diff --git a/lib/srv/db/proxyserver.go b/lib/srv/db/proxyserver.go
index 21866f4587be4..f25c63c9beb66 100644
--- a/lib/srv/db/proxyserver.go
+++ b/lib/srv/db/proxyserver.go
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ func (s *ProxyServer) handleConnection(conn net.Conn) error {
 		return trace.Wrap(err)
 	}
 	switch proxyCtx.Identity.RouteToDatabase.Protocol {
-	case defaults.ProtocolPostgres:
+	case defaults.ProtocolPostgres, defaults.ProtocolCockroachDB:
 		return s.PostgresProxyNoTLS().HandleConnection(s.closeCtx, tlsConn)
 	case defaults.ProtocolMySQL:
 		version := getMySQLVersionFromServer(proxyCtx.Servers)