diff --git a/policy/modules/services/postgresql.if b/policy/modules/services/postgresql.if
index ecef19f22..9d2f31168 100644
--- a/policy/modules/services/postgresql.if
+++ b/policy/modules/services/postgresql.if
@@ -428,11 +428,10 @@ interface(`postgresql_stream_connect',`
 		type postgresql_t, postgresql_var_run_t, postgresql_tmp_t;
 	')
 
+	stream_connect_pattern($1, { postgresql_var_run_t postgresql_tmp_t }, { postgresql_var_run_t postgresql_tmp_t }, postgresql_t)
+
 	files_search_pids($1)
-	allow $1 postgresql_t:unix_stream_socket connectto;
-	allow $1 postgresql_var_run_t:sock_file write;
-	# Some versions of postgresql put the sock file in /tmp
-	allow $1 postgresql_tmp_t:sock_file write;
+	files_search_tmp($1)
 ')
 
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