diff --git a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh
index c80cdf37a8a6..047ee57e3afd 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh
+++ b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ pgbouncer_initialize() {
             "pool_mode:${PGBOUNCER_POOL_MODE}"
             "max_client_conn:${PGBOUNCER_MAX_CLIENT_CONN}"
             "max_db_connections:${PGBOUNCER_MAX_DB_CONNECTIONS}"
+            "max_prepared_statements:${PGBOUNCER_MAX_PREPARED_STATEMENTS}"
             "idle_transaction_timeout:${PGBOUNCER_IDLE_TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT}"
             "server_idle_timeout:${PGBOUNCER_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT}"
             "server_reset_query:${PGBOUNCER_SERVER_RESET_QUERY}"
diff --git a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgbouncer-env.sh b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgbouncer-env.sh
index f1090b6fdf0d..1df9927b51af 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgbouncer-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgbouncer-env.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pgbouncer_env_vars=(
     PGBOUNCER_QUERY_WAIT_TIMEOUT
     PGBOUNCER_MAX_CLIENT_CONN
     PGBOUNCER_MAX_DB_CONNECTIONS
+    PGBOUNCER_MAX_PREPARED_STATEMENTS
     PGBOUNCER_IDLE_TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT
     PGBOUNCER_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT
     PGBOUNCER_SERVER_RESET_QUERY
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export PGBOUNCER_INIT_MAX_RETRIES="${PGBOUNCER_INIT_MAX_RETRIES:-10}"
 export PGBOUNCER_QUERY_WAIT_TIMEOUT="${PGBOUNCER_QUERY_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_MAX_CLIENT_CONN="${PGBOUNCER_MAX_CLIENT_CONN:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_MAX_DB_CONNECTIONS="${PGBOUNCER_MAX_DB_CONNECTIONS:-}"
+export PGBOUNCER_MAX_PREPARED_STATEMENTS="${PGBOUNCER_MAX_PREPARED_STATEMENTS:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_IDLE_TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT="${PGBOUNCER_IDLE_TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT="${PGBOUNCER_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_SERVER_RESET_QUERY="${PGBOUNCER_SERVER_RESET_QUERY:-}"
diff --git a/bitnami/pgbouncer/README.md b/bitnami/pgbouncer/README.md
index 26574e999051..face592f97d8 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgbouncer/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/pgbouncer/README.md
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ To expose the same database name as the backend, set `PGBOUNCER_DATABASE="$POSTG
 * `PGBOUNCER_QUERY_WAIT_TIMEOUT` : PgBouncer maximum time queries are allowed to spend waiting for execution. Default: **120**.
 * `PGBOUNCER_MAX_CLIENT_CONN` : PgBouncer maximum number of client connections allowed. Default: **120**.
 * `PGBOUNCER_MAX_DB_CONNECTIONS` : PgBouncer maximum number of database connections allowed. Default: **0 (unlimited)**.
+* `PGBOUNCER_MAX_PREPARED_STATEMENTS` : PgBouncer will cache this number of active protocol-level named prepared statements sent by the client in transaction and statement pooling mode. Default: **0 (disabled)**.
 * `PGBOUNCER_IDLE_TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT` : PgBouncer maximum time for a client to be in "idle in transaction" state. Default: **0.0**.
 * `PGBOUNCER_DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE` : PgBouncer maximum server connections to allow per user/database pair. Default: **20**.
 * `PGBOUNCER_MIN_POOL_SIZE` : PgBouncer has at least this amount of open connections. Default: **0 (disabled)**.