diff --git a/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql.conf b/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql.conf
index e8c058b99a..5f9314c62e 100644
--- a/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql.conf
+++ b/roles/postgresql_server/templates/postgresql.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+{% if ansible_hostname.startswith("db-fas01") %}
+# This enabled pg-8 compatibility for bytea fields
+# Fixes errors with sqlalchemy with binary data when app is on RHEL6 and server is PG9
+# Reference: https://bitbucket.org/zzzeek/sqlalchemy/issue/2016/pickletype-does-not-work-with-postgresql
+bytea_output = 'escape'
+{% endif %}
+
 # -----------------------------     
 # PostgreSQL configuration file     
 # -----------------------------