diff --git a/repo/repo-sql-impl/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/repo/sql/SqlAuditServiceImpl.java b/repo/repo-sql-impl/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/repo/sql/SqlAuditServiceImpl.java
index a21c06c032a..3907291c21e 100644
--- a/repo/repo-sql-impl/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/repo/sql/SqlAuditServiceImpl.java
+++ b/repo/repo-sql-impl/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/repo/sql/SqlAuditServiceImpl.java
@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ private void createTemporaryTable(Session session, final Dialect dialect, final
 	private String createDeleteQuery(String objectTable, String tempTable, String idColumnName) {
 		if (getConfiguration().isUsingMySqlCompatible()) {
 			return createDeleteQueryAsJoin(objectTable, tempTable, idColumnName);
+		} else if (getConfiguration().isUsingPostgreSQL()) {
+			return createDeleteQueryAsJoinPostgreSQL(objectTable, tempTable, idColumnName);
 		} else {
 			// todo consider using join for other databases as well
 			return createDeleteQueryAsSubquery(objectTable, tempTable, idColumnName);
@@ -662,6 +664,10 @@ private String createDeleteQueryAsJoin(String objectTable, String tempTable, Str
 				+ "WHERE main." + idColumnName + " = temp.id";
 	}
 
+	private String createDeleteQueryAsJoinPostgreSQL(String objectTable, String tempTable, String idColumnName) {
+		return "delete from " + objectTable + " main using " + tempTable + " temp where main." + idColumnName + " = temp.id";
+	}
+
 	private String createDeleteQueryAsSubquery(String objectTable, String tempTable, String idColumnName) {
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 		sb.append("delete from ").append(objectTable);