diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4bc3bbb652c4c6c1f1ce8c8ca24a2ff3ebcb4424..b56fee051b2cebdcdbcd60491873b912800bef3d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ version 1.0 -- UNRELEASED
 	   (Closes: #657201)
 	mysql:
 	 . Don't attempt to dump performance_schema database (Redmine#3741).
+	pgsql:
+	 . Don't produce empty uncompressed backups (Redmine#3820).
 	rysnc:
 	 . Fix numericids option (Redmine#3691).
 	 . Mangle $rsync_options just afterwards (Redmine#3702).
diff --git a/handlers/pgsql.in b/handlers/pgsql.in
index a50d3c79ccecbd4d15923dcd51210128bc07adc8..fc337a033f023898107666f97e0dd13dafe4f4ca 100644
--- a/handlers/pgsql.in
+++ b/handlers/pgsql.in
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ else
       if [ "$compress" == "yes" ]; then
          dumpcmd="set -o pipefail ; $PGSQLDUMP --format=$format ${disablecustomcompress} $db | $GZIP $GZIP_OPTS > '$backupdir/${db}.${dumpext}.gz'"
       else
-         dumpcmd="$PGSQLDUMP --format=$format ${disablecustomcompress} $db | > '$backupdir/${db}.${dumpext}'"
+         dumpcmd="$PGSQLDUMP --format=$format ${disablecustomcompress} $db > '$backupdir/${db}.${dumpext}'"
       fi
       if [ $usevserver = yes ]; then
          execstr="$VSERVER $vsname exec su - $PGSQLUSER -s /bin/bash -c \"$dumpcmd\""