diff --git a/charts/console-api/Chart.yaml b/charts/console-api/Chart.yaml
index d24df689..bb84d537 100644
--- a/charts/console-api/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/console-api/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.11.2
+version: 0.12.0
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
diff --git a/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-configmap.yaml b/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-configmap.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c84e608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-configmap.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{{- if .Values.pgbouncer.enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer-config
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+data:
+  pgbouncer.ini: |
+    [databases]
+    * = host={{ .Values.pgbouncer.upstream.host }} port={{ .Values.pgbouncer.upstream.port }}
+
+    [pgbouncer]
+    listen_addr = 0.0.0.0
+    listen_port = 5432
+    auth_type = scram-sha-256
+    auth_file = /etc/pgbouncer/auth/userlist.txt
+    pool_mode = transaction
+    max_prepared_statements = 200
+    default_pool_size = {{ .Values.pgbouncer.defaultPoolSize }}
+    max_client_conn = {{ .Values.pgbouncer.maxClientConn }}
+    ignore_startup_parameters = extra_float_digits
+    log_connections = 0
+    log_disconnections = 0
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-deployment.yaml b/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c2f316a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{{- if .Values.pgbouncer.enabled }}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer
+  annotations:
+    secrets.doppler.com/reload: 'true'
+spec:
+  replicas: {{ .Values.pgbouncer.replicas }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer
+      annotations:
+        checksum/config: {{ include (print $.Template.BasePath "/pgbouncer-configmap.yaml") . | sha256sum }}
+    spec:
+      affinity:
+        podAntiAffinity:
+          preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 100
+              podAffinityTerm:
+                topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
+                labelSelector:
+                  matchLabels:
+                    app: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer
+      containers:
+        - name: pgbouncer
+          image: {{ .Values.pgbouncer.image }}
+          command: ["/usr/bin/pgbouncer", "/etc/pgbouncer/conf/pgbouncer.ini"]
+          ports:
+            - containerPort: 5432
+              name: pgbouncer
+              protocol: TCP
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: config
+              mountPath: /etc/pgbouncer/conf
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: userlist
+              mountPath: /etc/pgbouncer/auth
+              readOnly: true
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.pgbouncer.resources | nindent 12 }}
+          readinessProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: pgbouncer
+            periodSeconds: 10
+          livenessProbe:
+            tcpSocket:
+              port: pgbouncer
+            periodSeconds: 10
+            failureThreshold: 6
+      volumes:
+        - name: config
+          configMap:
+            name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer-config
+        - name: userlist
+          secret:
+            secretName: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-secret
+            items:
+              - key: PGBOUNCER_USERLIST
+                path: userlist.txt
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-pdb.yaml b/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-pdb.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..489cb902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-pdb.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{{- if .Values.pgbouncer.enabled }}
+apiVersion: policy/v1
+kind: PodDisruptionBudget
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+spec:
+  maxUnavailable: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-service.yaml b/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6e6aa54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/console-api/templates/pgbouncer-service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{- if .Values.pgbouncer.enabled }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+spec:
+  selector:
+    app: {{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.chain }}-pgbouncer
+  ports:
+    - protocol: TCP
+      port: 5432
+      targetPort: pgbouncer
+      name: pgbouncer
+  type: ClusterIP
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/console-api/values.yaml b/charts/console-api/values.yaml
index a19ebb6c..1ddab95f 100644
--- a/charts/console-api/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/console-api/values.yaml
@@ -59,3 +59,22 @@ jobDefaults:
       cpu: 50m
       ephemeral-storage: 1Gi
       memory: 256Mi
+
+# Transaction-mode pooler in front of the database. Needs a PGBOUNCER_USERLIST key in the release's Doppler secret, one `"user" "password"` line per database user.
+pgbouncer:
+  enabled: false
+  replicas: 2
+  image: edoburu/pgbouncer:v1.26.1-p0
+  upstream:
+    host: cloudsql-proxy-console-api
+    port: 5432
+  # Server connections per database and user, on each replica.
+  defaultPoolSize: 20
+  maxClientConn: 2000
+  resources:
+    limits:
+      cpu: 1
+      memory: 256Mi
+    requests:
+      cpu: 50m
+      memory: 64Mi