diff --git a/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md b/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
index 2768f02aa..fb47809d0 100644
--- a/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
+++ b/docs/reference/cluster_manifest.md
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ explanation of `ttl` and `loop_wait` parameters.
   automatically created by Patroni for cluster members and permanent replication
   slots. Optional.
 
+* **standby_cluster**
+  initialises cluster as a standby creating a cascading replication, where elected master is streaming from specified remote location
+
 ## Postgres container resources
 
 Those parameters define [CPU and memory requests and
diff --git a/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml b/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
index de66be6f7..857e394fe 100644
--- a/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
+++ b/manifests/complete-postgres-manifest.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ spec:
   # run periodic backups with k8s cron jobs
   # enableLogicalBackup: true
   # logicalBackupSchedule: "30 00 * * *"
+  #
+  # # standby cluster example.
+  # # See https://patroni.readthedocs.io/en/latest/replica_bootstrap.html#standby-cluster.
+  #
+  # standby_cluster:
+  #   host: master.hostname
+  #   port: "5432"
+  #   primary_slot_name: dmz2
+
   maintenanceWindows:
   - 01:00-06:00 #UTC
   - Sat:00:00-04:00
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
index 1a191786e..d9de73976 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/postgresql_type.go
@@ -111,6 +111,19 @@ type Patroni struct {
 	RetryTimeout         uint32                       `json:"retry_timeout"`
 	MaximumLagOnFailover float32                      `json:"maximum_lag_on_failover"` // float32 because https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/30213
 	Slots                map[string]map[string]string `json:"slots"`
+	StandbyCluster       *PatroniStandbyCluster        `json:"standby_cluster"`
+}
+
+// PatroniStandbyCluster container Patroni's standby_cluster
+// based on https://github.com/zalando/patroni/blob/929ff08bfde51b28cf90d7bea92db0a5838a4284/patroni/config.py#L50-L58
+type PatroniStandbyCluster struct {
+	PrimarySlotName       string   `json:"primary_slot_name"`
+	CreateReplicaMethods  []string `json:"create_replica_methods"`
+	RestoreCommand        string   `json:"restore_command"`
+	ArchiveCleanupCommand string   `json:"archive_cleanup_command"`
+	RecoveryMinApplyDelay string   `json:"recovery_min_apply_delay"`
+	Host                  string   `json:"host"`
+	Port                  string   `json:"port"`
 }
 
 // CloneDescription describes which cluster the new should clone and up to which point in time
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/util_test.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/util_test.go
index 537619aaf..6a2bbcae6 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/util_test.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/util_test.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ var unmarshalCluster = []struct {
 			// This error message can vary between Go versions, so compute it for the current version.
 			Error: json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{"teamId": 0}`), &PostgresSpec{}).Error(),
 		},
-		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"","parameters":null},"volume":{"size":"","storageClass":""},"patroni":{"initdb":null,"pg_hba":null,"ttl":0,"loop_wait":0,"retry_timeout":0,"maximum_lag_on_failover":0,"slots":null},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"","memory":""},"limits":{"cpu":"","memory":""}},"teamId":"","allowedSourceRanges":null,"numberOfInstances":0,"users":null,"clone":{}},"status":"Invalid"}`),
+		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"","parameters":null},"volume":{"size":"","storageClass":""},"patroni":{"initdb":null,"pg_hba":null,"ttl":0,"loop_wait":0,"retry_timeout":0,"maximum_lag_on_failover":0,"slots":null, "standby_cluster": null},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"","memory":""},"limits":{"cpu":"","memory":""}},"teamId":"","allowedSourceRanges":null,"numberOfInstances":0,"users":null,"clone":{}},"status":"Invalid"}`),
 		err:     nil},
 	// example with /status subresource
 	{
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ var unmarshalCluster = []struct {
 			// This error message can vary between Go versions, so compute it for the current version.
 			Error: json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{"teamId": 0}`), &PostgresSpec{}).Error(),
 		},
-		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"","parameters":null},"volume":{"size":"","storageClass":""},"patroni":{"initdb":null,"pg_hba":null,"ttl":0,"loop_wait":0,"retry_timeout":0,"maximum_lag_on_failover":0,"slots":null},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"","memory":""},"limits":{"cpu":"","memory":""}},"teamId":"","allowedSourceRanges":null,"numberOfInstances":0,"users":null,"clone":{}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":"Invalid"}}`),
+		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"","parameters":null},"volume":{"size":"","storageClass":""},"patroni":{"initdb":null,"pg_hba":null,"ttl":0,"loop_wait":0,"retry_timeout":0,"maximum_lag_on_failover":0,"slots":null, "standby_cluster": null},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"","memory":""},"limits":{"cpu":"","memory":""}},"teamId":"","allowedSourceRanges":null,"numberOfInstances":0,"users":null,"clone":{}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":"Invalid"}}`),
 		err:     nil},
 	// example with detailed input manifest
 	{
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ var unmarshalCluster = []struct {
 			},
 			Error: "",
 		},
-		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"9.6","parameters":{"log_statement":"all","max_connections":"10","shared_buffers":"32MB"}},"volume":{"size":"5Gi","storageClass":"SSD"},"patroni":{"initdb":{"data-checksums":"true","encoding":"UTF8","locale":"en_US.UTF-8"},"pg_hba":["hostssl all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5","host    all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5"],"ttl":30,"loop_wait":10,"retry_timeout":10,"maximum_lag_on_failover":33554432,"slots":{"permanent_logical_1":{"database":"foo","plugin":"pgoutput","type":"logical"}}},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"10m","memory":"50Mi"},"limits":{"cpu":"300m","memory":"3000Mi"}},"teamId":"ACID","allowedSourceRanges":["127.0.0.1/32"],"numberOfInstances":2,"users":{"zalando":["superuser","createdb"]},"maintenanceWindows":["Mon:01:00-06:00","Sat:00:00-04:00","05:00-05:15"],"clone":{"cluster":"acid-batman"}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":""}}`),
+		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"9.6","parameters":{"log_statement":"all","max_connections":"10","shared_buffers":"32MB"}},"volume":{"size":"5Gi","storageClass":"SSD"},"patroni":{"initdb":{"data-checksums":"true","encoding":"UTF8","locale":"en_US.UTF-8"},"pg_hba":["hostssl all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5","host    all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5"],"ttl":30,"loop_wait":10,"retry_timeout":10,"maximum_lag_on_failover":33554432,"slots":{"permanent_logical_1":{"database":"foo","plugin":"pgoutput","type":"logical"}}, "standby_cluster": null},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"10m","memory":"50Mi"},"limits":{"cpu":"300m","memory":"3000Mi"}},"teamId":"ACID","allowedSourceRanges":["127.0.0.1/32"],"numberOfInstances":2,"users":{"zalando":["superuser","createdb"]},"maintenanceWindows":["Mon:01:00-06:00","Sat:00:00-04:00","05:00-05:15"],"clone":{"cluster":"acid-batman"}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":""}}`),
 		err:     nil},
 	// example with teamId set in input
 	{
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ var unmarshalCluster = []struct {
 			Status: PostgresStatus{PostgresClusterStatus: ClusterStatusInvalid},
 			Error:  errors.New("name must match {TEAM}-{NAME} format").Error(),
 		},
-		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"teapot-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"","parameters":null},"volume":{"size":"","storageClass":""},"patroni":{"initdb":null,"pg_hba":null,"ttl":0,"loop_wait":0,"retry_timeout":0,"maximum_lag_on_failover":0,"slots":null},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"","memory":""},"limits":{"cpu":"","memory":""}},"teamId":"acid","allowedSourceRanges":null,"numberOfInstances":0,"users":null,"clone":{}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":"Invalid"}}`),
+		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"teapot-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"","parameters":null},"volume":{"size":"","storageClass":""},"patroni":{"initdb":null,"pg_hba":null,"ttl":0,"loop_wait":0,"retry_timeout":0,"maximum_lag_on_failover":0,"slots":null, "standby_cluster": null},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"","memory":""},"limits":{"cpu":"","memory":""}},"teamId":"acid","allowedSourceRanges":null,"numberOfInstances":0,"users":null,"clone":{}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":"Invalid"}}`),
 		err:     nil},
 	// clone example
 	{
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ var unmarshalCluster = []struct {
 			},
 			Error: "",
 		},
-		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"","parameters":null},"volume":{"size":"","storageClass":""},"patroni":{"initdb":null,"pg_hba":null,"ttl":0,"loop_wait":0,"retry_timeout":0,"maximum_lag_on_failover":0,"slots":null},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"","memory":""},"limits":{"cpu":"","memory":""}},"teamId":"acid","allowedSourceRanges":null,"numberOfInstances":0,"users":null,"clone":{"cluster":"team-batman"}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":""}}`),
+		marshal: []byte(`{"kind":"Postgresql","apiVersion":"acid.zalan.do/v1","metadata":{"name":"acid-testcluster1","creationTimestamp":null},"spec":{"postgresql":{"version":"","parameters":null},"volume":{"size":"","storageClass":""},"patroni":{"initdb":null,"pg_hba":null,"ttl":0,"loop_wait":0,"retry_timeout":0,"maximum_lag_on_failover":0,"slots":null, "standby_cluster": null},"resources":{"requests":{"cpu":"","memory":""},"limits":{"cpu":"","memory":""}},"teamId":"acid","allowedSourceRanges":null,"numberOfInstances":0,"users":null,"clone":{"cluster":"team-batman"}},"status":{"PostgresClusterStatus":""}}`),
 		err:     nil},
 	// erroneous examples
 	{
diff --git a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 282fb311f..ded350f38 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/acid.zalan.do/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ func (in *Patroni) DeepCopyInto(out *Patroni) {
 			(*out)[key] = outVal
 		}
 	}
+	if in.StandbyCluster != nil {
+		in, out := &in.StandbyCluster, &out.StandbyCluster
+		*out = new(PatroniStandbyCluster)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -384,6 +389,27 @@ func (in *Patroni) DeepCopy() *Patroni {
 	return out
 }
 
+// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
+func (in *PatroniStandbyCluster) DeepCopyInto(out *PatroniStandbyCluster) {
+	*out = *in
+	if in.CreateReplicaMethods != nil {
+		in, out := &in.CreateReplicaMethods, &out.CreateReplicaMethods
+		*out = make([]string, len(*in))
+		copy(*out, *in)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new PatroniStandbyCluster.
+func (in *PatroniStandbyCluster) DeepCopy() *PatroniStandbyCluster {
+	if in == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	out := new(PatroniStandbyCluster)
+	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
+	return out
+}
+
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *PostgresPodResourcesDefaults) DeepCopyInto(out *PostgresPodResourcesDefaults) {
 	*out = *in
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
index a16e810ed..b047c5a75 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/k8sres.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ type patroniDCS struct {
 	MaximumLagOnFailover     float32                      `json:"maximum_lag_on_failover,omitempty"`
 	PGBootstrapConfiguration map[string]interface{}       `json:"postgresql,omitempty"`
 	Slots                    map[string]map[string]string `json:"slots,omitempty"`
+	StandbyClusterCfg        *acidv1.PatroniStandbyCluster `json:"standby_cluster,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type pgBootstrap struct {
@@ -157,6 +158,8 @@ func generateSpiloJSONConfiguration(pg *acidv1.PostgresqlParam, patroni *acidv1.
 	config.Bootstrap.Initdb = []interface{}{map[string]string{"auth-host": "md5"},
 		map[string]string{"auth-local": "trust"}}
 
+	config.Bootstrap.DCS.StandbyClusterCfg = patroni.StandbyCluster
+
 	initdbOptionNames := []string{}
 
 	for k := range patroni.InitDB {