diff --git a/backend/controller/cronjobs/cronjobs_integration_test.go b/backend/controller/cronjobs/cronjobs_integration_test.go
index debc018f36..54e0a92d3a 100644
--- a/backend/controller/cronjobs/cronjobs_integration_test.go
+++ b/backend/controller/cronjobs/cronjobs_integration_test.go
@@ -4,19 +4,13 @@ package cronjobs
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	"connectrpc.com/connect"
 	db "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/backend/controller/dal"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/backend/controller/sql/sqltest"
-	ftlv1 "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/backend/protos/xyz/block/ftl/v1"
-	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/backend/schema"
 	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal/log"
-	"github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/internal/model"
 	"github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2"
-	"github.com/alecthomas/types/optional"
 	"github.com/benbjohnson/clock"
 )
 
diff --git a/go-runtime/compile/schema.go b/go-runtime/compile/schema.go
index 926cf19b0b..a40db0b982 100644
--- a/go-runtime/compile/schema.go
+++ b/go-runtime/compile/schema.go
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ var (
 		return mustLoadRef("builtin", "error").Type().Underlying().(*types.Interface) //nolint:forcetypeassert
 	})
 
-	ftlCallFuncPath   = "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime/ftl.Call"
-	ftlConfigFuncPath = "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime/ftl.Config"
-	ftlSecretFuncPath = "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime/ftl.Secret" //nolint:gosec
-	ftlUnitTypePath   = "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime/ftl.Unit"
-	aliasFieldTag     = "json"
+	ftlCallFuncPath     = "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime/ftl.Call"
+	ftlConfigFuncPath   = "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime/ftl.Config"
+	ftlSecretFuncPath   = "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime/ftl.Secret" //nolint:gosec
+	ftlDatabaseFuncPath = "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime/ftl.PostgresDatabase"
+	ftlUnitTypePath     = "github.com/TBD54566975/ftl/go-runtime/ftl.Unit"
+	aliasFieldTag       = "json"
 )
 
 // NativeNames is a map of top-level declarations to their native Go names.
@@ -181,6 +182,8 @@ func visitCallExpr(pctx *parseContext, node *ast.CallExpr) {
 	case ftlConfigFuncPath, ftlSecretFuncPath:
 		// Secret/config declaration: ftl.Config[<type>](<name>)
 		parseConfigDecl(pctx, node, fn)
+	case ftlDatabaseFuncPath:
+		parseDatabaseDecl(pctx, node)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -227,6 +230,7 @@ func parseConfigDecl(pctx *parseContext, node *ast.CallExpr, fn *types.Func) {
 	}
 	if name == "" {
 		pctx.errors.add(errorf(node, "config and secret declarations must have a single string literal argument"))
+		return
 	}
 	index := node.Fun.(*ast.IndexExpr) //nolint:forcetypeassert
 
@@ -256,6 +260,29 @@ func parseConfigDecl(pctx *parseContext, node *ast.CallExpr, fn *types.Func) {
 	pctx.module.Decls = append(pctx.module.Decls, decl)
 }
 
+func parseDatabaseDecl(pctx *parseContext, node *ast.CallExpr) {
+	var name string
+	if len(node.Args) == 1 {
+		if literal, ok := node.Args[0].(*ast.BasicLit); ok && literal.Kind == token.STRING {
+			var err error
+			name, err = strconv.Unquote(literal.Value)
+			if err != nil {
+				pctx.errors.add(wrapf(node, err, ""))
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if name == "" {
+		pctx.errors.add(errorf(node, "config and secret declarations must have a single string literal argument"))
+		return
+	}
+	decl := &schema.Database{
+		Pos:  goPosToSchemaPos(node.Pos()),
+		Name: name,
+	}
+	pctx.module.Decls = append(pctx.module.Decls, decl)
+}
+
 func visitFile(pctx *parseContext, node *ast.File) {
 	if node.Doc == nil {
 		return
diff --git a/go-runtime/compile/schema_test.go b/go-runtime/compile/schema_test.go
index 9854882684..914f42c664 100644
--- a/go-runtime/compile/schema_test.go
+++ b/go-runtime/compile/schema_test.go
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ func TestExtractModuleSchema(t *testing.T) {
   config configValue one.Config
   secret secretValue String
 
+  database testDb
+
   enum Color(String) {
     Red("Red")
     Blue("Blue")
diff --git a/go-runtime/compile/testdata/one/one.go b/go-runtime/compile/testdata/one/one.go
index 37b8c7ff94..164916de61 100644
--- a/go-runtime/compile/testdata/one/one.go
+++ b/go-runtime/compile/testdata/one/one.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 var configValue = ftl.Config[Config]("configValue")
 var secretValue = ftl.Secret[string]("secretValue")
+var testDb = ftl.PostgresDatabase("testDb")
 
 //ftl:export
 func Verb(ctx context.Context, req Req) (Resp, error) {
diff --git a/integration/testdata/go/database/echo.go b/integration/testdata/go/database/echo.go
index 047072de2a..21cd719a6f 100644
--- a/integration/testdata/go/database/echo.go
+++ b/integration/testdata/go/database/echo.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ type InsertResponse struct{}
 
 //ftl:export
 func Insert(ctx context.Context, req InsertRequest) (InsertResponse, error) {
-	err := persistRequest(req)
+	err := persistRequest(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return InsertResponse{}, err
 	}
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ func Insert(ctx context.Context, req InsertRequest) (InsertResponse, error) {
 	return InsertResponse{}, nil
 }
 
-func persistRequest(req InsertRequest) error {
-	_, err := db.Exec(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS requests
+func persistRequest(ctx context.Context, req InsertRequest) error {
+	_, err := db.Get(ctx).Exec(`CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS requests
 	       (
 	         data TEXT,
 	         created_at TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT (NOW() AT TIME ZONE 'utc'),
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func persistRequest(req InsertRequest) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	_, err = db.Exec("INSERT INTO requests (data) VALUES ($1);", req.Data)
+	_, err = db.Get(ctx).Exec("INSERT INTO requests (data) VALUES ($1);", req.Data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}