By default, recovery will recover to the end of the WAL log. The
       following parameters can be used to specify an earlier stopping point.
       At most one of <varname>recovery_target</>,
-      <varname>recovery_target_name</>, <varname>recovery_target_time</>, or
-      <varname>recovery_target_xid</> can be used; if more than one of these
-      is specified in the configuration file, the last entry will be used.
+      <varname>recovery_target_lsn</>, <varname>recovery_target_name</>,
+      <varname>recovery_target_time</>, or <varname>recovery_target_xid</>
+      can be used; if more than one of these is specified in the configuration
+      file, the last entry will be used.
      </para>
 
      <variablelist>
        </para>
       </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry id="recovery-target-lsn" xreflabel="recovery_target_lsn">
+      <term><varname>recovery_target_lsn</varname> (<type>pg_lsn</type>)
+      <indexterm>
+        <primary><varname>recovery_target_lsn</> recovery parameter</primary>
+      </indexterm>
+      </term>
+      <listitem>
+       <para>
+        This parameter specifies the LSN of the transaction log location up
+        to which recovery will proceed. The precise stopping point is also
+        influenced by <xref linkend="recovery-target-inclusive">. This
+        parameter is parsed using the system data type
+        <link linkend="datatype-pg-lsn"><type>pg_lsn</></link>.
+       </para>
+      </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
      </variablelist>
 
      <para>
 
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/guc.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
+#include "utils/pg_lsn.h"
 #include "utils/ps_status.h"
 #include "utils/relmapper.h"
 #include "utils/snapmgr.h"
 static TransactionId recoveryTargetXid;
 static TimestampTz recoveryTargetTime;
 static char *recoveryTargetName;
+static XLogRecPtr recoveryTargetLSN;
 static int     recovery_min_apply_delay = 0;
 static TimestampTz recoveryDelayUntilTime;
 
  */
 static TransactionId recoveryStopXid;
 static TimestampTz recoveryStopTime;
+static XLogRecPtr recoveryStopLSN;
 static char recoveryStopName[MAXFNAMELEN];
 static bool recoveryStopAfter;
 
                                        (errmsg_internal("recovery_target_name = '%s'",
                                                                         recoveryTargetName)));
                }
+               else if (strcmp(item->name, "recovery_target_lsn") == 0)
+               {
+                       recoveryTarget = RECOVERY_TARGET_LSN;
+
+                       /*
+                        * Convert the LSN string given by the user to XLogRecPtr form.
+                        */
+                       recoveryTargetLSN =
+                               DatumGetLSN(DirectFunctionCall3(pg_lsn_in,
+                                                                                               CStringGetDatum(item->value),
+                                                                                               ObjectIdGetDatum(InvalidOid),
+                                                                                                               Int32GetDatum(-1)));
+                       ereport(DEBUG2,
+                                       (errmsg_internal("recovery_target_lsn = '%X/%X'",
+                                                                        (uint32) (recoveryTargetLSN >> 32),
+                                                                        (uint32) recoveryTargetLSN)));
+               }
                else if (strcmp(item->name, "recovery_target") == 0)
                {
                        if (strcmp(item->value, "immediate") == 0)
 
                recoveryStopAfter = false;
                recoveryStopXid = InvalidTransactionId;
+               recoveryStopLSN = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
+               recoveryStopTime = 0;
+               recoveryStopName[0] = '\0';
+               return true;
+       }
+
+       /* Check if target LSN has been reached */
+       if (recoveryTarget == RECOVERY_TARGET_LSN &&
+               !recoveryTargetInclusive &&
+               record->ReadRecPtr >= recoveryTargetLSN)
+       {
+               recoveryStopAfter = false;
+               recoveryStopXid = InvalidTransactionId;
+               recoveryStopLSN = record->ReadRecPtr;
                recoveryStopTime = 0;
                recoveryStopName[0] = '\0';
+               ereport(LOG,
+                               (errmsg("recovery stopping before WAL position (LSN) \"%X/%X\"",
+                                               (uint32) (recoveryStopLSN >> 32),
+                                               (uint32) recoveryStopLSN)));
                return true;
        }
 
                recoveryStopAfter = false;
                recoveryStopXid = recordXid;
                recoveryStopTime = recordXtime;
+               recoveryStopLSN = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
                recoveryStopName[0] = '\0';
 
                if (isCommit)
                {
                        recoveryStopAfter = true;
                        recoveryStopXid = InvalidTransactionId;
+                       recoveryStopLSN = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
                        (void) getRecordTimestamp(record, &recoveryStopTime);
                        strlcpy(recoveryStopName, recordRestorePointData->rp_name, MAXFNAMELEN);
 
                }
        }
 
+       /* Check if the target LSN has been reached */
+       if (recoveryTarget == RECOVERY_TARGET_LSN &&
+               recoveryTargetInclusive &&
+               record->ReadRecPtr >= recoveryTargetLSN)
+       {
+               recoveryStopAfter = true;
+               recoveryStopXid = InvalidTransactionId;
+               recoveryStopLSN = record->ReadRecPtr;
+               recoveryStopTime = 0;
+               recoveryStopName[0] = '\0';
+               ereport(LOG,
+                               (errmsg("recovery stopping after WAL position (LSN) \"%X/%X\"",
+                                               (uint32) (recoveryStopLSN >> 32),
+                                               (uint32) recoveryStopLSN)));
+               return true;
+       }
+
        if (rmid != RM_XACT_ID)
                return false;
 
                        recoveryStopAfter = true;
                        recoveryStopXid = recordXid;
                        recoveryStopTime = recordXtime;
+                       recoveryStopLSN = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
                        recoveryStopName[0] = '\0';
 
                        if (xact_info == XLOG_XACT_COMMIT ||
                recoveryStopAfter = true;
                recoveryStopXid = InvalidTransactionId;
                recoveryStopTime = 0;
+               recoveryStopLSN = InvalidXLogRecPtr;
                recoveryStopName[0] = '\0';
                return true;
        }
                        ereport(LOG,
                                        (errmsg("starting point-in-time recovery to \"%s\"",
                                                        recoveryTargetName)));
+               else if (recoveryTarget == RECOVERY_TARGET_LSN)
+                       ereport(LOG,
+                                       (errmsg("starting point-in-time recovery to WAL position (LSN) \"%X/%X\"",
+                                                       (uint32) (recoveryTargetLSN >> 32),
+                                                       (uint32) recoveryTargetLSN)));
                else if (recoveryTarget == RECOVERY_TARGET_IMMEDIATE)
                        ereport(LOG,
                                        (errmsg("starting point-in-time recovery to earliest consistent point")));
                                         "%s %s\n",
                                         recoveryStopAfter ? "after" : "before",
                                         timestamptz_to_str(recoveryStopTime));
+               else if (recoveryTarget == RECOVERY_TARGET_LSN)
+                       snprintf(reason, sizeof(reason),
+                                        "%s LSN %X/%X\n",
+                                        recoveryStopAfter ? "after" : "before",
+                                        (uint32 ) (recoveryStopLSN >> 32),
+                                        (uint32) recoveryStopLSN);
                else if (recoveryTarget == RECOVERY_TARGET_NAME)
                        snprintf(reason, sizeof(reason),
                                         "at restore point \"%s\"",
 
 use warnings;
 use PostgresNode;
 use TestLib;
-use Test::More tests => 7;
+use Test::More tests => 9;
 
 # Create and test a standby from given backup, with a certain
 # recovery target.
 $node_master->safe_psql('postgres',
        "SELECT pg_create_restore_point('$recovery_name');");
 
+# And now for a recovery target LSN
+$node_master->safe_psql('postgres',
+       "INSERT INTO tab_int VALUES (generate_series(4001,5000))");
+my $recovery_lsn = $node_master->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT pg_current_xlog_location()");
+my $lsn5 =
+  $node_master->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT pg_current_xlog_location();");
+
+$node_master->safe_psql('postgres',
+       "INSERT INTO tab_int VALUES (generate_series(5001,6000))");
+
 # Force archiving of WAL file
 $node_master->safe_psql('postgres', "SELECT pg_switch_xlog()");
 
 @recovery_params = ("recovery_target_name = '$recovery_name'");
 test_recovery_standby('name', 'standby_4', $node_master, \@recovery_params,
        "4000", $lsn4);
+@recovery_params = ("recovery_target_lsn = '$recovery_lsn'");
+test_recovery_standby('LSN', 'standby_5', $node_master, \@recovery_params,
+       "5000", $lsn5);
 
 # Multiple targets
 # Last entry has priority (note that an array respects the order of items
        "recovery_target_xid  = '$recovery_txid'",
        "recovery_target_time = '$recovery_time'");
 test_recovery_standby('name + XID + time',
-       'standby_5', $node_master, \@recovery_params, "3000", $lsn3);
+       'standby_6', $node_master, \@recovery_params, "3000", $lsn3);
 @recovery_params = (
        "recovery_target_time = '$recovery_time'",
        "recovery_target_name = '$recovery_name'",
        "recovery_target_xid  = '$recovery_txid'");
 test_recovery_standby('time + name + XID',
-       'standby_6', $node_master, \@recovery_params, "2000", $lsn2);
+       'standby_7', $node_master, \@recovery_params, "2000", $lsn2);
 @recovery_params = (
        "recovery_target_xid  = '$recovery_txid'",
        "recovery_target_time = '$recovery_time'",
        "recovery_target_name = '$recovery_name'");
 test_recovery_standby('XID + time + name',
-       'standby_7', $node_master, \@recovery_params, "4000", $lsn4);
+       'standby_8', $node_master, \@recovery_params, "4000", $lsn4);
+@recovery_params = (
+       "recovery_target_xid  = '$recovery_txid'",
+       "recovery_target_time = '$recovery_time'",
+       "recovery_target_name = '$recovery_name'",
+       "recovery_target_lsn = '$recovery_lsn'",);
+test_recovery_standby('XID + time + name + LSN',
+       'standby_9', $node_master, \@recovery_params, "5000", $lsn5);