diff -r 927d035b6921 -r e45bf9baa7b7 server/sqlutils.py
--- a/server/sqlutils.py	Tue Jan 07 15:10:57 2014 +0100
+++ b/server/sqlutils.py	Tue Feb 04 15:06:25 2014 +0100
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
     """
     cnx_wrap = ConnectionWrapper
 
-    def __init__(self, source_config):
+    def __init__(self, source_config, repairing=False):
         try:
             self.dbdriver = source_config['db-driver'].lower()
             dbname = source_config['db-name']
@@ -328,6 +328,14 @@
         if self.dbdriver == 'sqlite':
             self.cnx_wrap = SqliteConnectionWrapper
             self.dbhelper.dbname = abspath(self.dbhelper.dbname)
+        if not repairing:
+            statement_timeout = int(source_config.get('db-statement-timeout', 0))
+            if statement_timeout > 0:
+                def set_postgres_timeout(cnx):
+                    cnx.cursor().execute('SET statement_timeout to %d' % statement_timeout)
+                    cnx.commit()
+                postgres_hooks = SQL_CONNECT_HOOKS['postgres']
+                postgres_hooks.append(set_postgres_timeout)
 
     def wrapped_connection(self):
         """open and return a connection to the database, wrapped into a class