diff --git a/driver/pgdriver/config.go b/driver/pgdriver/config.go
index 8e8abfe59..c3e1f66f7 100644
--- a/driver/pgdriver/config.go
+++ b/driver/pgdriver/config.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"sort"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -33,11 +35,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	Database string
 	AppName  string
 
-	// Timeout for socket reads. If reached, commands will fail
-	// with a timeout instead of blocking.
+	// Timeout for socket reads. If reached, commands fail with a timeout instead of blocking.
 	ReadTimeout time.Duration
-	// Timeout for socket writes. If reached, commands will fail
-	// with a timeout instead of blocking.
+	// Timeout for socket writes. If reached, commands fail with a timeout instead of blocking.
 	WriteTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
@@ -153,6 +153,15 @@ func WithDSN(dsn string) DriverOption {
 	}
 }
 
+func env(key, defValue string) string {
+	if s := os.Getenv(key); s != "" {
+		return s
+	}
+	return defValue
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 func parseDSN(dsn string) ([]DriverOption, error) {
 	u, err := url.Parse(dsn)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -163,11 +172,6 @@ func parseDSN(dsn string) ([]DriverOption, error) {
 		return nil, errors.New("pgdriver: invalid scheme: " + u.Scheme)
 	}
 
-	query, err := url.ParseQuery(u.RawQuery)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	var opts []DriverOption
 
 	if u.Host != "" {
@@ -187,39 +191,45 @@ func parseDSN(dsn string) ([]DriverOption, error) {
 		opts = append(opts, WithDatabase(u.Path[1:]))
 	}
 
-	if appName := query.Get("application_name"); appName != "" {
+	q := queryOptions{q: u.Query()}
+
+	if appName := q.string("application_name"); appName != "" {
 		opts = append(opts, WithApplicationName(appName))
 	}
-	delete(query, "application_name")
-
-	if sslMode := query.Get("sslmode"); sslMode != "" {
-		switch sslMode {
-		case "verify-ca", "verify-full":
-			opts = append(opts, WithTLSConfig(new(tls.Config)))
-		case "allow", "prefer", "require":
-			opts = append(opts, WithTLSConfig(&tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}))
-		case "disable":
-			// no TLS config
-		default:
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("pgdriver: sslmode '%s' is not supported", sslMode)
-		}
-	} else {
+
+	switch sslMode := q.string("sslmode"); sslMode {
+	case "verify-ca", "verify-full":
+		opts = append(opts, WithTLSConfig(new(tls.Config)))
+	case "allow", "prefer", "require":
 		opts = append(opts, WithTLSConfig(&tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true}))
+	case "disable", "":
+		// no TLS config
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pgdriver: sslmode '%s' is not supported", sslMode)
 	}
-	delete(query, "sslmode")
 
-	for key := range query {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pgdriver: unsupported option=%q", key)
+	if d := q.duration("timeout"); d != 0 {
+		opts = append(opts, WithTimeout(d))
+	}
+	if d := q.duration("dial_timeout"); d != 0 {
+		opts = append(opts, WithDialTimeout(d))
+	}
+	if d := q.duration("read_timeout"); d != 0 {
+		opts = append(opts, WithReadTimeout(d))
+	}
+	if d := q.duration("write_timeout"); d != 0 {
+		opts = append(opts, WithWriteTimeout(d))
 	}
 
-	return opts, nil
-}
-
-func env(key, defValue string) string {
-	if s := os.Getenv(key); s != "" {
-		return s
+	rem, err := q.remaining()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, q.err
 	}
-	return defValue
+	if len(rem) > 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("pgdriver: unexpected option: %s", strings.Join(rem, ", "))
+	}
+
+	return opts, nil
 }
 
 // verify is a method to make sure if the config is legitimate
@@ -231,3 +241,55 @@ func (c *Config) verify() error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+type queryOptions struct {
+	q   url.Values
+	err error
+}
+
+func (o *queryOptions) string(name string) string {
+	vs := o.q[name]
+	if len(vs) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	delete(o.q, name) // enable detection of unknown parameters
+	return vs[len(vs)-1]
+}
+
+func (o *queryOptions) duration(name string) time.Duration {
+	s := o.string(name)
+	if s == "" {
+		return 0
+	}
+	// try plain number first
+	if i, err := strconv.Atoi(s); err == nil {
+		if i <= 0 {
+			// disable timeouts
+			return -1
+		}
+		return time.Duration(i) * time.Second
+	}
+	dur, err := time.ParseDuration(s)
+	if err == nil {
+		return dur
+	}
+	if o.err == nil {
+		o.err = fmt.Errorf("pgdriver: invalid %s duration: %w", name, err)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (o *queryOptions) remaining() ([]string, error) {
+	if o.err != nil {
+		return nil, o.err
+	}
+	if len(o.q) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	keys := make([]string, 0, len(o.q))
+	for k := range o.q {
+		keys = append(keys, k)
+	}
+	sort.Strings(keys)
+	return keys, nil
+}
diff --git a/driver/pgdriver/config_test.go b/driver/pgdriver/config_test.go
index af8cb4565..ac2632bef 100644
--- a/driver/pgdriver/config_test.go
+++ b/driver/pgdriver/config_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,19 @@ func TestParseDSN(t *testing.T) {
 				WriteTimeout: 5 * time.Second,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			dsn: "postgres://postgres:1@localhost:5432/testDatabase?sslmode=disable&dial_timeout=1&read_timeout=2s&write_timeout=3",
+			cfg: &pgdriver.Config{
+				Network:      "tcp",
+				Addr:         "localhost:5432",
+				User:         "postgres",
+				Password:     "1",
+				Database:     "testDatabase",
+				DialTimeout:  1 * time.Second,
+				ReadTimeout:  2 * time.Second,
+				WriteTimeout: 3 * time.Second,
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			dsn: "postgres://postgres:password@app.xxx.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:5432/test?sslmode=disable",
 			cfg: &pgdriver.Config{
diff --git a/example/pg-faceted-search/main.go b/example/pg-faceted-search/main.go
index 9b706af86..c545fee6b 100644
--- a/example/pg-faceted-search/main.go
+++ b/example/pg-faceted-search/main.go
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("\n")
-	fmt.Println("all facets:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("\n\nall facets:\n\n")
 	spew.Dump(facets)
 
 	facets, err = selectFacets(ctx, db, "moods:mysterious")
@@ -74,8 +73,7 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	fmt.Println("\n")
-	fmt.Println("moods:mysterious facets:\n")
+	fmt.Printf("\n\nmoods:mysterious facets:\n\n")
 	spew.Dump(facets)
 }