diff --git a/packages/pg/lib/connection.js b/packages/pg/lib/connection.js
index c426b152c..a99ff6ff0 100644
--- a/packages/pg/lib/connection.js
+++ b/packages/pg/lib/connection.js
@@ -152,6 +152,52 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter {
     this._send(serialize.query(text))
   }
 
+  // query using single batch of packets
+  // https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/issues/3325
+  queryWithPacketBatching(query, valueMapper) {
+    const packets = []
+
+    if (!query.hasBeenParsed(this)) {
+      packets.push(
+        serialize.parse({
+          text: query.text,
+          name: query.name,
+          types: query.types,
+        })
+      )
+    }
+
+    packets.push(
+      serialize.bind({
+        portal: query.portal,
+        statement: query.name,
+        values: query.values,
+        binary: query.binary,
+        valueMapper: valueMapper,
+      })
+    )
+
+    packets.push(
+      serialize.describe({
+        type: 'P',
+        name: query.portal || '',
+      })
+    )
+
+    packets.push(
+      serialize.execute({
+        portal: query.portal,
+        rows: query.rows,
+      })
+    )
+
+    if (!query.rows) {
+      packets.push(syncBuffer)
+    }
+
+    this._send(Buffer.concat(packets))
+  }
+
   // send parse message
   parse(query) {
     this._send(serialize.parse(query))
diff --git a/packages/pg/lib/query.js b/packages/pg/lib/query.js
index fbef341bf..cf8f8c75a 100644
--- a/packages/pg/lib/query.js
+++ b/packages/pg/lib/query.js
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class Query extends EventEmitter {
       return new Error('Query values must be an array')
     }
     if (this.requiresPreparation()) {
-      this.prepare(connection)
+      connection.queryWithPacketBatching(this, utils.prepareValue)
     } else {
       connection.query(this.text)
     }