diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out b/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out
index c915885504d..0912d6cd5e4 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out
@@ -174,6 +174,18 @@ WARNING:  extension "bar" is not installed
 ALTER SERVER testserver1 OPTIONS (DROP extensions);
 ALTER USER MAPPING FOR public SERVER testserver1
 	OPTIONS (DROP user, DROP password);
+-- Attempt to add a valid option that's not allowed in a user mapping
+ALTER USER MAPPING FOR public SERVER testserver1
+	OPTIONS (ADD sslmode 'require');
+ERROR:  invalid option "sslmode"
+HINT:  Valid options in this context are: user, password, sslpassword, password_required, sslcert, sslkey
+-- But we can add valid ones fine
+ALTER USER MAPPING FOR public SERVER testserver1
+	OPTIONS (ADD sslpassword 'dummy');
+-- Ensure valid options we haven't used in a user mapping yet are
+-- permitted to check validation.
+ALTER USER MAPPING FOR public SERVER testserver1
+	OPTIONS (ADD sslkey 'value', ADD sslcert 'value');
 ALTER FOREIGN TABLE ft1 OPTIONS (schema_name 'S 1', table_name 'T 1');
 ALTER FOREIGN TABLE ft2 OPTIONS (schema_name 'S 1', table_name 'T 1');
 ALTER FOREIGN TABLE ft1 ALTER COLUMN c1 OPTIONS (column_name 'C 1');
diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/option.c b/contrib/postgres_fdw/option.c
index df6d89a658f..4a26056db08 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/option.c
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/option.c
@@ -194,6 +194,15 @@ InitPgFdwOptions(void)
 		{"fetch_size", ForeignServerRelationId, false},
 		{"fetch_size", ForeignTableRelationId, false},
 		{"password_required", UserMappingRelationId, false},
+		/*
+		 * sslcert and sslkey are in fact libpq options, but we repeat them
+		 * here to allow them to appear in both foreign server context
+		 * (when we generate libpq options) and user mapping context
+		 * (from here).
+		 */
+		{"sslcert", UserMappingRelationId, true},
+		{"sslkey", UserMappingRelationId, true},
+
 		{NULL, InvalidOid, false}
 	};
 
diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql b/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql
index 4f29e7cb44f..f2a4089e9d3 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql
@@ -188,6 +188,19 @@ ALTER SERVER testserver1 OPTIONS (DROP extensions);
 ALTER USER MAPPING FOR public SERVER testserver1
 	OPTIONS (DROP user, DROP password);
 
+-- Attempt to add a valid option that's not allowed in a user mapping
+ALTER USER MAPPING FOR public SERVER testserver1
+	OPTIONS (ADD sslmode 'require');
+
+-- But we can add valid ones fine
+ALTER USER MAPPING FOR public SERVER testserver1
+	OPTIONS (ADD sslpassword 'dummy');
+
+-- Ensure valid options we haven't used in a user mapping yet are
+-- permitted to check validation.
+ALTER USER MAPPING FOR public SERVER testserver1
+	OPTIONS (ADD sslkey 'value', ADD sslcert 'value');
+
 ALTER FOREIGN TABLE ft1 OPTIONS (schema_name 'S 1', table_name 'T 1');
 ALTER FOREIGN TABLE ft2 OPTIONS (schema_name 'S 1', table_name 'T 1');
 ALTER FOREIGN TABLE ft1 ALTER COLUMN c1 OPTIONS (column_name 'C 1');
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
index 4986b7f5b5d..812e62cb363 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/postgres-fdw.sgml
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@
     A foreign server using the <filename>postgres_fdw</filename> foreign data wrapper
     can have the same options that <application>libpq</application> accepts in
     connection strings, as described in <xref linkend="libpq-paramkeywords"/>,
-    except that these options are not allowed:
+    except that these options are not allowed or have special handling:
 
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
       <para>
        <literal>user</literal>, <literal>password</literal> and <literal>sslpassword</literal> (specify these
-       in a user mapping, instead)
+       in a user mapping, instead, or use a service file)
       </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@
        <literal>postgres_fdw</literal>)
       </para>
      </listitem>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       <literal>sslkey</literal> and <literal>sslpassword</literal> - these may
+       appear in <emphasis>either or both</emphasis> a connection and a user
+       mapping. If both are present, the user mapping setting overrides the
+       connection setting.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
    </para>