diff --git a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump_sort.c b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump_sort.c
index 523a19c1557d0..abfea15c09c90 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump_sort.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump_sort.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "postgres_fe.h"
 
 #include "catalog/pg_class_d.h"
+#include "lib/binaryheap.h"
 #include "pg_backup_archiver.h"
 #include "pg_backup_utils.h"
 #include "pg_dump.h"
@@ -161,8 +162,6 @@ static bool TopoSort(DumpableObject **objs,
 					 int numObjs,
 					 DumpableObject **ordering,
 					 int *nOrdering);
-static void addHeapElement(int val, int *heap, int heapLength);
-static int	removeHeapElement(int *heap, int heapLength);
 static void findDependencyLoops(DumpableObject **objs, int nObjs, int totObjs);
 static int	findLoop(DumpableObject *obj,
 					 DumpId startPoint,
@@ -174,6 +173,7 @@ static void repairDependencyLoop(DumpableObject **loop,
 								 int nLoop);
 static void describeDumpableObject(DumpableObject *obj,
 								   char *buf, int bufsize);
+static int	int_cmp(void *a, void *b, void *arg);
 
 
 /*
@@ -374,11 +374,10 @@ TopoSort(DumpableObject **objs,
 		 int *nOrdering)		/* output argument */
 {
 	DumpId		maxDumpId = getMaxDumpId();
-	int		   *pendingHeap;
+	binaryheap *pendingHeap;
 	int		   *beforeConstraints;
 	int		   *idMap;
 	DumpableObject *obj;
-	int			heapLength;
 	int			i,
 				j,
 				k;
@@ -403,7 +402,7 @@ TopoSort(DumpableObject **objs,
 		return true;
 
 	/* Create workspace for the above-described heap */
-	pendingHeap = (int *) pg_malloc(numObjs * sizeof(int));
+	pendingHeap = binaryheap_allocate(numObjs, int_cmp, NULL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Scan the constraints, and for each item in the input, generate a count
@@ -434,19 +433,16 @@ TopoSort(DumpableObject **objs,
 	 * Now initialize the heap of items-ready-to-output by filling it with the
 	 * indexes of items that already have beforeConstraints[id] == 0.
 	 *
-	 * The essential property of a heap is heap[(j-1)/2] >= heap[j] for each j
-	 * in the range 1..heapLength-1 (note we are using 0-based subscripts
-	 * here, while the discussion in Knuth assumes 1-based subscripts). So, if
-	 * we simply enter the indexes into pendingHeap[] in decreasing order, we
-	 * a-fortiori have the heap invariant satisfied at completion of this
-	 * loop, and don't need to do any sift-up comparisons.
+	 * We enter the indexes into pendingHeap in decreasing order so that the
+	 * heap invariant is satisfied at the completion of this loop.  This
+	 * reduces the amount of work that binaryheap_build() must do.
 	 */
-	heapLength = 0;
 	for (i = numObjs; --i >= 0;)
 	{
 		if (beforeConstraints[objs[i]->dumpId] == 0)
-			pendingHeap[heapLength++] = i;
+			binaryheap_add_unordered(pendingHeap, (void *) (intptr_t) i);
 	}
+	binaryheap_build(pendingHeap);
 
 	/*--------------------
 	 * Now emit objects, working backwards in the output list.  At each step,
@@ -464,10 +460,10 @@ TopoSort(DumpableObject **objs,
 	 *--------------------
 	 */
 	i = numObjs;
-	while (heapLength > 0)
+	while (!binaryheap_empty(pendingHeap))
 	{
 		/* Select object to output by removing largest heap member */
-		j = removeHeapElement(pendingHeap, heapLength--);
+		j = (int) (intptr_t) binaryheap_remove_first(pendingHeap);
 		obj = objs[j];
 		/* Output candidate to ordering[] */
 		ordering[--i] = obj;
@@ -477,7 +473,7 @@ TopoSort(DumpableObject **objs,
 			int			id = obj->dependencies[k];
 
 			if ((--beforeConstraints[id]) == 0)
-				addHeapElement(idMap[id], pendingHeap, heapLength++);
+				binaryheap_add(pendingHeap, (void *) (intptr_t) idMap[id]);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -497,79 +493,13 @@ TopoSort(DumpableObject **objs,
 	}
 
 	/* Done */
-	free(pendingHeap);
+	binaryheap_free(pendingHeap);
 	free(beforeConstraints);
 	free(idMap);
 
 	return (i == 0);
 }
 
-/*
- * Add an item to a heap (priority queue)
- *
- * heapLength is the current heap size; caller is responsible for increasing
- * its value after the call.  There must be sufficient storage at *heap.
- */
-static void
-addHeapElement(int val, int *heap, int heapLength)
-{
-	int			j;
-
-	/*
-	 * Sift-up the new entry, per Knuth 5.2.3 exercise 16. Note that Knuth is
-	 * using 1-based array indexes, not 0-based.
-	 */
-	j = heapLength;
-	while (j > 0)
-	{
-		int			i = (j - 1) >> 1;
-
-		if (val <= heap[i])
-			break;
-		heap[j] = heap[i];
-		j = i;
-	}
-	heap[j] = val;
-}
-
-/*
- * Remove the largest item present in a heap (priority queue)
- *
- * heapLength is the current heap size; caller is responsible for decreasing
- * its value after the call.
- *
- * We remove and return heap[0], which is always the largest element of
- * the heap, and then "sift up" to maintain the heap invariant.
- */
-static int
-removeHeapElement(int *heap, int heapLength)
-{
-	int			result = heap[0];
-	int			val;
-	int			i;
-
-	if (--heapLength <= 0)
-		return result;
-	val = heap[heapLength];		/* value that must be reinserted */
-	i = 0;						/* i is where the "hole" is */
-	for (;;)
-	{
-		int			j = 2 * i + 1;
-
-		if (j >= heapLength)
-			break;
-		if (j + 1 < heapLength &&
-			heap[j] < heap[j + 1])
-			j++;
-		if (val >= heap[j])
-			break;
-		heap[i] = heap[j];
-		i = j;
-	}
-	heap[i] = val;
-	return result;
-}
-
 /*
  * findDependencyLoops - identify loops in TopoSort's failure output,
  *		and pass each such loop to repairDependencyLoop() for action
@@ -1559,3 +1489,17 @@ describeDumpableObject(DumpableObject *obj, char *buf, int bufsize)
 			 (int) obj->objType,
 			 obj->dumpId, obj->catId.oid);
 }
+
+/* binaryheap comparator that compares "a" and "b" as integers */
+static int
+int_cmp(void *a, void *b, void *arg)
+{
+	int			ai = (int) (intptr_t) a;
+	int			bi = (int) (intptr_t) b;
+
+	if (ai < bi)
+		return -1;
+	if (ai > bi)
+		return 1;
+	return 0;
+}