diff --git a/Neos.CliSetup/Classes/Command/SetupCommandController.php b/Neos.CliSetup/Classes/Command/SetupCommandController.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/Neos.CliSetup/Classes/Command/SetupCommandController.php
+++ b/Neos.CliSetup/Classes/Command/SetupCommandController.php
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ class SetupCommandController extends CommandController
             'password' => $password
         ];
 
+        // postgres does not know utf8mb4
+        if ($driver == 'pdo_pgsql') {
+            $persistenceConfiguration['charset'] = 'utf8';
+            $persistenceConfiguration['defaultTableOptions']['charset'] = 'utf8';
+        }
+
         $this->outputLine();
 
         try {
TASK: Add separate charset config for postgres as the included defaults in Flow only match mySql/mariaDB