diff --git a/pgx-utils/src/rewriter.rs b/pgx-utils/src/rewriter.rs
index bd77cff5c..a5d8ddbcc 100644
--- a/pgx-utils/src/rewriter.rs
+++ b/pgx-utils/src/rewriter.rs
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ impl PgGuardRewriter {
 
                     #result_handler
 
-                    iterator_holder.iter = pgx::PgMemoryContexts::For(funcctx.multi_call_memory_ctx).leak_and_drop_on_delete(result);
+                    iterator_holder.iter = pgx::PgMemoryContexts::For(funcctx.multi_call_memory_ctx).leak_trivial_alloc(result);
                 }
 
                 funcctx = pgx::srf_per_call_setup(fcinfo);
diff --git a/pgx/Cargo.toml b/pgx/Cargo.toml
index 62a33671e..fea7ae89b 100644
--- a/pgx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pgx/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ crate-type = [ "rlib" ]
 
 [features]
 default = [ ]
+postgrestd = [ ]
 pg10 = [ "pgx-pg-sys/pg10" ]
 pg11 = [ "pgx-pg-sys/pg11" ]
 pg12 = [ "pgx-pg-sys/pg12" ]
diff --git a/pgx/src/memcxt.rs b/pgx/src/memcxt.rs
index 0c5daea66..c6be29117 100644
--- a/pgx/src/memcxt.rs
+++ b/pgx/src/memcxt.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license that can be found in the
 //!
 use crate::pg_sys::AsPgCStr;
 use crate::{guard, pg_sys, PgBox};
+use core::panic::{RefUnwindSafe, UnwindSafe};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 /// A shorter type name for a `*const std::os::raw::c_void`
@@ -261,10 +262,7 @@ impl PgMemoryContexts {
     ///     })
     /// }
     /// ```
-    pub fn switch_to<
-        R,
-        F: FnOnce(&mut PgMemoryContexts) -> R + std::panic::UnwindSafe + std::panic::RefUnwindSafe,
-    >(
+    pub fn switch_to<R, F: FnOnce(&mut PgMemoryContexts) -> R + UnwindSafe + RefUnwindSafe>(
         &mut self,
         f: F,
     ) -> R {
@@ -374,11 +372,26 @@ impl PgMemoryContexts {
         leaked_ptr
     }
 
+    /// Allocates and then leaks a "trivially dropped" type in the appropriate memory context.
+    /// If `feature = "postgrestd"` is enabled, this "forgets" it entirely, assuming that it is fine
+    /// to let Postgres `pfree` it later. Otherwise it is equivalent to `fn leak_and_drop_on_delete`.
+    ///
+    /// Accordingly, this may prove unwise to use on something that actually needs to run its Drop.
+    /// But note it is not actually unsound to `mem::forget` something in this way, just annoying
+    /// if you were expecting it to actually execute its Drop.
+    pub fn leak_trivial_alloc<T: RefUnwindSafe + UnwindSafe>(&mut self, v: T) -> *mut T {
+        #[cfg(feature = "postgrestd")]
+        {
+            self.switch_to(|_cx| Box::leak(Box::new(v)))
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "postgrestd"))]
+        {
+            self.leak_and_drop_on_delete(v)
+        }
+    }
+
     /// helper function
-    fn exec_in_context<
-        R,
-        F: FnOnce(&mut PgMemoryContexts) -> R + std::panic::UnwindSafe + std::panic::RefUnwindSafe,
-    >(
+    fn exec_in_context<R, F: FnOnce(&mut PgMemoryContexts) -> R + UnwindSafe + RefUnwindSafe>(
         context: pg_sys::MemoryContext,
         f: F,
     ) -> R {