diff --git a/container/match/base/comanage_utils.sh b/container/match/base/comanage_utils.sh
index d66d4ad4a..5115cd6b7 100644
--- a/container/match/base/comanage_utils.sh
+++ b/container/match/base/comanage_utils.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function comanage_utils::consume_injected_environment() {
         COMANAGE_MATCH_ADMIN_USERNAME
         COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE
         COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_HOST
+        COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_PERSISTENT
         COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_PORT
         COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_USER
         COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_USER_PASSWORD
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ function comanage_utils::exec_apache_http_server() {
 # Globals:
 #   COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE
 #   COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_HOST
+#   COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_PERSISTENT
 #   COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_PORT
 #   COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_USER
 #   COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_USER_PASSWORD
@@ -230,6 +232,9 @@ function comanage_utils::prepare_database_config() {
       'className' => 'Cake\Database\Connection',
       'driver' => 'Cake\Database\Driver\Postgres',
 EOF
+    php_string+=$'\n      '
+    php_string+="'persistent' => '${COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_PERSISTENT:-false}',"
+
     php_string+=$'\n      '
     php_string+="'host' => '${COMANAGE_MATCH_DATABASE_HOST:-comanage-match-database}',"