diff --git a/scripts/src/pikaoa-test-delivery-renderer.test.ts b/scripts/src/pikaoa-test-delivery-renderer.test.ts
index c42ceb37..233e4c6e 100644
--- a/scripts/src/pikaoa-test-delivery-renderer.test.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/pikaoa-test-delivery-renderer.test.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ describe("PikaOA test PaC renderer", () => {
       expect(manifest).toContain("name: initializer");
       expect(manifest).not.toContain("kind: Secret");
       expect(manifest).toContain("secretName: pikaoa-test-runtime");
+      expect(manifest.match(/name: DATABASE_URL/gu)).toHaveLength(3);
+      expect(manifest.match(/key: DATABASE_URL/gu)).toHaveLength(3);
       expect(manifest).toContain("image: __PIKAOA_API_IMAGE__");
       expect(manifest).toContain("pikaoa.unidesk.io/source-commit: __PIKAOA_SOURCE_COMMIT__");
       expect(script).toContain('s|__PIKAOA_SOURCE_COMMIT__|$SOURCE_COMMIT|g');
diff --git a/scripts/src/pikaoa-test-runtime-manifest.ts b/scripts/src/pikaoa-test-runtime-manifest.ts
index 2a2e8567..4a6cb555 100644
--- a/scripts/src/pikaoa-test-runtime-manifest.ts
+++ b/scripts/src/pikaoa-test-runtime-manifest.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ export function renderPikaoaTestRuntimeManifest(
               name: "initializer", image: context.initializerImage, imagePullPolicy: target.source.pullPolicy,
               command: target.initializer.command,
               resources: target.runtime.resources.initializer,
-              env: [{ name: "PIKAOA_CONFIG", value: "/etc/pikaoa/pikaoa.yaml" }],
+              env: [
+                { name: "PIKAOA_CONFIG", value: "/etc/pikaoa/pikaoa.yaml" },
+                { name: "DATABASE_URL", valueFrom: { secretKeyRef: { name: target.runtime.secretName, key: target.database.connection.targetKey } } },
+              ],
               volumeMounts: [{ name: "runtime", mountPath: "/etc/pikaoa", readOnly: true }],
             }],
             volumes: [{ name: "runtime", secret: { secretName: target.runtime.secretName, items: [{ key: "pikaoa.yaml", path: "pikaoa.yaml" }] } }],
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@ export function renderPikaoaTestRuntimeManifest(
     },
     deployment(target, context, "api", context.apiImage, apiSelector, target.runtime.apiPort, prometheusPodLabels, commonPodAnnotations(target.observability.apiMetricsPath, target.runtime.apiPort), [
       { name: "PIKAOA_CONFIG", value: "/etc/pikaoa/pikaoa.yaml" },
+      { name: "DATABASE_URL", valueFrom: { secretKeyRef: { name: target.runtime.secretName, key: target.database.connection.targetKey } } },
       { name: "PIKAOA_SESSION_SECRET", valueFrom: { secretKeyRef: { name: target.runtime.secretName, key: target.runtime.sessionSecret.targetKey } } },
       { name: "PIKAOA_BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_USERNAME", value: target.runtime.administrator.username },
       { name: "PIKAOA_BOOTSTRAP_ADMIN_PASSWORD", valueFrom: { secretKeyRef: { name: target.runtime.secretName, key: target.runtime.administrator.password.targetKey } } },
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ export function renderPikaoaTestRuntimeManifest(
     ], target.probes.apiLivenessPath, target.probes.apiReadinessPath),
     deployment(target, context, "worker", context.workerImage, workerSelector, target.runtime.workerMetricsPort, prometheusPodLabels, commonPodAnnotations(target.observability.workerMetricsPath, target.runtime.workerMetricsPort), [
       { name: "PIKAOA_CONFIG", value: "/etc/pikaoa/pikaoa.yaml" },
+      { name: "DATABASE_URL", valueFrom: { secretKeyRef: { name: target.runtime.secretName, key: target.database.connection.targetKey } } },
     ], target.probes.workerLivenessPath, target.probes.workerReadinessPath),
     deployment(target, context, "web", context.webImage, webSelector, target.runtime.webPort, {}, {}, [
       { name: target.runtime.webApiUpstreamEnv, value: `http://${target.runtime.apiServiceName}.${context.namespace}.svc.cluster.local:${target.runtime.apiPort}` },