diff --git a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/constants.go b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/constants.go
index 5815c44853..bca65c9335 100644
--- a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/constants.go
+++ b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/constants.go
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ const (
 	PgpoolContainerName                = "pgpool"
 	PgpoolDefaultServicePort           = 9999
 	PgpoolMonitoringDefaultServicePort = 9719
+	PgpoolPcpServicePort               = 9595
 	PgpoolExporterDatabase             = "postgres"
 	EnvPgpoolExporterDatabase          = "POSTGRES_DATABASE"
 	EnvPgpoolService                   = "PGPOOL_SERVICE"
@@ -596,6 +597,7 @@ const (
 	PgpoolRootUser                     = "postgres"
 	PgpoolPrimaryServicePortName       = "primary"
 	PgpoolDatabasePortName             = "db"
+	PgpoolPcpServicePortName           = "pcp"
 	// ========================================== ZooKeeper Constants =================================================//
 
 	KubeDBZooKeeperRoleName         = "kubedb:zookeeper-version-reader"
diff --git a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgpool_helpers.go b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgpool_helpers.go
index 29a45b334a..6d56e066af 100644
--- a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgpool_helpers.go
+++ b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgpool_helpers.go
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ func (p *Pgpool) ServiceName() string {
 	return p.OffshootName()
 }
 
+func (p *Pgpool) PcpServiceName() string {
+	return meta_util.NameWithSuffix(p.ServiceName(), "pcp")
+}
+
 // Owner returns owner reference to resources
 func (p *Pgpool) Owner() *meta.OwnerReference {
 	return meta.NewControllerRef(p, SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind(p.ResourceKind()))
diff --git a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgpool_webhook.go b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgpool_webhook.go
index 018ece3b6f..308a740ea9 100644
--- a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgpool_webhook.go
+++ b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/pgpool_webhook.go
@@ -121,6 +121,36 @@ func (p *Pgpool) ValidateCreateOrUpdate() field.ErrorList {
 		))
 	}
 
+	if p.Spec.ConfigSecret != nil && (p.Spec.InitConfiguration != nil || p.Spec.InitConfiguration.PgpoolConfig != nil) {
+		errorList = append(errorList, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec").Child("configSecret"),
+			p.Name,
+			"use either `spec.configSecret` or `spec.initConfig`"))
+		errorList = append(errorList, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec").Child("initConfig"),
+			p.Name,
+			"use either `spec.configSecret` or `spec.initConfig`"))
+	}
+
+	if p.Spec.ConfigSecret != nil {
+		secret := core.Secret{}
+		err := DefaultClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{
+			Name:      p.Spec.ConfigSecret.Name,
+			Namespace: p.Spec.PostgresRef.Namespace,
+		}, &secret)
+		if err != nil {
+			errorList = append(errorList, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec").Child("configSecret"),
+				p.Name,
+				err.Error(),
+			))
+		}
+		_, ok := secret.Data["pgpool.conf"]
+		if !ok {
+			errorList = append(errorList, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("spec").Child("configSecret"),
+				p.Name,
+				"`pgpool.conf` is missing",
+			))
+		}
+	}
+
 	apb := appcat.AppBinding{}
 	err := DefaultClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{
 		Name:      p.Spec.PostgresRef.Name,
diff --git a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/types.go b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/types.go
index 6567c3e65c..181dbe6712 100644
--- a/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/types.go
+++ b/apis/kubedb/v1alpha2/types.go
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ const (
 	PrimaryServiceAlias ServiceAlias = "primary"
 	StandbyServiceAlias ServiceAlias = "standby"
 	StatsServiceAlias   ServiceAlias = "stats"
+	PcpServiceAlias     ServiceAlias = "pcp"
 )
 
 // +kubebuilder:validation:Enum=DNS;IP;IPv4;IPv6