diff --git a/changelog/61433.added b/changelog/61433.added
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cc27679ecee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/61433.added
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add postgres.timeout option to postgres module for limiting postgres query times
diff --git a/salt/modules/postgres.py b/salt/modules/postgres.py
index f9c559902377..0e29640ad95a 100644
--- a/salt/modules/postgres.py
+++ b/salt/modules/postgres.py
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
     This data can also be passed into pillar. Options passed into opts will
     overwrite options passed into pillar
 
+To prevent Postgres commands from running arbitrarily long, a timeout (in seconds) can be set
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        postgres.timeout: 60
+
+    .. versionadded:: 3006.0
+
 :note: This module uses MD5 hashing which may not be compliant with certain
     security audits.
 
@@ -68,6 +76,7 @@
 
 
 _DEFAULT_PASSWORDS_ENCRYPTION = "md5"
+_DEFAULT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_SECS = 0
 _EXTENSION_NOT_INSTALLED = "EXTENSION NOT INSTALLED"
 _EXTENSION_INSTALLED = "EXTENSION INSTALLED"
 _EXTENSION_TO_UPGRADE = "EXTENSION TO UPGRADE"
@@ -154,6 +163,9 @@ def _run_psql(cmd, runas=None, password=None, host=None, port=None, user=None):
     kwargs = {
         "reset_system_locale": False,
         "clean_env": True,
+        "timeout": __salt__["config.option"](
+            "postgres.timeout", default=_DEFAULT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_SECS
+        ),
     }
     if runas is None:
         if not host:
@@ -254,7 +266,13 @@ def _run_initdb(
             __salt__["file.chown"](pgpassfile, runas, "")
         cmd.extend(["--pwfile={}".format(pgpassfile)])
 
-    kwargs = dict(runas=runas, clean_env=True)
+    kwargs = dict(
+        runas=runas,
+        clean_env=True,
+        timeout=__salt__["config.option"](
+            "postgres.timeout", default=_DEFAULT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_SECS
+        ),
+    )
     cmdstr = " ".join([pipes.quote(c) for c in cmd])
     ret = __salt__["cmd.run_all"](cmdstr, python_shell=False, **kwargs)
 
@@ -1205,7 +1223,7 @@ def _verify_password(role, password, verifier, method):
 
 def _md5_password(role, password):
     return "md5{}".format(
-        hashlib.md5(
+        hashlib.md5(  # nosec
             salt.utils.stringutils.to_bytes("{}{}".format(password, role))
         ).hexdigest()
     )
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_postgres.py b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_postgres.py
index ec25e4d59187..393c087d1644 100644
--- a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_postgres.py
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_postgres.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
+import salt.modules.config as configmod
 import salt.modules.postgres as postgres
 from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ def configure_loader_modules():
                 "file.chown": MagicMock(),
                 "file.remove": MagicMock(),
             },
-        }
+        },
+        configmod: {},
     }
 
 
@@ -132,3 +134,50 @@ def test_has_privileges_with_function():
             user="testuser",
             runas="user",
         )
+
+
+def test__runpsql_with_timeout():
+    cmd_run_mock = MagicMock()
+    postgres_opts = {
+        "config.option": configmod.option,
+        "cmd.run_all": cmd_run_mock,
+    }
+    kwargs = {
+        "reset_system_locale": False,
+        "clean_env": True,
+        "runas": "saltuser",
+        "python_shell": False,
+    }
+    with patch.dict(postgres.__salt__, postgres_opts):
+        with patch.dict(
+            configmod.__opts__, {"postgres.timeout": 60, "postgres.pass": None}
+        ):
+            postgres._run_psql("fakecmd", runas="saltuser")
+            cmd_run_mock.assert_called_with("fakecmd", timeout=60, **kwargs)
+        with patch.dict(configmod.__opts__, {"postgres.pass": None}):
+            postgres._run_psql("fakecmd", runas="saltuser")
+            cmd_run_mock.assert_called_with("fakecmd", timeout=0, **kwargs)
+
+
+def test__run_initdb_with_timeout():
+    cmd_run_mock = MagicMock(return_value={})
+    postgres_opts = {
+        "config.option": configmod.option,
+        "cmd.run_all": cmd_run_mock,
+    }
+    kwargs = {
+        "clean_env": True,
+        "runas": "saltuser",
+        "python_shell": False,
+    }
+    cmd_str = "/fake/path --pgdata=fakename --username=saltuser --auth=password --encoding=UTF8"
+    with patch.dict(postgres.__salt__, postgres_opts):
+        with patch.object(postgres, "_find_pg_binary", return_value="/fake/path"):
+            with patch.dict(
+                configmod.__opts__, {"postgres.timeout": 60, "postgres.pass": None}
+            ):
+                postgres._run_initdb("fakename", runas="saltuser")
+                cmd_run_mock.assert_called_with(cmd_str, timeout=60, **kwargs)
+            with patch.dict(configmod.__opts__, {"postgres.pass": None}):
+                postgres._run_initdb("fakename", runas="saltuser")
+                cmd_run_mock.assert_called_with(cmd_str, timeout=0, **kwargs)