diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgpool.sh b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgpool.sh
index 5220ef9d77108..2e8735bba8b8e 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgpool.sh
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgpool.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export PGPOOL_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD="${PGPOOL_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD:-scram-sha-2
 export PGPOOL_AES_KEY="${PGPOOL_AES_KEY:-$(head -c 20 /dev/urandom | base64)}"
 export PGPOOL_FAILOVER_ON_BACKEND_SHUTDOWN="${PGPOOL_FAILOVER_ON_BACKEND_SHUTDOWN:-on}"
 export PGPOOL_FAILOVER_ON_BACKEND_ERROR="${PGPOOL_FAILOVER_ON_BACKEND_ERROR:-off}"
+export PGPOOL_DISCARD_STATUS="${PGPOOL_DISCARD_STATUS:-yes}"
 
 # SSL
 export PGPOOL_ENABLE_TLS="${PGPOOL_ENABLE_TLS:-no}"
diff --git a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgpool/run.sh b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgpool/run.sh
index 3f96ab167b688..363a017f5351e 100755
--- a/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgpool/run.sh
+++ b/bitnami/pgpool/4/debian-12/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgpool/run.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ eval "$(ldap_env)"
 
 command="$(command -v pgpool)"
 flags=("-n" "--config-file=${PGPOOL_CONF_FILE}" "--hba-file=${PGPOOL_PGHBA_FILE}")
+is_boolean_yes "$PGPOOL_DISCARD_STATUS" && flags+=("-D")
 [[ -z "${PGPOOL_EXTRA_FLAGS:-}" ]] || flags=("${flags[@]}" "${PGPOOL_EXTRA_FLAGS[@]}")
 
 is_boolean_yes "$PGPOOL_ENABLE_LDAP" && ldap_start_nslcd_bg