diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
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+package ipld_eth_statedb
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/pgxpool"
+)
+
+type Config struct {
+	Hostname     string
+	Port         int
+	DatabaseName string
+	Username     string
+	Password     string
+
+	ConnTimeout     time.Duration
+	MaxConns        int
+	MinConns        int
+	MaxConnLifetime time.Duration
+	MaxConnIdleTime time.Duration
+}
+
+// NewPGXPool returns a new pgx conn pool
+func (c Config) NewPGXPool(ctx context.Context, config Config) (*pgxpool.Pool, error) {
+	pgConf, err := makePGXConfig(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return pgxpool.ConnectConfig(ctx, pgConf)
+}
+
+// makePGXConfig creates a pgxpool.Config from the provided Config
+func makePGXConfig(config Config) (*pgxpool.Config, error) {
+	conf, err := pgxpool.ParseConfig("")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	//conf.ConnConfig.BuildStatementCache = nil
+	conf.ConnConfig.Config.Host = config.Hostname
+	conf.ConnConfig.Config.Port = uint16(config.Port)
+	conf.ConnConfig.Config.Database = config.DatabaseName
+	conf.ConnConfig.Config.User = config.Username
+	conf.ConnConfig.Config.Password = config.Password
+
+	if config.ConnTimeout != 0 {
+		conf.ConnConfig.Config.ConnectTimeout = config.ConnTimeout
+	}
+	if config.MaxConns != 0 {
+		conf.MaxConns = int32(config.MaxConns)
+	}
+	if config.MinConns != 0 {
+		conf.MinConns = int32(config.MinConns)
+	}
+	if config.MaxConnLifetime != 0 {
+		conf.MaxConnLifetime = config.MaxConnLifetime
+	}
+	if config.MaxConnIdleTime != 0 {
+		conf.MaxConnIdleTime = config.MaxConnIdleTime
+	}
+
+	return conf, nil
+}