diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
index e14d791b07..ed2ad9e441 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql/version.py
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ Extracts the version of the PostgreSQL server.
 
 import re
 
-VERSION_RE = re.compile(r'PostgreSQL (\d+)\.(\d+)\.')
+# This reg-exp is intentionally fairly flexible here. Require only the major
+# and minor version numbers, but need to be able to handle standard stuff like:
+#   PostgreSQL 8.3.6
+#   EnterpriseDB 8.3
+#   PostgreSQL 8.3 beta4
+VERSION_RE = re.compile(r'\S+ (\d+)\.(\d+)')
 
 def get_version(cursor):
     """