Index: django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
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--- django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py	(revision 4463)
+++ django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py	(working copy)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         self.queries = []
         self.options = kwargs
 
-    def cursor(self):
+    def cursor(self, *args, **kwargs):
         from django.conf import settings
         if self.connection is None:
             if settings.DATABASE_NAME == '':
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                 conn_string += " port=%s" % settings.DATABASE_PORT
             self.connection = Database.connect(conn_string, **self.options)
             self.connection.set_isolation_level(1) # make transactions transparent to all cursors
-        cursor = self.connection.cursor()
+        cursor = self.connection.cursor(*args, **kwargs)
         cursor.tzinfo_factory = None
         cursor.execute("SET TIME ZONE %s", [settings.TIME_ZONE])
         if settings.DEBUG: