diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@
 requests
 sentry-sdk
 typing-extensions
+psycopg2
diff --git a/swh/web/config.py b/swh/web/config.py
--- a/swh/web/config.py
+++ b/swh/web/config.py
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     "scheduler": ("dict", {"cls": "remote", "url": "http://127.0.0.1:5008/"}),
     "development_db": ("string", os.path.join(SETTINGS_DIR, "db.sqlite3")),
     "test_db": ("string", os.path.join(SETTINGS_DIR, "testdb.sqlite3")),
-    "production_db": ("string", "/var/lib/swh/web.sqlite3"),
+    "production_db": ("dict", {"name": "swh-web"}),
     "deposit": (
         "dict",
         {
diff --git a/swh/web/settings/common.py b/swh/web/settings/common.py
--- a/swh/web/settings/common.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/common.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2020  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2021  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
         "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": swh_web_config["development_db"],
+        "NAME": swh_web_config.get("development_db", ""),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/swh/web/settings/production.py b/swh/web/settings/production.py
--- a/swh/web/settings/production.py
+++ b/swh/web/settings/production.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019  The Software Heritage developers
+# Copyright (C) 2017-2021  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
@@ -31,10 +31,17 @@
 # We're going through seven (or, in that case, 2) proxies thanks to Varnish
 REST_FRAMEWORK["NUM_PROXIES"] = 2
 
+db_conf = swh_web_config["production_db"]
+
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/settings/#databases
 DATABASES = {
     "default": {
-        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.sqlite3",
-        "NAME": swh_web_config["production_db"],
+        "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql",
+        "NAME": db_conf.get("name"),
+        "HOST": db_conf.get("host"),
+        "PORT": db_conf.get("port"),
+        "USER": db_conf.get("user"),
+        "PASSWORD": db_conf.get("password"),
     }
 }