diff --git a/examples/postgres/pooled-with-rustls/src/main.rs b/examples/postgres/pooled-with-rustls/src/main.rs
index a18451c..87a8eb4 100644
--- a/examples/postgres/pooled-with-rustls/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/postgres/pooled-with-rustls/src/main.rs
@@ -49,12 +49,8 @@ fn establish_connection(config: &str) -> BoxFuture<ConnectionResult<AsyncPgConne
         let (client, conn) = tokio_postgres::connect(config, tls)
             .await
             .map_err(|e| ConnectionError::BadConnection(e.to_string()))?;
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
-            if let Err(e) = conn.await {
-                eprintln!("Database connection: {e}");
-            }
-        });
-        AsyncPgConnection::try_from(client).await
+
+        AsyncPgConnection::try_from_client_and_connection(client, conn).await
     };
     fut.boxed()
 }
diff --git a/examples/postgres/run-pending-migrations-with-rustls/src/main.rs b/examples/postgres/run-pending-migrations-with-rustls/src/main.rs
index aafd698..1fb0c0f 100644
--- a/examples/postgres/run-pending-migrations-with-rustls/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/postgres/run-pending-migrations-with-rustls/src/main.rs
@@ -35,12 +35,7 @@ fn establish_connection(config: &str) -> BoxFuture<ConnectionResult<AsyncPgConne
         let (client, conn) = tokio_postgres::connect(config, tls)
             .await
             .map_err(|e| ConnectionError::BadConnection(e.to_string()))?;
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
-            if let Err(e) = conn.await {
-                eprintln!("Database connection: {e}");
-            }
-        });
-        AsyncPgConnection::try_from(client).await
+        AsyncPgConnection::try_from_client_and_connection(client, conn).await
     };
     fut.boxed()
 }
diff --git a/src/pg/mod.rs b/src/pg/mod.rs
index d39e803..13b9651 100644
--- a/src/pg/mod.rs
+++ b/src/pg/mod.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ const FAKE_OID: u32 = 0;
 ///
 /// [tokio_postgres]: https://docs.rs/tokio-postgres/0.7.6/tokio_postgres/config/struct.Config.html#url
 ///
+/// ## Pipelining
+///
 /// This connection supports *pipelined* requests. Pipelining can improve performance in use cases in which multiple,
 /// independent queries need to be executed. In a traditional workflow, each query is sent to the server after the
 /// previous query completes. In contrast, pipelining allows the client to send all of the queries to the server up
@@ -106,6 +108,18 @@ const FAKE_OID: u32 = 0;
 ///       assert_eq!(res.1, 2);
 ///       # Ok(())
 /// # }
+/// ```
+///
+/// ## TLS
+///
+/// Connections created by [`AsyncPgConnection::establish`] do not support TLS.
+///
+/// TLS support for tokio_postgres connections is implemented by external crates, e.g. [tokio_postgres_rustls].
+///
+/// [`AsyncPgConnection::try_from_client_and_connection`] can be used to construct a connection from an existing
+/// [`tokio_postgres::Connection`] with TLS enabled.
+///
+/// [tokio_postgres_rustls]: https://docs.rs/tokio-postgres-rustls/0.12.0/tokio_postgres_rustls/
 pub struct AsyncPgConnection {
     conn: Arc<tokio_postgres::Client>,
     stmt_cache: Arc<Mutex<StmtCache<diesel::pg::Pg, Statement>>>,
@@ -156,24 +170,17 @@ impl AsyncConnection for AsyncPgConnection {
         let (client, connection) = tokio_postgres::connect(database_url, tokio_postgres::NoTls)
             .await
             .map_err(ErrorHelper)?;
-        let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(1);
-        let (shutdown_tx, shutdown_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
-        tokio::spawn(async move {
-            match futures_util::future::select(shutdown_rx, connection).await {
-                Either::Left(_) | Either::Right((Ok(_), _)) => {}
-                Either::Right((Err(e), _)) => {
-                    let _ = tx.send(Arc::new(e));
-                }
-            }
-        });
+
+        let (error_rx, shutdown_tx) = drive_connection(connection);
 
         let r = Self::setup(
             client,
-            Some(rx),
+            Some(error_rx),
             Some(shutdown_tx),
             Arc::clone(&instrumentation),
         )
         .await;
+
         instrumentation
             .lock()
             .unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner())
@@ -367,6 +374,28 @@ impl AsyncPgConnection {
         .await
     }
 
+    /// Constructs a new `AsyncPgConnection` from an existing [`tokio_postgres::Client`] and
+    /// [`tokio_postgres::Connection`]
+    pub async fn try_from_client_and_connection<S>(
+        client: tokio_postgres::Client,
+        conn: tokio_postgres::Connection<tokio_postgres::Socket, S>,
+    ) -> ConnectionResult<Self>
+    where
+        S: tokio_postgres::tls::TlsStream + Unpin + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        let (error_rx, shutdown_tx) = drive_connection(conn);
+
+        Self::setup(
+            client,
+            Some(error_rx),
+            Some(shutdown_tx),
+            Arc::new(std::sync::Mutex::new(
+                diesel::connection::get_default_instrumentation(),
+            )),
+        )
+        .await
+    }
+
     async fn setup(
         conn: tokio_postgres::Client,
         connection_future: Option<broadcast::Receiver<Arc<tokio_postgres::Error>>>,
@@ -826,6 +855,30 @@ async fn drive_future<R>(
     }
 }
 
+fn drive_connection<S>(
+    conn: tokio_postgres::Connection<tokio_postgres::Socket, S>,
+) -> (
+    broadcast::Receiver<Arc<tokio_postgres::Error>>,
+    oneshot::Sender<()>,
+)
+where
+    S: tokio_postgres::tls::TlsStream + Unpin + Send + 'static,
+{
+    let (error_tx, error_rx) = tokio::sync::broadcast::channel(1);
+    let (shutdown_tx, shutdown_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        match futures_util::future::select(shutdown_rx, conn).await {
+            Either::Left(_) | Either::Right((Ok(_), _)) => {}
+            Either::Right((Err(e), _)) => {
+                let _ = error_tx.send(Arc::new(e));
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    (error_rx, shutdown_tx)
+}
+
 #[cfg(any(
     feature = "deadpool",
     feature = "bb8",