diff --git a/src/bin/scripts/pg_isready.c b/src/bin/scripts/pg_isready.c
new file mode 100644
index 4ba257d..9b0c18b
*** a/src/bin/scripts/pg_isready.c
--- b/src/bin/scripts/pg_isready.c
***************
*** 14,42 ****
  
  #define	DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT "3"
  
! static void
! help(const char *progname);
  
  int
  main(int argc, char **argv)
  {
! 	int c,optindex,opt_index = 2;
! 
  	const char *progname;
! 
! 	const char *pghost = NULL;
! 	const char *pgport = NULL;
! 	const char *pguser = NULL;
! 	const char *pgdbname = NULL;
! 	const char *connect_timeout = DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT;
! 
! 	const char *keywords[7] = { NULL };
! 	const char *values[7] = { NULL };
! 
  	bool quiet = false;
- 
  	PGPing rv;
! 	PQconninfoOption *connect_options, *conn_opt_ptr;
  
  	/*
  	 * We accept user and database as options to avoid
--- 14,34 ----
  
  #define	DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT "3"
  
! static void help(const char *progname);
! static char *get_conn_option(PQconninfoOption *conninfo, const char *keyword);
! static bool set_conn_option(PQconninfoOption *conninfo, const char *keyword, const char *value);
! static char *get_conn_str(PQconninfoOption *conninfo);
! static void copy_conn_options(PQconninfoOption *conninfo_dest, PQconninfoOption *conninfo_src);
  
  int
  main(int argc, char **argv)
  {
! 	int c;
  	const char *progname;
! 	char *conninfo_str, *pghost, *pgport;
  	bool quiet = false;
  	PGPing rv;
! 	PQconninfoOption *connect_options, *dbname_opts;
  
  	/*
  	 * We accept user and database as options to avoid
*************** main(int argc, char **argv)
*** 57,83 ****
  	set_pglocale_pgservice(argv[0], PG_TEXTDOMAIN("pgscripts"));
  	handle_help_version_opts(argc, argv, progname, help);
  
! 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:h:p:qt:U:V", long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
  	{
  		switch (c)
  		{
  			case 'd':
! 				pgdbname = pg_strdup(optarg);
  				break;
  			case 'h':
! 				pghost = pg_strdup(optarg);
  				break;
  			case 'p':
! 				pgport = pg_strdup(optarg);
  				break;
  			case 'q':
  				quiet = true;
  				break;
  			case 't':
! 				connect_timeout = pg_strdup(optarg);
  				break;
  			case 'U':
! 				pguser = pg_strdup(optarg);
  				break;
  			default:
  				fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
--- 49,88 ----
  	set_pglocale_pgservice(argv[0], PG_TEXTDOMAIN("pgscripts"));
  	handle_help_version_opts(argc, argv, progname, help);
  
! 	connect_options = PQconndefaults();
! 	set_conn_option(connect_options, "connect_timeout", DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT);
! 	set_conn_option(connect_options, "fallback_application_name", progname);
! 	if (!get_conn_option(connect_options, "host"))
! 		set_conn_option(connect_options, "host", DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR);
! 
! 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "d:h:p:qt:U:V", long_options, NULL)) != -1)
  	{
  		switch (c)
  		{
  			case 'd':
! 				dbname_opts = PQconninfoParse(optarg, NULL);
! 				if (dbname_opts)
! 				{
! 					copy_conn_options(connect_options, dbname_opts);
! 					PQconninfoFree(dbname_opts);
! 				}
! 				else
! 					set_conn_option(connect_options, "dbname", optarg);
  				break;
  			case 'h':
! 				set_conn_option(connect_options, "host", optarg);
  				break;
  			case 'p':
! 				set_conn_option(connect_options, "port", optarg);
  				break;
  			case 'q':
  				quiet = true;
  				break;
  			case 't':
! 				set_conn_option(connect_options, "connect_timeout", optarg);
  				break;
  			case 'U':
! 				set_conn_option(connect_options, "user", optarg);
  				break;
  			default:
  				fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"), progname);
*************** main(int argc, char **argv)
*** 101,166 ****
  		exit(PQPING_NO_ATTEMPT);
  	}
  
! 	/*
! 	 * Set connection options
! 	 */
! 
! 	keywords[0] = "connect_timeout";
! 	values[0] = connect_timeout;
! 	keywords[1] = "fallback_application_name";
! 	values[1] = progname;
! 	if (pguser)
! 	{
! 		keywords[opt_index] = "user";
! 		values[opt_index] = pguser;
! 		opt_index++;
! 	}
! 	if (pgdbname)
! 	{
! 		keywords[opt_index] = "dbname";
! 		values[opt_index] = pgdbname;
! 		opt_index++;
! 	}
! 
! 	/*
! 	 * Get the default host and port so we can display them in our output
! 	 */
! 	connect_options = PQconndefaults();
! 	conn_opt_ptr = connect_options;
! 	while (conn_opt_ptr->keyword)
! 	{
! 		if (strncmp(conn_opt_ptr->keyword, "host", 5) == 0)
! 		{
! 			if (pghost)
! 			{
! 				keywords[opt_index] = conn_opt_ptr->keyword;
! 				values[opt_index] = pghost;
! 				opt_index++;
! 			}
! 			else if (conn_opt_ptr->val)
! 				pghost = conn_opt_ptr->val;
! 			else
! 				pghost = DEFAULT_PGSOCKET_DIR;
! 		}
! 		else if (strncmp(conn_opt_ptr->keyword, "port", 5) == 0)
! 		{
! 			if (pgport)
! 			{
! 				keywords[opt_index] = conn_opt_ptr->keyword;
! 				values[opt_index] = pgport;
! 				opt_index++;
! 			}
! 			else if (conn_opt_ptr->val)
! 				pgport = conn_opt_ptr->val;
! 		}
! 		conn_opt_ptr++;
! 	}
! 
! 	rv = PQpingParams(keywords, values, 1);
  
  	if (!quiet)
  	{
  		printf("%s:%s - ", pghost, pgport);
  
  		switch (rv)
  		{
--- 106,122 ----
  		exit(PQPING_NO_ATTEMPT);
  	}
  
! 	conninfo_str = get_conn_str(connect_options);
! 	rv = PQping(conninfo_str);
! 	free(conninfo_str);	
  
  	if (!quiet)
  	{
+ 		pghost = get_conn_option(connect_options, "host");
+ 		pgport = get_conn_option(connect_options, "port");
  		printf("%s:%s - ", pghost, pgport);
+ 		free(pghost);
+ 		free(pgport);
  
  		switch (rv)
  		{
*************** help(const char *progname)
*** 206,208 ****
--- 162,224 ----
  	printf(_("  -U, --username=USERNAME  database username\n"));
  	printf(_("\nReport bugs to <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>.\n"));
  }
+ 
+ static char *
+ get_conn_option(PQconninfoOption *conninfo, const char *keyword)
+ {
+ 	PQconninfoOption *opts;
+ 
+ 	for (opts = conninfo; opts->keyword; opts++)
+ 		if ((strcmp(opts->keyword, keyword) == 0) && (opts->val))
+ 			return pg_strdup(opts->val);
+ 
+ 	return NULL;
+ }
+ 
+ static bool
+ set_conn_option(PQconninfoOption *conninfo, const char *keyword, const char *value)
+ {
+ 	PQconninfoOption *opts;
+ 
+ 	for (opts = conninfo; opts->keyword; opts++)
+ 		if (strcmp(opts->keyword, keyword) == 0)
+ 		{
+ 			if (opts->val)
+ 				free(opts->val);
+ 			if (value)
+ 				opts->val = pg_strdup(value);
+ 			return true;
+ 		}
+ 
+ 	return false;
+ }
+ 
+ static char *
+ get_conn_str(PQconninfoOption *conninfo)
+ {
+ 	PQconninfoOption *opts;
+ 	size_t buf_size = 0, count = 0;
+ 	char *conn_string;
+ 
+ 	for (opts = conninfo; opts->keyword; opts++)
+ 		if ((opts->val) && (strlen(opts->val) > 0))
+ 			buf_size += strlen(opts->keyword) + strlen(opts->val) + 2;
+ 
+ 	conn_string = pg_malloc0(buf_size);
+ 
+ 	for (opts = conninfo; opts->keyword; opts++)
+ 		if ((opts->val) && (strlen(opts->val) > 0))
+ 			count += snprintf(conn_string + count, buf_size - count, "%s%s=%s", (count > 0 ? " " : ""), opts->keyword, opts->val);
+ 
+ 	return conn_string;
+ }
+ 
+ static void
+ copy_conn_options(PQconninfoOption *conninfo_dest, PQconninfoOption *conninfo_src)
+ {
+ 	PQconninfoOption *opts;
+ 
+ 	for (opts = conninfo_src; opts->keyword; opts++)
+ 		if (opts->val)
+ 			set_conn_option(conninfo_dest, opts->keyword, opts->val);
+ }
