diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/399-missing-import.yml b/changelogs/fragments/399-missing-import.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94eefdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/399-missing-import.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- postgresql_query - could crash under certain conditions because of a missing import to `psycopg2.extras` (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.postgresql/issues/283).
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/postgres.py b/plugins/module_utils/postgres.py
index 887c61db..6d7c725b 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/postgres.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/postgres.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 psycopg2 = None  # This line needs for unit tests
 try:
     import psycopg2
+    import psycopg2.extras
     HAS_PSYCOPG2 = True
 except ImportError:
     HAS_PSYCOPG2 = False