diff --git a/ext/pdo_pgsql/pgsql_driver.c b/ext/pdo_pgsql/pgsql_driver.c
index 657218d00e32..4d07780e289e 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_pgsql/pgsql_driver.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_pgsql/pgsql_driver.c
@@ -465,6 +465,15 @@ static int pdo_pgsql_check_liveness(pdo_dbh_t *dbh TSRMLS_DC)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+static int pgsql_handle_in_transaction(pdo_dbh_t *dbh TSRMLS_DC)
+{
+	pdo_pgsql_db_handle *H;
+
+	H = (pdo_pgsql_db_handle *)dbh->driver_data;
+
+	return PQtransactionStatus(H->server) > PQTRANS_IDLE;
+}
+
 static int pdo_pgsql_transaction_cmd(const char *cmd, pdo_dbh_t *dbh TSRMLS_DC)
 {
 	pdo_pgsql_db_handle *H = (pdo_pgsql_db_handle *)dbh->driver_data;
@@ -489,7 +498,15 @@ static int pgsql_handle_begin(pdo_dbh_t *dbh TSRMLS_DC)
 
 static int pgsql_handle_commit(pdo_dbh_t *dbh TSRMLS_DC)
 {
-	return pdo_pgsql_transaction_cmd("COMMIT", dbh TSRMLS_CC);
+	int ret = pdo_pgsql_transaction_cmd("COMMIT", dbh TSRMLS_CC);
+
+	/* When deferred constraints are used the commit could
+	   fail, and a ROLLBACK implicitly ran. See bug #67462 */
+	if (!ret) {
+		dbh->in_txn = pgsql_handle_in_transaction(dbh);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int pgsql_handle_rollback(pdo_dbh_t *dbh TSRMLS_DC)
@@ -497,15 +514,6 @@ static int pgsql_handle_rollback(pdo_dbh_t *dbh TSRMLS_DC)
 	return pdo_pgsql_transaction_cmd("ROLLBACK", dbh TSRMLS_CC);
 }
 
-static int pgsql_handle_in_transaction(pdo_dbh_t *dbh TSRMLS_DC)
-{
-	pdo_pgsql_db_handle *H;
-
-	H = (pdo_pgsql_db_handle *)dbh->driver_data;
-
-	return PQtransactionStatus(H->server);
-}
-
 /* {{{ proto string PDO::pgsqlCopyFromArray(string $table_name , array $rows [, string $delimiter [, string $null_as ] [, string $fields])
    Returns true if the copy worked fine or false if error */
 static PHP_METHOD(PDO, pgsqlCopyFromArray)
diff --git a/ext/pdo_pgsql/tests/bug67462.phpt b/ext/pdo_pgsql/tests/bug67462.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..888b19c24897
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pdo_pgsql/tests/bug67462.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+--TEST--
+PDO PgSQL Bug #67462 (PDO_PGSQL::beginTransaction() wrongly throws exception when not in transaction)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('pdo') || !extension_loaded('pdo_pgsql')) die('skip not loaded');
+require dirname(__FILE__) . '/config.inc';
+require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../ext/pdo/tests/pdo_test.inc';
+PDOTest::skip();
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+require dirname(__FILE__) . '/../../../ext/pdo/tests/pdo_test.inc';
+$pdo = PDOTest::test_factory(dirname(__FILE__) . '/common.phpt');
+$pdo->setAttribute (\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, \PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+
+$pdo->beginTransaction();
+
+try {
+	$pdo->query("CREATE TABLE b67462 (a int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY DEFERRABLE INITIALLY DEFERRED)");
+	$pdo->query("INSERT INTO b67462 VALUES (1), (1)");
+
+	var_dump($pdo->inTransaction());
+	$pdo->commit(); // This should fail!
+} catch (\Exception $e) {
+	var_dump($pdo->inTransaction());
+	var_dump($pdo->beginTransaction());
+}
+
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+bool(true)
+bool(false)
+bool(true)
diff --git a/ext/pgsql/tests/config.inc b/ext/pgsql/tests/config.inc
index 367f1ef9ba65..e9944de793cf 100644
--- a/ext/pgsql/tests/config.inc
+++ b/ext/pgsql/tests/config.inc
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 <?php
+
 // These vars are used to connect db and create test table.
-// values can be set to meet your environment
+// values can be set to meet your environment with the
+// environment var PGSQL_TEST_CONNSTR
+
+// "test" database must exist. i.e. "createdb test" before testing
+$conn_str = getenv('PGSQL_TEST_CONNSTR') ?: "host=localhost dbname=test port=5432";    // connection string
 
-// "test" database must be existed. i.e. "createdb test" before testing
-// PostgreSQL uses login name as username, user must have access to "test" database.
-$conn_str        = "host=localhost dbname=test port=5432";    // connection string
 $table_name      = "php_pgsql_test";          // test table that will be created
 $table_name_92   = "php_pgsql_test_92";       // test table that will be created
 $num_test_record = 1000;                      // Number of records to create