diff --git a/sqlx-postgres/src/listener.rs b/sqlx-postgres/src/listener.rs
index fa677f43..2c6ce758 100644
--- a/sqlx-postgres/src/listener.rs
+++ b/sqlx-postgres/src/listener.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ use std::str::from_utf8;
 use futures_channel::mpsc;
 use futures_core::future::BoxFuture;
 use futures_core::stream::{BoxStream, Stream};
-use futures_util::{FutureExt, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use futures_util::{FutureExt, StreamExt, TryFutureExt, TryStreamExt};
+use sqlx_core::acquire::Acquire;
+use sqlx_core::transaction::Transaction;
 use sqlx_core::Either;
 
 use crate::describe::Describe;
@@ -328,6 +330,19 @@ impl Drop for PgListener {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'c> Acquire<'c> for &'c mut PgListener {
+    type Database = Postgres;
+    type Connection = &'c mut PgConnection;
+
+    fn acquire(self) -> BoxFuture<'c, Result<Self::Connection, Error>> {
+        self.connection().boxed()
+    }
+
+    fn begin(self) -> BoxFuture<'c, Result<Transaction<'c, Self::Database>, Error>> {
+        self.connection().and_then(|c| c.begin()).boxed()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'c> Executor<'c> for &'c mut PgListener {
     type Database = Postgres;
 
diff --git a/tests/postgres/postgres.rs b/tests/postgres/postgres.rs
index 7edb5a7a..e6c397d9 100644
--- a/tests/postgres/postgres.rs
+++ b/tests/postgres/postgres.rs
@@ -1074,6 +1074,45 @@ async fn test_pg_listener_allows_pool_to_close() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[sqlx_macros::test]
+async fn test_pg_listener_implements_acquire() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    use sqlx::Acquire;
+
+    let pool = pool::<Postgres>().await?;
+
+    let mut listener = PgListener::connect_with(&pool).await?;
+    listener
+        .listen("test_pg_listener_implements_acquire")
+        .await?;
+
+    // Start a transaction on the underlying connection
+    let mut txn = listener.begin().await?;
+
+    // This will reuse the same connection, so this connection should be listening to the channel
+    let channels: Vec<String> = sqlx::query_scalar("SELECT pg_listening_channels()")
+        .fetch_all(&mut *txn)
+        .await?;
+
+    assert_eq!(channels, vec!["test_pg_listener_implements_acquire"]);
+
+    // Send a notification
+    sqlx::query("NOTIFY test_pg_listener_implements_acquire, 'hello'")
+        .execute(&mut *txn)
+        .await?;
+
+    txn.commit().await?;
+
+    // And now we can receive the notification we sent in the transaction
+    let notification = listener.recv().await?;
+    assert_eq!(
+        notification.channel(),
+        "test_pg_listener_implements_acquire"
+    );
+    assert_eq!(notification.payload(), "hello");
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[sqlx_macros::test]
 async fn it_supports_domain_types_in_composite_domain_types() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     // Only supported in Postgres 11+