diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQL81Dialect.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQL81Dialect.java
index a99661ee91..716f7b9fd2 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQL81Dialect.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/dialect/PostgreSQL81Dialect.java
@@ -462,4 +462,14 @@ public class PostgreSQL81Dialect extends Dialect {
 	public boolean supportsRowValueConstructorSyntax() {
 		return true;
 	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getForUpdateNowaitString() {
+		return getForUpdateString() + " nowait ";
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getForUpdateNowaitString(String aliases) {
+		return getForUpdateString(aliases) + " nowait ";
+	}
 }