diff -ur psycopg2-2.4.5.orig/psycopg/connection_type.c psycopg2-2.4.5/psycopg/connection_type.c
--- psycopg2-2.4.5.orig/psycopg/connection_type.c	2012-03-28 16:09:15.000000000 -0500
+++ psycopg2-2.4.5/psycopg/connection_type.c	2012-04-13 12:33:46.217028844 -0500
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 /* cursor method - allocate a new cursor */

 #define psyco_conn_cursor_doc \
-"cursor(name=None, cursor_factory=extensions.cursor, withhold=None) -- new cursor\n\n"     \
+"cursor(name=None, cursor_factory=extensions.cursor, withhold=None, scrollable=False) -- new cursor\n\n"     \
 "Return a new cursor.\n\nThe ``cursor_factory`` argument can be used to\n"  \
 "create non-standard cursors by passing a class different from the\n"       \
 "default. Note that the new class *should* be a sub-class of\n"             \
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@
 psyco_conn_cursor(connectionObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *keywds)
 {
     const char *name = NULL;
-    PyObject *obj, *factory = NULL, *withhold = NULL;
+    PyObject *obj, *factory = NULL, *withhold = NULL, *scrollable = NULL;

-    static char *kwlist[] = {"name", "cursor_factory", "withhold", NULL};
+    static char *kwlist[] = {"name", "cursor_factory", "withhold", "scrollable", NULL};

-    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "|sOO", kwlist,
-                                     &name, &factory, &withhold)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, keywds, "|sOOO", kwlist,
+                                     &name, &factory, &withhold, &scrollable)) {
         return NULL;
     }

@@ -69,7 +69,15 @@
             return NULL;
         }
     }
-
+
+    if (scrollable != NULL) {
+        if (PyObject_IsTrue(scrollable) && name == NULL) {
+            PyErr_SetString(ProgrammingError,
+                "'scrollable=True can be specified only for named cursors");
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
     EXC_IF_CONN_CLOSED(self);

     if (self->status != CONN_STATUS_READY &&
@@ -103,10 +111,13 @@
         Py_DECREF(obj);
         return NULL;
     }
-
+
     if (withhold != NULL && PyObject_IsTrue(withhold))
         ((cursorObject*)obj)->withhold = 1;

+    if (scrollable != NULL && PyObject_IsTrue(scrollable))
+        ((cursorObject*)obj)->scrollable = 1;
+
     Dprintf("psyco_conn_cursor: new cursor at %p: refcnt = "
         FORMAT_CODE_PY_SSIZE_T,
         obj, Py_REFCNT(obj)
diff -ur psycopg2-2.4.5.orig/psycopg/cursor.h psycopg2-2.4.5/psycopg/cursor.h
--- psycopg2-2.4.5.orig/psycopg/cursor.h	2012-03-28 16:09:15.000000000 -0500
+++ psycopg2-2.4.5/psycopg/cursor.h	2012-04-13 12:28:29.293024091 -0500
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     int closed:1;            /* 1 if the cursor is closed */
     int notuples:1;          /* 1 if the command was not a SELECT query */
     int withhold:1;          /* 1 if the cursor is named and uses WITH HOLD */
+    int scrollable:1;

     long int rowcount;       /* number of rows affected by last execute */
     long int columns;        /* number of columns fetched from the db */
diff -ur psycopg2-2.4.5.orig/psycopg/cursor_type.c psycopg2-2.4.5/psycopg/cursor_type.c
--- psycopg2-2.4.5.orig/psycopg/cursor_type.c	2012-03-28 16:09:15.000000000 -0500
+++ psycopg2-2.4.5/psycopg/cursor_type.c	2012-04-13 12:30:00.537025458 -0500
@@ -403,8 +403,9 @@

         if (self->name != NULL) {
             self->query = Bytes_FromFormat(
-                "DECLARE \"%s\" CURSOR %s HOLD FOR %s",
+                "DECLARE \"%s\" %sSCROLL CURSOR %s HOLD FOR %s",
                 self->name,
+                self->scrollable ? "":"NO ",
                 self->withhold ? "WITH" : "WITHOUT",
                 Bytes_AS_STRING(fquery));
             Py_DECREF(fquery);
@@ -416,8 +417,9 @@
     else {
         if (self->name != NULL) {
             self->query = Bytes_FromFormat(
-                "DECLARE \"%s\" CURSOR %s HOLD FOR %s",
+                "DECLARE \"%s\" %sSCROLL CURSOR %s HOLD FOR %s",
                 self->name,
+                self->scrollable ? "":"NO ",
                 self->withhold ? "WITH" : "WITHOUT",
                 Bytes_AS_STRING(operation));
         }
@@ -1575,12 +1577,43 @@
             "trying to set .withhold on unnamed cursor");
         return -1;
     }
-
-    if ((value = PyObject_IsTrue(pyvalue)) == -1)
+
+    if ((value = PyObject_IsTrue(pyvalue)) == -1)
         return -1;

     self->withhold = value;
-
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+#define psyco_curs_scrollable_doc \
+"Set or return cursor use of SCROLL"
+
+static PyObject *
+psyco_curs_scrollable_get(cursorObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject *ret;
+    ret = self->scrollable ? Py_True : Py_False;
+    Py_INCREF(ret);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+psyco_curs_scrollable_set(cursorObject *self, PyObject *pyvalue)
+{
+    int value;
+
+    if (self->name == NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(ProgrammingError,
+            "trying to set .scrollable on unnamed cursor");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if ((value = PyObject_IsTrue(pyvalue)) == -1)
+        return -1;
+
+    self->scrollable = value;
+
     return 0;
 }

@@ -1710,6 +1743,10 @@
       (getter)psyco_curs_withhold_get,
       (setter)psyco_curs_withhold_set,
       psyco_curs_withhold_doc, NULL },
+    { "scrollable",
+      (getter)psyco_curs_scrollable_get,
+      (setter)psyco_curs_scrollable_set,
+      psyco_curs_scrollable_doc, NULL },
 #endif
     {NULL}
 };
@@ -1740,6 +1777,7 @@

     self->closed = 0;
     self->withhold = 0;
+    self->scrollable = 0;
     self->mark = conn->mark;
     self->pgres = NULL;
     self->notuples = 1;