notifications on the "pgrst" channel'
             in line
             for line in output
         )