diff --git a/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/target_tcp_connect_postgres_test.go b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/target_tcp_connect_postgres_test.go
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+++ b/testing/internal/e2e/tests/base_plus/target_tcp_connect_postgres_test.go
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+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+package base_plus_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/creack/pty"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/internal/target"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/testing/internal/e2e"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/boundary/testing/internal/e2e/boundary"
+)
+
+// TestCliTcpTargetConnectPostgres uses the boundary cli to connect to a
+// target using `connect postgres`
+func TestCliTcpTargetConnectPostgres(t *testing.T) {
+	e2e.MaybeSkipTest(t)
+	c, err := loadTestConfig()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	boundary.AuthenticateAdminCli(t, ctx)
+	orgId, err := boundary.CreateOrgCli(t, ctx)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		ctx := context.Background()
+		boundary.AuthenticateAdminCli(t, ctx)
+		output := e2e.RunCommand(ctx, "boundary", e2e.WithArgs("scopes", "delete", "-id", orgId))
+		require.NoError(t, output.Err, string(output.Stderr))
+	})
+	projectId, err := boundary.CreateProjectCli(t, ctx, orgId)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	targetId, err := boundary.CreateTargetCli(
+		t,
+		ctx,
+		projectId,
+		c.TargetPort,
+		target.WithAddress(c.TargetAddress),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	storeId, err := boundary.CreateCredentialStoreStaticCli(t, ctx, projectId)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	credentialId, err := boundary.CreateStaticCredentialPasswordCli(
+		t,
+		ctx,
+		storeId,
+		c.PostgresUser,
+		c.PostgresPassword,
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = boundary.AddBrokeredCredentialSourceToTargetCli(t, ctx, targetId, credentialId)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var cmd *exec.Cmd
+	cmd = exec.CommandContext(ctx,
+		"boundary",
+		"connect", "postgres",
+		"-target-id", targetId,
+		"-dbname", c.PostgresDbName,
+	)
+	f, err := pty.Start(cmd)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		err := f.Close()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+
+	_, err = f.Write([]byte("\\pset pager off\n")) // disables pagination in output
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = f.Write([]byte("\\dt\n")) // list all tables
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = f.Write([]byte("\\q\n")) // exit psql session
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	_, err = f.Write([]byte{4}) // EOT (End of Transmission - marks end of file stream)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	_, _ = io.Copy(&buf, f)
+	require.Contains(t, buf.String(), "List of relations", "Session did not return expected output")
+	require.Contains(t, buf.String(), c.PostgresDbName, "Session did not return expected output")
+	t.Log("Successfully connected to target")
+}