diff --git a/compute/compute-node.Dockerfile b/compute/compute-node.Dockerfile
index 6efef9e9695f..a3e80223ebf9 100644
--- a/compute/compute-node.Dockerfile
+++ b/compute/compute-node.Dockerfile
@@ -1475,6 +1475,8 @@ RUN mkdir -p /etc/local_proxy && chown postgres:postgres /etc/local_proxy
 COPY --from=postgres-exporter /bin/postgres_exporter /bin/postgres_exporter
 COPY --from=sql-exporter      /bin/sql_exporter      /bin/sql_exporter
 
+COPY --chown=postgres compute/etc/postgres_exporter.yml /etc/postgres_exporter.yml
+
 COPY --from=sql_exporter_preprocessor --chmod=0644 /home/nonroot/compute/etc/sql_exporter.yml               /etc/sql_exporter.yml
 COPY --from=sql_exporter_preprocessor --chmod=0644 /home/nonroot/compute/etc/neon_collector.yml             /etc/neon_collector.yml
 COPY --from=sql_exporter_preprocessor --chmod=0644 /home/nonroot/compute/etc/sql_exporter_autoscaling.yml   /etc/sql_exporter_autoscaling.yml
diff --git a/compute/etc/postgres_exporter.yml b/compute/etc/postgres_exporter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/compute/vm-image-spec-bookworm.yaml b/compute/vm-image-spec-bookworm.yaml
index 79f894c2897b..ac9f5c690441 100644
--- a/compute/vm-image-spec-bookworm.yaml
+++ b/compute/vm-image-spec-bookworm.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ commands:
   - name: postgres-exporter
     user: nobody
     sysvInitAction: respawn
-    shell: 'DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user=cloud_admin sslmode=disable dbname=postgres application_name=postgres-exporter" /bin/postgres_exporter'
+    shell: 'DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user=cloud_admin sslmode=disable dbname=postgres application_name=postgres-exporter" /bin/postgres_exporter --config.file=/etc/postgres_exporter.yml'
   - name: sql-exporter
     user: nobody
     sysvInitAction: respawn
diff --git a/compute/vm-image-spec-bullseye.yaml b/compute/vm-image-spec-bullseye.yaml
index ff04b9e4c6ba..0d178e1c2426 100644
--- a/compute/vm-image-spec-bullseye.yaml
+++ b/compute/vm-image-spec-bullseye.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ commands:
   - name: postgres-exporter
     user: nobody
     sysvInitAction: respawn
-    shell: 'DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user=cloud_admin sslmode=disable dbname=postgres application_name=postgres-exporter" /bin/postgres_exporter'
+    shell: 'DATA_SOURCE_NAME="user=cloud_admin sslmode=disable dbname=postgres application_name=postgres-exporter" /bin/postgres_exporter --config.file=/etc/postgres_exporter.yml'
   - name: sql-exporter
     user: nobody
     sysvInitAction: respawn