diff --git a/src/lib/PostgresMetaRoles.ts b/src/lib/PostgresMetaRoles.ts
index f25a851d..c4de018b 100644
--- a/src/lib/PostgresMetaRoles.ts
+++ b/src/lib/PostgresMetaRoles.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ export function changeRoleConfig2Object(config: string[]) {
     return null
   }
   return config.reduce((acc: any, cur) => {
-    const [key, value] = cur.split('=')
+    const separator = cur.indexOf('=')
+    const key = separator === -1 ? cur : cur.slice(0, separator)
+    const value = separator === -1 ? undefined : cur.slice(separator + 1)
     acc[key] = value
     return acc
   }, {})
diff --git a/test/roles-config.test.ts b/test/roles-config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05763492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/roles-config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import { changeRoleConfig2Object } from '../src/lib/PostgresMetaRoles.js'
+
+describe('changeRoleConfig2Object', () => {
+  test('preserves equals signs within role config values', () => {
+    expect(changeRoleConfig2Object(['application_name=api=worker', 'search_path=public'])).toEqual({
+      application_name: 'api=worker',
+      search_path: 'public',
+    })
+  })
+
+  test('preserves existing parsing for entries without a separator', () => {
+    expect(changeRoleConfig2Object(['search_path'])).toEqual({ search_path: undefined })
+  })
+})