diff --git a/lib/postgresql.js b/lib/postgresql.js
index f7013bb2..c09a02c2 100644
--- a/lib/postgresql.js
+++ b/lib/postgresql.js
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ function PostgreSQL(postgresql, settings) {
 // Inherit from loopback-datasource-juggler BaseSQL
 util.inherits(PostgreSQL, SqlConnector);
 
+// Expose node-postgres directly on the connector for easy access in applications
+PostgreSQL.prototype.postgresql = postgresql;
+
 PostgreSQL.prototype.debug = function() {
   if (this.settings.debug) {
     debug.apply(debug, arguments);