diff --git a/test/postgres_server/init_scripts/pg8000-init.sh b/test/postgres_server/init_scripts/pg8000-init.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d57802b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/postgres_server/init_scripts/pg8000-init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cat > /var/lib/postgresql/data/pg_hba.conf  <<EOF
+host    pg8000_md5           all        0.0.0.0/0            md5
+host    pg8000_gss           all        0.0.0.0/0            gss
+host    pg8000_password      all        0.0.0.0/0            password
+host    pg8000_scram_sha_256 all        0.0.0.0/0            scram-sha-256
+host    all                  all        0.0.0.0/0            trust
+EOF
+
+# Create a user and database with the same name as the "outside" user,
+#in order for code in readme.md tests to work
+
+createuser "${OUTSIDE_USER}"
+createdb "${OUTSIDE_USER}"
diff --git a/test/postgres_server/init_scripts/pg8000-init.sql b/test/postgres_server/init_scripts/pg8000-init.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bd6767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/postgres_server/init_scripts/pg8000-init.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+ALTER SYSTEM SET ssl = on;
+ALTER SYSTEM SET ssl_cert_file = '/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem';
+ALTER SYSTEM SET ssl_key_file = '/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key';
+ALTER SYSTEM SET password_encryption = 'scram-sha-256';
+ALTER SYSTEM SET log_statement = 'all';
+CREATE EXTENSION hstore;
+
+CREATE DATABASE pg8000_gss;
diff --git a/test/postgres_server/run_test_server.sh b/test/postgres_server/run_test_server.sh
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/test/postgres_server/run_test_server.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This script will fire up a local postgresql test server using podman
+
+base_path=$(dirname "$0")
+
+podman run \
+       --interactive \
+       --tty \
+       --rm \
+       --publish 127.0.0.1:5432:5432 \
+       --env POSTGRES_PASSWORD=pw \
+       --env OUTSIDE_USER="$USER" \
+       --mount type=bind,source="$base_path/init-scripts",target=/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d \
+       --name pg8000-test-server \
+       docker.io/library/postgres:latest "$@"