diff --git a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/dialect/postgresql/parser/PGSQLStatementParser.java b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/dialect/postgresql/parser/PGSQLStatementParser.java
index 15940d728b..f6e2056f4d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/dialect/postgresql/parser/PGSQLStatementParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/alibaba/druid/sql/dialect/postgresql/parser/PGSQLStatementParser.java
@@ -280,19 +280,18 @@ public class PGSQLStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
 
     public boolean parseStatementListDialect(List<SQLStatement> statementList) {
         switch (lexer.token()) {
-        case START: {
-            lexer.nextToken();
-            acceptIdentifier("TRANSACTION");
-            PGStartTransactionStatement stmt = new PGStartTransactionStatement();
-            statementList.add(stmt);
-            lexer.nextToken();
-            return true;
-        }
-        case WITH:
-            statementList.add(parseWith());
-            return true;
-        default:
-            break;
+            case BEGIN:
+            case START: {
+                PGStartTransactionStatement stmt = parseBegin();
+                statementList.add(stmt);
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            case WITH:
+                statementList.add(parseWith());
+                return true;
+            default:
+                break;
         }
 
         if (lexer.identifierEquals(FnvHash.Constants.CONNECT)) {
@@ -304,6 +303,18 @@ public class PGSQLStatementParser extends SQLStatementParser {
         return false;
     }
 
+    protected PGStartTransactionStatement parseBegin() {
+        PGStartTransactionStatement stmt = new PGStartTransactionStatement();
+        if (lexer.token() == Token.START) {
+            lexer.nextToken();
+            acceptIdentifier("TRANSACTION");
+        } else {
+            accept(Token.BEGIN);
+        }
+
+        return stmt;
+    }
+
     public SQLStatement parseConnectTo() {
         acceptIdentifier("CONNECT");
         accept(Token.TO);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/postgresql/PGBeginTest.java b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/postgresql/PGBeginTest.java
index 4a96f0b0ab..2151f6c8b2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/postgresql/PGBeginTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/alibaba/druid/bvt/sql/postgresql/PGBeginTest.java
@@ -16,13 +16,24 @@
 package com.alibaba.druid.bvt.sql.postgresql;
 
 import com.alibaba.druid.sql.PGTest;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.SQLUtils;
+import com.alibaba.druid.sql.ast.SQLStatement;
 import com.alibaba.druid.sql.dialect.postgresql.ast.stmt.PGStartTransactionStatement;
+import com.alibaba.druid.util.JdbcConstants;
+
+import java.util.List;
 
 public class PGBeginTest extends PGTest {
     public void testBegin() throws Exception {
         String sql = "start transaction;";
-        String expected = "START TRANSACTION";
+        String expected = "START TRANSACTION;";
         testParseSql(sql, expected, expected, PGStartTransactionStatement.class);
     }
 
+    public void testBegin_1() throws Exception {
+        String sql = "begin";
+        List<SQLStatement> stmtList = SQLUtils.parseStatements(sql, JdbcConstants.POSTGRESQL);
+        assertEquals(1, stmtList.size());
+    }
+
 }