diff --git a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
index b647a81fc86..a400ba0e40c 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/subscriptioncmds.c
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ CreateSubscription(ParseState *pstate, CreateSubscriptionStmt *stmt,
 
 		/* Try to connect to the publisher. */
 		must_use_password = !superuser_arg(owner) && opts.passwordrequired;
-		wrconn = walrcv_connect(conninfo, true, must_use_password,
+		wrconn = walrcv_connect(conninfo, true, true, must_use_password,
 								stmt->subname, &err);
 		if (!wrconn)
 			ereport(ERROR,
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ AlterSubscription_refresh(Subscription *sub, bool copy_data,
 
 	/* Try to connect to the publisher. */
 	must_use_password = sub->passwordrequired && !sub->ownersuperuser;
-	wrconn = walrcv_connect(sub->conninfo, true, must_use_password,
+	wrconn = walrcv_connect(sub->conninfo, true, true, must_use_password,
 							sub->name, &err);
 	if (!wrconn)
 		ereport(ERROR,
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ AlterSubscription(ParseState *pstate, AlterSubscriptionStmt *stmt,
 
 		/* Try to connect to the publisher. */
 		must_use_password = sub->passwordrequired && !sub->ownersuperuser;
-		wrconn = walrcv_connect(sub->conninfo, true, must_use_password,
+		wrconn = walrcv_connect(sub->conninfo, true, true, must_use_password,
 								sub->name, &err);
 		if (!wrconn)
 			ereport(ERROR,
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ DropSubscription(DropSubscriptionStmt *stmt, bool isTopLevel)
 	 */
 	load_file("libpqwalreceiver", false);
 
-	wrconn = walrcv_connect(conninfo, true, must_use_password,
+	wrconn = walrcv_connect(conninfo, true, true, must_use_password,
 							subname, &err);
 	if (wrconn == NULL)
 	{
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c b/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c
index 2439733b55b..9270d7b855b 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/libpqwalreceiver/libpqwalreceiver.c
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ struct WalReceiverConn
 
 /* Prototypes for interface functions */
 static WalReceiverConn *libpqrcv_connect(const char *conninfo,
-										 bool logical, bool must_use_password,
+										 bool replication, bool logical,
+										 bool must_use_password,
 										 const char *appname, char **err);
 static void libpqrcv_check_conninfo(const char *conninfo,
 									bool must_use_password);
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ static void libpqrcv_get_senderinfo(WalReceiverConn *conn,
 									char **sender_host, int *sender_port);
 static char *libpqrcv_identify_system(WalReceiverConn *conn,
 									  TimeLineID *primary_tli);
+static char *libpqrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo(const char *conninfo);
 static int	libpqrcv_server_version(WalReceiverConn *conn);
 static void libpqrcv_readtimelinehistoryfile(WalReceiverConn *conn,
 											 TimeLineID tli, char **filename,
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ static WalReceiverFunctionsType PQWalReceiverFunctions = {
 	.walrcv_send = libpqrcv_send,
 	.walrcv_create_slot = libpqrcv_create_slot,
 	.walrcv_alter_slot = libpqrcv_alter_slot,
+	.walrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo = libpqrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo,
 	.walrcv_get_backend_pid = libpqrcv_get_backend_pid,
 	.walrcv_exec = libpqrcv_exec,
 	.walrcv_disconnect = libpqrcv_disconnect
@@ -121,7 +124,11 @@ _PG_init(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Establish the connection to the primary server for XLOG streaming
+ * Establish the connection to the primary server.
+ *
+ * This function can be used for both replication and regular connections.
+ * If it is a replication connection, it could be either logical or physical
+ * based on input argument 'logical'.
  *
  * If an error occurs, this function will normally return NULL and set *err
  * to a palloc'ed error message. However, if must_use_password is true and
@@ -132,8 +139,8 @@ _PG_init(void)
  * case.
  */
 static WalReceiverConn *
-libpqrcv_connect(const char *conninfo, bool logical, bool must_use_password,
-				 const char *appname, char **err)
+libpqrcv_connect(const char *conninfo, bool replication, bool logical,
+				 bool must_use_password, const char *appname, char **err)
 {
 	WalReceiverConn *conn;
 	PostgresPollingStatusType status;
@@ -156,36 +163,46 @@ libpqrcv_connect(const char *conninfo, bool logical, bool must_use_password,
 	 */
 	keys[i] = "dbname";
 	vals[i] = conninfo;
-	keys[++i] = "replication";
-	vals[i] = logical ? "database" : "true";
-	if (!logical)
+
+	/* We can not have logical without replication */
+	Assert(replication || !logical);
+
+	if (replication)
 	{
-		/*
-		 * The database name is ignored by the server in replication mode, but
-		 * specify "replication" for .pgpass lookup.
-		 */
-		keys[++i] = "dbname";
-		vals[i] = "replication";
+		keys[++i] = "replication";
+		vals[i] = logical ? "database" : "true";
+
+		if (logical)
+		{
+			/* Tell the publisher to translate to our encoding */
+			keys[++i] = "client_encoding";
+			vals[i] = GetDatabaseEncodingName();
+
+			/*
+			 * Force assorted GUC parameters to settings that ensure that the
+			 * publisher will output data values in a form that is unambiguous
+			 * to the subscriber.  (We don't want to modify the subscriber's
+			 * GUC settings, since that might surprise user-defined code
+			 * running in the subscriber, such as triggers.)  This should
+			 * match what pg_dump does.
+			 */
+			keys[++i] = "options";
+			vals[i] = "-c datestyle=ISO -c intervalstyle=postgres -c extra_float_digits=3";
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/*
+			 * The database name is ignored by the server in replication mode,
+			 * but specify "replication" for .pgpass lookup.
+			 */
+			keys[++i] = "dbname";
+			vals[i] = "replication";
+		}
 	}
+
 	keys[++i] = "fallback_application_name";
 	vals[i] = appname;
-	if (logical)
-	{
-		/* Tell the publisher to translate to our encoding */
-		keys[++i] = "client_encoding";
-		vals[i] = GetDatabaseEncodingName();
 
-		/*
-		 * Force assorted GUC parameters to settings that ensure that the
-		 * publisher will output data values in a form that is unambiguous to
-		 * the subscriber.  (We don't want to modify the subscriber's GUC
-		 * settings, since that might surprise user-defined code running in
-		 * the subscriber, such as triggers.)  This should match what pg_dump
-		 * does.
-		 */
-		keys[++i] = "options";
-		vals[i] = "-c datestyle=ISO -c intervalstyle=postgres -c extra_float_digits=3";
-	}
 	keys[++i] = NULL;
 	vals[i] = NULL;
 
@@ -471,6 +488,50 @@ libpqrcv_server_version(WalReceiverConn *conn)
 	return PQserverVersion(conn->streamConn);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Get database name from the primary server's conninfo.
+ *
+ * If dbname is not found in connInfo, return NULL value.
+ */
+static char *
+libpqrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo(const char *connInfo)
+{
+	PQconninfoOption *opts;
+	char	   *dbname = NULL;
+	char	   *err = NULL;
+
+	opts = PQconninfoParse(connInfo, &err);
+	if (opts == NULL)
+	{
+		/* The error string is malloc'd, so we must free it explicitly */
+		char	   *errcopy = err ? pstrdup(err) : "out of memory";
+
+		PQfreemem(err);
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR),
+				 errmsg("invalid connection string syntax: %s", errcopy)));
+	}
+
+	for (PQconninfoOption *opt = opts; opt->keyword != NULL; ++opt)
+	{
+		/*
+		 * If multiple dbnames are specified, then the last one will be
+		 * returned
+		 */
+		if (strcmp(opt->keyword, "dbname") == 0 && opt->val &&
+			*opt->val)
+		{
+			if (dbname)
+				pfree(dbname);
+
+			dbname = pstrdup(opt->val);
+		}
+	}
+
+	PQconninfoFree(opts);
+	return dbname;
+}
+
 /*
  * Start streaming WAL data from given streaming options.
  *
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/tablesync.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/tablesync.c
index 5acab3f3e23..ee066290881 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/tablesync.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/tablesync.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ LogicalRepSyncTableStart(XLogRecPtr *origin_startpos)
 	 * so that synchronous replication can distinguish them.
 	 */
 	LogRepWorkerWalRcvConn =
-		walrcv_connect(MySubscription->conninfo, true,
+		walrcv_connect(MySubscription->conninfo, true, true,
 					   must_use_password,
 					   slotname, &err);
 	if (LogRepWorkerWalRcvConn == NULL)
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c
index 32ff4c03364..9dd2446fbfd 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/worker.c
@@ -4519,7 +4519,7 @@ run_apply_worker()
 		!MySubscription->ownersuperuser;
 
 	LogRepWorkerWalRcvConn = walrcv_connect(MySubscription->conninfo, true,
-											must_use_password,
+											true, must_use_password,
 											MySubscription->name, &err);
 
 	if (LogRepWorkerWalRcvConn == NULL)
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c b/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
index e29a6196a3e..b80447d15f1 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walreceiver.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ WalReceiverMain(void)
 	sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &UnBlockSig, NULL);
 
 	/* Establish the connection to the primary for XLOG streaming */
-	wrconn = walrcv_connect(conninfo, false, false,
+	wrconn = walrcv_connect(conninfo, true, false, false,
 							cluster_name[0] ? cluster_name : "walreceiver",
 							&err);
 	if (!wrconn)
diff --git a/src/include/replication/walreceiver.h b/src/include/replication/walreceiver.h
index f566a99ba16..b906bb5ce83 100644
--- a/src/include/replication/walreceiver.h
+++ b/src/include/replication/walreceiver.h
@@ -228,8 +228,10 @@ typedef struct WalRcvExecResult
 /*
  * walrcv_connect_fn
  *
- * Establish connection to a cluster.  'logical' is true if the
- * connection is logical, and false if the connection is physical.
+ * Establish connection to a cluster.  'replication' is true if the
+ * connection is a replication connection, and false if it is a
+ * regular connection.  If it is a replication connection, it could
+ * be either logical or physical based on input argument 'logical'.
  * 'appname' is a name associated to the connection, to use for example
  * with fallback_application_name or application_name.  Returns the
  * details about the connection established, as defined by
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ typedef struct WalRcvExecResult
  * returned with 'err' including the error generated.
  */
 typedef WalReceiverConn *(*walrcv_connect_fn) (const char *conninfo,
+											   bool replication,
 											   bool logical,
 											   bool must_use_password,
 											   const char *appname,
@@ -279,6 +282,13 @@ typedef void (*walrcv_get_senderinfo_fn) (WalReceiverConn *conn,
 typedef char *(*walrcv_identify_system_fn) (WalReceiverConn *conn,
 											TimeLineID *primary_tli);
 
+/*
+ * walrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo_fn
+ *
+ * Returns the database name from the primary_conninfo
+ */
+typedef char *(*walrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo_fn) (const char *conninfo);
+
 /*
  * walrcv_server_version_fn
  *
@@ -403,6 +413,7 @@ typedef struct WalReceiverFunctionsType
 	walrcv_get_conninfo_fn walrcv_get_conninfo;
 	walrcv_get_senderinfo_fn walrcv_get_senderinfo;
 	walrcv_identify_system_fn walrcv_identify_system;
+	walrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo_fn walrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo;
 	walrcv_server_version_fn walrcv_server_version;
 	walrcv_readtimelinehistoryfile_fn walrcv_readtimelinehistoryfile;
 	walrcv_startstreaming_fn walrcv_startstreaming;
@@ -418,8 +429,8 @@ typedef struct WalReceiverFunctionsType
 
 extern PGDLLIMPORT WalReceiverFunctionsType *WalReceiverFunctions;
 
-#define walrcv_connect(conninfo, logical, must_use_password, appname, err) \
-	WalReceiverFunctions->walrcv_connect(conninfo, logical, must_use_password, appname, err)
+#define walrcv_connect(conninfo, replication, logical, must_use_password, appname, err) \
+	WalReceiverFunctions->walrcv_connect(conninfo, replication, logical, must_use_password, appname, err)
 #define walrcv_check_conninfo(conninfo, must_use_password) \
 	WalReceiverFunctions->walrcv_check_conninfo(conninfo, must_use_password)
 #define walrcv_get_conninfo(conn) \
@@ -428,6 +439,8 @@ extern PGDLLIMPORT WalReceiverFunctionsType *WalReceiverFunctions;
 	WalReceiverFunctions->walrcv_get_senderinfo(conn, sender_host, sender_port)
 #define walrcv_identify_system(conn, primary_tli) \
 	WalReceiverFunctions->walrcv_identify_system(conn, primary_tli)
+#define walrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo(conninfo) \
+	WalReceiverFunctions->walrcv_get_dbname_from_conninfo(conninfo)
 #define walrcv_server_version(conn) \
 	WalReceiverFunctions->walrcv_server_version(conn)
 #define walrcv_readtimelinehistoryfile(conn, tli, filename, content, size) \