diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index a75b4398..bc2d7578 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -364,6 +364,20 @@ func ParseURI(uri string) (ConnConfig, error) {
 		return cp, err
 	}
 
+	ignoreKeys := map[string]struct{}{
+		"sslmode": struct{}{},
+	}
+
+	cp.RuntimeParams = make(map[string]string)
+
+	for k, v := range url.Query() {
+		if _, ok := ignoreKeys[k]; ok {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		cp.RuntimeParams[k] = v[0]
+	}
+
 	return cp, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/conn_test.go b/conn_test.go
index b60c471e..22cace48 100644
--- a/conn_test.go
+++ b/conn_test.go
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ func TestParseURI(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				UseFallbackTLS:    true,
 				FallbackTLSConfig: nil,
+				RuntimeParams:     map[string]string{},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ func TestParseURI(t *testing.T) {
 				TLSConfig:         nil,
 				UseFallbackTLS:    false,
 				FallbackTLSConfig: nil,
+				RuntimeParams:     map[string]string{},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -339,6 +341,7 @@ func TestParseURI(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				UseFallbackTLS:    true,
 				FallbackTLSConfig: nil,
+				RuntimeParams:     map[string]string{},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -354,6 +357,7 @@ func TestParseURI(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				UseFallbackTLS:    true,
 				FallbackTLSConfig: nil,
+				RuntimeParams:     map[string]string{},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -368,6 +372,7 @@ func TestParseURI(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				UseFallbackTLS:    true,
 				FallbackTLSConfig: nil,
+				RuntimeParams:     map[string]string{},
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -381,6 +386,24 @@ func TestParseURI(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 				UseFallbackTLS:    true,
 				FallbackTLSConfig: nil,
+				RuntimeParams:     map[string]string{},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			url: "postgres://jack@localhost/mydb?application_name=pgxtest&search_path=myschema",
+			connParams: pgx.ConnConfig{
+				User:     "jack",
+				Host:     "localhost",
+				Database: "mydb",
+				TLSConfig: &tls.Config{
+					InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+				},
+				UseFallbackTLS:    true,
+				FallbackTLSConfig: nil,
+				RuntimeParams: map[string]string{
+					"application_name": "pgxtest",
+					"search_path":      "myschema",
+				},
 			},
 		},
 	}