diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26e368ff9..5347e3557 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@ For richer information consult the commit log on github with referenced pull req
 
 We do not include break-fix version release in this file.
 
+### pg@8.7.0
+
+- Add optional config to [pool](https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/pull/2568) to allow process to exit if pool is idle.
+
+### pg-cursor@2.7.0
+
+- Convert to [es6 class](https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/pull/2553)
+- Add support for promises [to cursor methods](https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/pull/2554)
+
 ### pg@8.6.0
 
 - Better [SASL](https://github.com/brianc/node-postgres/pull/2436) error messages & more validation on bad configuration.
diff --git a/packages/pg-cursor/index.js b/packages/pg-cursor/index.js
index 8e8552be8..ddfb2b4ca 100644
--- a/packages/pg-cursor/index.js
+++ b/packages/pg-cursor/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Cursor extends EventEmitter {
     this._queue = []
     this.state = 'initialized'
     this._result = new Result(this._conf.rowMode, this._conf.types)
+    this._Promise = this._conf.Promise || global.Promise
     this._cb = null
     this._rows = null
     this._portal = null
@@ -198,38 +199,52 @@ class Cursor extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   close(cb) {
+    let promise
+
+    if (!cb) {
+      promise = new this._Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        cb = (err) => (err ? reject(err) : resolve())
+      })
+    }
+
     if (!this.connection || this.state === 'done') {
-      if (cb) {
-        return setImmediate(cb)
-      } else {
-        return
-      }
+      setImmediate(cb)
+      return promise
     }
 
     this._closePortal()
     this.state = 'done'
-    if (cb) {
-      this.connection.once('readyForQuery', function () {
-        cb()
-      })
-    }
+    this.connection.once('readyForQuery', function () {
+      cb()
+    })
+
+    // Return the promise (or undefined)
+    return promise
   }
 
   read(rows, cb) {
-    if (this.state === 'idle' || this.state === 'submitted') {
-      return this._getRows(rows, cb)
-    }
-    if (this.state === 'busy' || this.state === 'initialized') {
-      return this._queue.push([rows, cb])
-    }
-    if (this.state === 'error') {
-      return setImmediate(() => cb(this._error))
+    let promise
+
+    if (!cb) {
+      promise = new this._Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        cb = (err, rows) => (err ? reject(err) : resolve(rows))
+      })
     }
-    if (this.state === 'done') {
-      return setImmediate(() => cb(null, []))
+
+    if (this.state === 'idle' || this.state === 'submitted') {
+      this._getRows(rows, cb)
+    } else if (this.state === 'busy' || this.state === 'initialized') {
+      this._queue.push([rows, cb])
+    } else if (this.state === 'error') {
+      setImmediate(() => cb(this._error))
+    } else if (this.state === 'done') {
+      setImmediate(() => cb(null, []))
     } else {
       throw new Error('Unknown state: ' + this.state)
     }
+
+    // Return the promise (or undefined)
+    return promise
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/pg-cursor/package.json b/packages/pg-cursor/package.json
index 5607ea955..b85000aba 100644
--- a/packages/pg-cursor/package.json
+++ b/packages/pg-cursor/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pg-cursor",
-  "version": "2.6.0",
+  "version": "2.7.1",
   "description": "Query cursor extension for node-postgres",
   "main": "index.js",
   "directories": {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "^7.1.2",
-    "pg": "^8.6.0"
+    "pg": "^8.7.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "pg": "^8"
diff --git a/packages/pg-cursor/test/close.js b/packages/pg-cursor/test/close.js
index e63512abd..b34161a17 100644
--- a/packages/pg-cursor/test/close.js
+++ b/packages/pg-cursor/test/close.js
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ describe('close', function () {
     })
   })
 
+  it('can close a finished cursor a promise', function (done) {
+    const cursor = new Cursor(text)
+    this.client.query(cursor)
+    cursor.read(100, (err) => {
+      assert.ifError(err)
+      cursor.close().then(() => {
+        this.client.query('SELECT NOW()', done)
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   it('closes cursor early', function (done) {
     const cursor = new Cursor(text)
     this.client.query(cursor)
diff --git a/packages/pg-cursor/test/promises.js b/packages/pg-cursor/test/promises.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1635a1a8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pg-cursor/test/promises.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const assert = require('assert')
+const Cursor = require('../')
+const pg = require('pg')
+
+const text = 'SELECT generate_series as num FROM generate_series(0, 5)'
+
+describe('cursor using promises', function () {
+  beforeEach(function (done) {
+    const client = (this.client = new pg.Client())
+    client.connect(done)
+
+    this.pgCursor = function (text, values) {
+      return client.query(new Cursor(text, values || []))
+    }
+  })
+
+  afterEach(function () {
+    this.client.end()
+  })
+
+  it('resolve with result', async function () {
+    const cursor = this.pgCursor(text)
+    const res = await cursor.read(6)
+    assert.strictEqual(res.length, 6)
+  })
+
+  it('reject with error', function (done) {
+    const cursor = this.pgCursor('select asdfasdf')
+    cursor.read(1).catch((err) => {
+      assert(err)
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('read multiple times', async function () {
+    const cursor = this.pgCursor(text)
+    let res
+
+    res = await cursor.read(2)
+    assert.strictEqual(res.length, 2)
+
+    res = await cursor.read(3)
+    assert.strictEqual(res.length, 3)
+
+    res = await cursor.read(1)
+    assert.strictEqual(res.length, 1)
+
+    res = await cursor.read(1)
+    assert.strictEqual(res.length, 0)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/pg-pool/index.js b/packages/pg-pool/index.js
index ef08f2965..1766c0030 100644
--- a/packages/pg-pool/index.js
+++ b/packages/pg-pool/index.js
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class Pool extends EventEmitter {
 
     this.options.max = this.options.max || this.options.poolSize || 10
     this.options.maxUses = this.options.maxUses || Infinity
+    this.options.allowExitOnIdle = this.options.allowExitOnIdle || false
     this.log = this.options.log || function () {}
     this.Client = this.options.Client || Client || require('pg').Client
     this.Promise = this.options.Promise || global.Promise
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ class Pool extends EventEmitter {
       const idleItem = this._idle.pop()
       clearTimeout(idleItem.timeoutId)
       const client = idleItem.client
+      client.ref && client.ref()
       const idleListener = idleItem.idleListener
 
       return this._acquireClient(client, pendingItem, idleListener, false)
@@ -323,6 +325,15 @@ class Pool extends EventEmitter {
         this.log('remove idle client')
         this._remove(client)
       }, this.options.idleTimeoutMillis)
+
+      if (this.options.allowExitOnIdle) {
+        // allow Node to exit if this is all that's left
+        tid.unref()
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (this.options.allowExitOnIdle) {
+      client.unref()
     }
 
     this._idle.push(new IdleItem(client, idleListener, tid))
diff --git a/packages/pg-pool/package.json b/packages/pg-pool/package.json
index b92e7df90..d479ae55f 100644
--- a/packages/pg-pool/package.json
+++ b/packages/pg-pool/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pg-pool",
-  "version": "3.3.0",
+  "version": "3.4.1",
   "description": "Connection pool for node-postgres",
   "main": "index.js",
   "directories": {
diff --git a/packages/pg-pool/test/idle-timeout-exit.js b/packages/pg-pool/test/idle-timeout-exit.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1292634a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/pg-pool/test/idle-timeout-exit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// This test is meant to be spawned from idle-timeout.js
+if (module === require.main) {
+  const allowExitOnIdle = process.env.ALLOW_EXIT_ON_IDLE === '1'
+  const Pool = require('../index')
+
+  const pool = new Pool({ idleTimeoutMillis: 200, ...(allowExitOnIdle ? { allowExitOnIdle: true } : {}) })
+  pool.query('SELECT NOW()', (err, res) => console.log('completed first'))
+  pool.on('remove', () => {
+    console.log('removed')
+    done()
+  })
+
+  setTimeout(() => {
+    pool.query('SELECT * from generate_series(0, 1000)', (err, res) => console.log('completed second'))
+  }, 50)
+}
diff --git a/packages/pg-pool/test/idle-timeout.js b/packages/pg-pool/test/idle-timeout.js
index fd9fba4a4..0bb097565 100644
--- a/packages/pg-pool/test/idle-timeout.js
+++ b/packages/pg-pool/test/idle-timeout.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const expect = require('expect.js')
 
 const describe = require('mocha').describe
 const it = require('mocha').it
+const { fork } = require('child_process')
+const path = require('path')
 
 const Pool = require('../')
 
@@ -84,4 +86,33 @@ describe('idle timeout', () => {
       return pool.end()
     })
   )
+
+  it('unrefs the connections and timeouts so the program can exit when idle when the allowExitOnIdle option is set', function (done) {
+    const child = fork(path.join(__dirname, 'idle-timeout-exit.js'), [], {
+      silent: true,
+      env: { ...process.env, ALLOW_EXIT_ON_IDLE: '1' },
+    })
+    let result = ''
+    child.stdout.setEncoding('utf8')
+    child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => (result += chunk))
+    child.on('error', (err) => done(err))
+    child.on('close', () => {
+      expect(result).to.equal('completed first\ncompleted second\n')
+      done()
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('keeps old behavior when allowExitOnIdle option is not set', function (done) {
+    const child = fork(path.join(__dirname, 'idle-timeout-exit.js'), [], {
+      silent: true,
+    })
+    let result = ''
+    child.stdout.setEncoding('utf8')
+    child.stdout.on('data', (chunk) => (result += chunk))
+    child.on('error', (err) => done(err))
+    child.on('close', () => {
+      expect(result).to.equal('completed first\ncompleted second\nremoved\n')
+      done()
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/pg-query-stream/package.json b/packages/pg-query-stream/package.json
index d01b18d86..5f332e8cd 100644
--- a/packages/pg-query-stream/package.json
+++ b/packages/pg-query-stream/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pg-query-stream",
-  "version": "4.1.0",
+  "version": "4.2.1",
   "description": "Postgres query result returned as readable stream",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
     "concat-stream": "~1.0.1",
     "eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.5.0",
     "mocha": "^7.1.2",
-    "pg": "^8.6.0",
+    "pg": "^8.7.1",
     "stream-spec": "~0.3.5",
     "stream-tester": "0.0.5",
     "ts-node": "^8.5.4",
     "typescript": "^4.0.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "pg-cursor": "^2.6.0"
+    "pg-cursor": "^2.7.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/pg/lib/client.js b/packages/pg/lib/client.js
index 1e1e83374..589aa9f84 100644
--- a/packages/pg/lib/client.js
+++ b/packages/pg/lib/client.js
@@ -577,6 +577,14 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
     return result
   }
 
+  ref() {
+    this.connection.ref()
+  }
+
+  unref() {
+    this.connection.unref()
+  }
+
   end(cb) {
     this._ending = true
 
diff --git a/packages/pg/lib/connection.js b/packages/pg/lib/connection.js
index 7d45de2b7..ebb2f099d 100644
--- a/packages/pg/lib/connection.js
+++ b/packages/pg/lib/connection.js
@@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ class Connection extends EventEmitter {
     this._send(syncBuffer)
   }
 
+  ref() {
+    this.stream.ref()
+  }
+
+  unref() {
+    this.stream.unref()
+  }
+
   end() {
     // 0x58 = 'X'
     this._ending = true
diff --git a/packages/pg/lib/native/client.js b/packages/pg/lib/native/client.js
index 6cf800d0e..d1faeb3d8 100644
--- a/packages/pg/lib/native/client.js
+++ b/packages/pg/lib/native/client.js
@@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ Client.prototype.cancel = function (query) {
   }
 }
 
+Client.prototype.ref = function () {}
+Client.prototype.unref = function () {}
+
 Client.prototype.setTypeParser = function (oid, format, parseFn) {
   return this._types.setTypeParser(oid, format, parseFn)
 }
diff --git a/packages/pg/package.json b/packages/pg/package.json
index af71629f3..930a7d928 100644
--- a/packages/pg/package.json
+++ b/packages/pg/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pg",
-  "version": "8.6.0",
+  "version": "8.7.1",
   "description": "PostgreSQL client - pure javascript & libpq with the same API",
   "keywords": [
     "database",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "buffer-writer": "2.0.0",
     "packet-reader": "1.0.0",
     "pg-connection-string": "^2.5.0",
-    "pg-pool": "^3.3.0",
+    "pg-pool": "^3.4.1",
     "pg-protocol": "^1.5.0",
     "pg-types": "^2.1.0",
     "pgpass": "1.x"
diff --git a/packages/pg/test/integration/client/connection-timeout-tests.js b/packages/pg/test/integration/client/connection-timeout-tests.js
index 843fa95bb..7a3ee4447 100644
--- a/packages/pg/test/integration/client/connection-timeout-tests.js
+++ b/packages/pg/test/integration/client/connection-timeout-tests.js
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ const suite = new helper.Suite()
 
 const options = {
   host: 'localhost',
-  port: 54321,
+  port: Math.floor(Math.random() * 2000) + 2000,
   connectionTimeoutMillis: 2000,
   user: 'not',
   database: 'existing',
 }
 
-const serverWithConnectionTimeout = (timeout, callback) => {
+const serverWithConnectionTimeout = (port, timeout, callback) => {
   const sockets = new Set()
 
   const server = net.createServer((socket) => {
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ const serverWithConnectionTimeout = (timeout, callback) => {
     }
   }
 
-  server.listen(options.port, options.host, () => callback(closeServer))
+  server.listen(port, options.host, () => callback(closeServer))
 }
 
 suite.test('successful connection', (done) => {
-  serverWithConnectionTimeout(0, (closeServer) => {
+  serverWithConnectionTimeout(options.port, 0, (closeServer) => {
     const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
       throw new Error('Client should have connected successfully but it did not.')
     }, 3000)
@@ -67,12 +67,13 @@ suite.test('successful connection', (done) => {
 })
 
 suite.test('expired connection timeout', (done) => {
-  serverWithConnectionTimeout(options.connectionTimeoutMillis * 2, (closeServer) => {
+  const opts = { ...options, port: 54322 }
+  serverWithConnectionTimeout(opts.port, opts.connectionTimeoutMillis * 2, (closeServer) => {
     const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
       throw new Error('Client should have emitted an error but it did not.')
     }, 3000)
 
-    const client = new helper.Client(options)
+    const client = new helper.Client(opts)
     client
       .connect()
       .then(() => client.end())
diff --git a/packages/pg/test/integration/client/network-partition-tests.js b/packages/pg/test/integration/client/network-partition-tests.js
index 993396401..2ac100dff 100644
--- a/packages/pg/test/integration/client/network-partition-tests.js
+++ b/packages/pg/test/integration/client/network-partition-tests.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var Server = function (response) {
   this.response = response
 }
 
+let port = 54321
 Server.prototype.start = function (cb) {
   // this is our fake postgres server
   // it responds with our specified response immediatley after receiving every buffer
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ Server.prototype.start = function (cb) {
     }.bind(this)
   )
 
-  var port = 54321
+  port = port + 1
 
   var options = {
     host: 'localhost',
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e579f984e..bc5330a1d 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3066,9 +3066,9 @@ growl@1.10.5:
   integrity sha512-qBr4OuELkhPenW6goKVXiv47US3clb3/IbuWF9KNKEijAy9oeHxU9IgzjvJhHkUzhaj7rOUD7+YGWqUjLp5oSA==
 
 handlebars@^4.0.1, handlebars@^4.7.6:
-  version "4.7.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/handlebars/-/handlebars-4.7.6.tgz#d4c05c1baf90e9945f77aa68a7a219aa4a7df74e"
-  integrity sha512-1f2BACcBfiwAfStCKZNrUCgqNZkGsAT7UM3kkYtXuLo0KnaVfjKOyf7PRzB6++aK9STyT1Pd2ZCPe3EGOXleXA==
+  version "4.7.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/handlebars/-/handlebars-4.7.7.tgz#9ce33416aad02dbd6c8fafa8240d5d98004945a1"
+  integrity sha512-aAcXm5OAfE/8IXkcZvCepKU3VzW1/39Fb5ZuqMtgI/hT8X2YgoMvBY5dLhq/cpOvw7Lk1nK/UF71aLG/ZnVYRA==
   dependencies:
     minimist "^1.2.5"
     neo-async "^2.6.0"
@@ -5647,9 +5647,9 @@ sshpk@^1.7.0:
     tweetnacl "~0.14.0"
 
 ssri@^6.0.0, ssri@^6.0.1:
-  version "6.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ssri/-/ssri-6.0.1.tgz#2a3c41b28dd45b62b63676ecb74001265ae9edd8"
-  integrity sha512-3Wge10hNcT1Kur4PDFwEieXSCMCJs/7WvSACcrMYrNp+b8kDL1/0wJch5Ni2WrtwEa2IO8OsVfeKIciKCDx/QA==
+  version "6.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ssri/-/ssri-6.0.2.tgz#157939134f20464e7301ddba3e90ffa8f7728ac5"
+  integrity sha512-cepbSq/neFK7xB6A50KHN0xHDotYzq58wWCa5LeWqnPrHG8GzfEjO/4O8kpmcGW+oaxkvhEJCWgbgNk4/ZV93Q==
   dependencies:
     figgy-pudding "^3.5.1"
 
@@ -5868,9 +5868,9 @@ table@^5.2.3:
     string-width "^3.0.0"
 
 tar@^4.4.10, tar@^4.4.12, tar@^4.4.8:
-  version "4.4.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-4.4.13.tgz#43b364bc52888d555298637b10d60790254ab525"
-  integrity sha512-w2VwSrBoHa5BsSyH+KxEqeQBAllHhccyMFVHtGtdMpF4W7IRWfZjFiQceJPChOeTsSDVUpER2T8FA93pr0L+QA==
+  version "4.4.15"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-4.4.15.tgz#3caced4f39ebd46ddda4d6203d48493a919697f8"
+  integrity sha512-ItbufpujXkry7bHH9NpQyTXPbJ72iTlXgkBAYsAjDXk3Ds8t/3NfO5P4xZGy7u+sYuQUbimgzswX4uQIEeNVOA==
   dependencies:
     chownr "^1.1.1"
     fs-minipass "^1.2.5"
@@ -6125,9 +6125,9 @@ typescript@^4.0.3:
   integrity sha512-tEu6DGxGgRJPb/mVPIZ48e69xCn2yRmCgYmDugAVwmJ6o+0u1RI18eO7E7WBTLYLaEVVOhwQmcdhQHweux/WPg==
 
 uglify-js@^3.1.4:
-  version "3.11.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.11.1.tgz#32d274fea8aac333293044afd7f81409d5040d38"
-  integrity sha512-OApPSuJcxcnewwjSGGfWOjx3oix5XpmrK9Z2j0fTRlHGoZ49IU6kExfZTM0++fCArOOCet+vIfWwFHbvWqwp6g==
+  version "3.13.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.13.5.tgz#5d71d6dbba64cf441f32929b1efce7365bb4f113"
+  integrity sha512-xtB8yEqIkn7zmOyS2zUNBsYCBRhDkvlNxMMY2smuJ/qA8NCHeQvKCF3i9Z4k8FJH4+PJvZRtMrPynfZ75+CSZw==
 
 uid-number@0.0.6:
   version "0.0.6"
@@ -6388,9 +6388,9 @@ xtend@^4.0.0, xtend@~4.0.1:
   integrity sha512-LKYU1iAXJXUgAXn9URjiu+MWhyUXHsvfp7mcuYm9dSUKK0/CjtrUwFAxD82/mCWbtLsGjFIad0wIsod4zrTAEQ==
 
 y18n@^4.0.0:
-  version "4.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/y18n/-/y18n-4.0.0.tgz#95ef94f85ecc81d007c264e190a120f0a3c8566b"
-  integrity sha512-r9S/ZyXu/Xu9q1tYlpsLIsa3EeLXXk0VwlxqTcFRfg9EhMW+17kbt9G0NrgCmhGb5vT2hyhJZLfDGx+7+5Uj/w==
+  version "4.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/y18n/-/y18n-4.0.1.tgz#8db2b83c31c5d75099bb890b23f3094891e247d4"
+  integrity sha512-wNcy4NvjMYL8gogWWYAO7ZFWFfHcbdbE57tZO8e4cbpj8tfUcwrwqSl3ad8HxpYWCdXcJUCeKKZS62Av1affwQ==
 
 yallist@^3.0.0, yallist@^3.0.2, yallist@^3.0.3:
   version "3.1.1"