Index: django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
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--- django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py	(revision 6783)
+++ django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py	(working copy)
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseWrapper, BaseDatabaseFeatures
 from django.db.backends.postgresql.operations import DatabaseOperations as PostgresqlDatabaseOperations
+from django.utils.safestring import SafeUnicode
 try:
     import psycopg2 as Database
     import psycopg2.extensions
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
 IntegrityError = Database.IntegrityError
 
 psycopg2.extensions.register_type(psycopg2.extensions.UNICODE)
+psycopg2.extensions.register_adapter(SafeUnicode, psycopg2.extensions.QuotedString)
 
 class DatabaseFeatures(BaseDatabaseFeatures):
     needs_datetime_string_cast = False
Index: tests/modeltests/field_defaults/models.py
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--- tests/modeltests/field_defaults/models.py	(revision 6783)
+++ tests/modeltests/field_defaults/models.py	(working copy)
@@ -48,4 +48,9 @@
 >>> d = now - a.pub_date
 >>> d.seconds < 5
 True
+
+# make sure that SafeUnicode fields work
+>>> from django.utils.safestring import SafeUnicode
+>>> a.headline = SafeUnicode(u'SafeUnicode Headline')
+>>> a.save()
 """}