diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fe810787..99b0c6f8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12696,7 +12696,7 @@
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/chalk": "^2.2.0",
         "@types/debug": "^4.1.4",
-        "esbuild": "^0.17.19"
+        "esbuild": "^0.17.4"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=14.16"
@@ -15610,7 +15610,7 @@
         "@types/debug": "^4.1.4",
         "chalk": "^4.1.0",
         "debug": "^4.1.1",
-        "esbuild": "0.17.19"
+        "esbuild": "^0.17.4"
       }
     },
     "@pgtyped/wire": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe09b21d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+import { DBConfigArgs, getEnvDBConfig } from './config';
+
+describe('getEnvDBConfig', () => {
+  const env = {
+    ...process.env,
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Default PG
+    process.env.PGHOST = 'pg_host';
+    process.env.PGUSER = 'pg_user';
+    process.env.PGPASSWORD = 'pg_password';
+    process.env.PGDATABASE = 'pg_db_name';
+    process.env.PGPORT = '1111';
+    process.env.PGURI = 'pg_uri';
+    process.env.DATABASE_URL = 'pg_url';
+
+    // Custom
+    process.env.URI_ENV = 'host_from_env';
+    process.env.HOST_ENV = 'host_from_env';
+    process.env.USER_ENV = 'user_from_env';
+    process.env.PASSWORD_ENV = 'password_from_env';
+    process.env.DB_NAME_ENV = 'db_name_from_env';
+    process.env.PORT_ENV = '2222';
+    process.env.URI_ENV = 'uri_from_env';
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    process.env = env;
+  });
+
+  test('Parses template ENV', () => {
+    const dbConfig: Partial<DBConfigArgs> = {
+      host: '{{HOST_ENV}}',
+      user: '{{USER_ENV}}',
+      password: '{{PASSWORD_ENV}}',
+      dbName: '{{DB_NAME_ENV}}',
+      port: '{{PORT_ENV}}',
+      uri: '{{URI_ENV}}',
+    };
+    const parsedConfig = getEnvDBConfig(dbConfig);
+
+    expect(parsedConfig).toEqual({
+      host: 'host_from_env',
+      user: 'user_from_env',
+      password: 'password_from_env',
+      dbName: 'db_name_from_env',
+      port: 2222,
+      uri: 'uri_from_env',
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('Parses default ENV', () => {
+    const dbConfig: Partial<DBConfigArgs> = {};
+    const parsedConfig = getEnvDBConfig(dbConfig);
+
+    expect(parsedConfig).toEqual({
+      host: 'pg_host',
+      user: 'pg_user',
+      password: 'pg_password',
+      dbName: 'pg_db_name',
+      port: 1111,
+      uri: 'pg_uri',
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('Parses default ENV port=DATABASE_URL', () => {
+    process.env.PGURI = undefined;
+
+    const dbConfig: Partial<DBConfigArgs> = {};
+    const parsedConfig = getEnvDBConfig(dbConfig);
+
+    expect(parsedConfig).toEqual({
+      host: 'pg_host',
+      user: 'pg_user',
+      password: 'pg_password',
+      dbName: 'pg_db_name',
+      port: 1111,
+      uri: 'pg_url',
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('Parses default ENV with invalid templates', () => {
+    // All invalid templates
+    const dbConfig: Partial<DBConfigArgs> = {
+      host: '{{{HOST_ENV}}',
+      user: '{{USER_ENV}}}',
+      password: 'invalid',
+      dbName: '',
+      port: '1234',
+      uri: '_',
+    };
+    const parsedConfig = getEnvDBConfig(dbConfig);
+
+    expect(parsedConfig).toEqual({
+      host: undefined,
+      user: undefined,
+      password: 'pg_password',
+      dbName: 'pg_db_name',
+      port: 1111,
+      uri: 'pg_uri',
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/config.ts b/packages/cli/src/config.ts
index 7a73eae1..663283d6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/config.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const configParser = t.type({
     t.type({
       host: t.union([t.string, t.undefined]),
       password: t.union([t.string, t.undefined]),
-      port: t.union([t.number, t.undefined]),
+      port: t.union([t.number, t.string, t.undefined]),
       user: t.union([t.string, t.undefined]),
       dbName: t.union([t.string, t.undefined]),
       ssl: t.union([t.UnknownRecord, t.boolean, t.undefined]),
@@ -67,8 +67,42 @@ const configParser = t.type({
   ]),
 });
 
+export type DBConfigArgs = {
+  host: string;
+  user: string;
+  password: string;
+  dbName: string;
+  port: number | string;
+  ssl: tls.ConnectionOptions | boolean;
+  uri: string;
+};
+
 export type IConfig = typeof configParser._O;
 
+function parseEnvTemplate(input?: string): string | undefined {
+  const templateStringRegex = new RegExp('{{\\w+}}', 'g');
+  const result = input ? templateStringRegex.exec(input) : undefined;
+  return result?.input?.substring(2, result.input.length - 2);
+}
+
+export function getEnvDBConfig(dBConfig: Partial<DBConfigArgs>) {
+  const host = parseEnvTemplate(dBConfig.host) ?? 'PGHOST';
+  const user = parseEnvTemplate(dBConfig.user) ?? 'PGUSER';
+  const password = parseEnvTemplate(dBConfig.password) ?? 'PGPASSWORD';
+  const dbName = parseEnvTemplate(dBConfig.dbName) ?? 'PGDATABASE';
+  const port = parseEnvTemplate(dBConfig?.port?.toString()) ?? 'PGPORT';
+  const uri = parseEnvTemplate(dBConfig.uri) ?? 'PGURI';
+
+  return {
+    host: process.env[host],
+    user: process.env[user],
+    password: process.env[password],
+    dbName: process.env[dbName],
+    port: process.env[port] ? Number(process.env[port]) : undefined,
+    uri: process.env[uri] ?? process.env.DATABASE_URL,
+  };
+}
+
 export interface ParsedConfig {
   db: {
     host: string;
@@ -162,15 +196,6 @@ export function parseConfig(
     port: 5432,
   };
 
-  const envDBConfig = {
-    host: process.env.PGHOST,
-    user: process.env.PGUSER,
-    password: process.env.PGPASSWORD,
-    dbName: process.env.PGDATABASE,
-    port: process.env.PGPORT ? Number(process.env.PGPORT) : undefined,
-    uri: process.env.PGURI ?? process.env.DATABASE_URL,
-  };
-
   const {
     db = defaultDBConfig,
     dbUrl: configDbUri,
@@ -182,6 +207,8 @@ export function parseConfig(
     typesOverrides,
   } = configObject as IConfig;
 
+  const envDBConfig = getEnvDBConfig(db);
+
   // CLI connectionUri flag takes precedence over the env and config one
   const dbUri = argConnectionUri || envDBConfig.uri || configDbUri;
 
@@ -196,7 +223,18 @@ export function parseConfig(
     );
   }
 
-  const finalDBConfig = merge(defaultDBConfig, db, urlDBConfig, envDBConfig);
+  // The port may be a template string
+  const dbConfig = {
+    ...db,
+    port: typeof db.port === 'string' ? Number(db.port) : db.port,
+  };
+
+  const finalDBConfig = merge(
+    defaultDBConfig,
+    dbConfig,
+    urlDBConfig,
+    envDBConfig,
+  );
 
   const parsedTypesOverrides: Record<string, Partial<TypeDefinition>> = {};