diff --git a/utils/kamctl/kamctl.pgsql b/utils/kamctl/kamctl.pgsql
index 7e5abaef9ac..1250dc0d7ef 100644
--- a/utils/kamctl/kamctl.pgsql
+++ b/utils/kamctl/kamctl.pgsql
@@ -57,15 +57,17 @@ pgsql_query() {
 
 # input: sql query, optional pgsql command-line params
 pgsql_ro_query() {
-	mdbg "pgsql_ro_query: $PGSQL $2 -h $DBHOST -U $DBROUSER $DBNAME -c '$1'"
+	mdbg "pgsql_ro_query: $PGSQL $2 -A -q -t -h $DBHOST -U $DBROUSER $DBNAME -c '$1'"
 	if [ -z "$DBPORT" ] ; then
 		PGPASSWORD="$DBROPW" $PGSQL $2 \
+			-A -q -t \
 			-h $DBHOST \
 			-U $DBROUSER \
 			$DBNAME \
 			-c "$1"
 	else
 		PGPASSWORD="$DBROPW" $PGSQL $2 \
+			-A -q -t \
 			-h $DBHOST \
 			-p $DBPORT \
 			-U $DBROUSER \