diff --git a/src/bin/psql/common.c b/src/bin/psql/common.c
index 044cdb82a7..a41932ff27 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/common.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/common.c
@@ -1565,6 +1565,10 @@ ExecQueryUsingCursor(const char *query, double *elapsed_msec)
 			 "FETCH FORWARD %d FROM _psql_cursor",
 			 fetch_count);
 
+	/* one-shot expanded output requested via \gx */
+	if (pset.g_expanded)
+		my_popt.topt.expanded = 1;
+
 	/* prepare to write output to \g argument, if any */
 	if (pset.gfname)
 	{
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out b/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out
index d602aeef42..4aaf4c1620 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/psql.out
@@ -51,6 +51,31 @@ four  | 4
      3 |    4
 (1 row)
 
+-- \gx should work in FETCH_COUNT mode too
+\set FETCH_COUNT 1
+SELECT 1 as one, 2 as two \g
+ one | two 
+-----+-----
+   1 |   2
+(1 row)
+
+\gx
+-[ RECORD 1 ]
+one | 1
+two | 2
+
+SELECT 3 as three, 4 as four \gx
+-[ RECORD 1 ]
+three | 3
+four  | 4
+
+\g
+ three | four 
+-------+------
+     3 |    4
+(1 row)
+
+\unset FETCH_COUNT
 -- \gset
 select 10 as test01, 20 as test02, 'Hello' as test03 \gset pref01_
 \echo :pref01_test01 :pref01_test02 :pref01_test03
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/psql.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/psql.sql
index b56a05f7f0..4a676c3119 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/psql.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/psql.sql
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ SELECT 1 as one, 2 as two \g
 SELECT 3 as three, 4 as four \gx
 \g
 
+-- \gx should work in FETCH_COUNT mode too
+\set FETCH_COUNT 1
+
+SELECT 1 as one, 2 as two \g
+\gx
+SELECT 3 as three, 4 as four \gx
+\g
+
+\unset FETCH_COUNT
+
 -- \gset
 
 select 10 as test01, 20 as test02, 'Hello' as test03 \gset pref01_