diff --git a/sqlx-postgres/src/types/time/time.rs b/sqlx-postgres/src/types/time/time.rs
index fcd40145..7a9b99d9 100644
--- a/sqlx-postgres/src/types/time/time.rs
+++ b/sqlx-postgres/src/types/time/time.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ impl<'r> Decode<'r, Postgres> for Time {
 
             PgValueFormat::Text => Time::parse(
                 value.as_str()?,
-                &format_description!("[hour]:[minute]:[second].[subsecond]"),
+                // Postgres will not include the subsecond part if it's zero.
+                &format_description!("[hour]:[minute]:[second][optional [.[subsecond]]]"),
             )?,
         })
     }
diff --git a/tests/postgres/types.rs b/tests/postgres/types.rs
index 2b2de07f..dbb40929 100644
--- a/tests/postgres/types.rs
+++ b/tests/postgres/types.rs
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ mod time_tests {
 
     test_type!(time_time<Time>(
         Postgres,
-        "TIME '05:10:20.115100'" == time!(5:10:20.115100)
+        "TIME '05:10:20.115100'" == time!(5:10:20.115100),
+        "TIME '05:10:20'" == time!(5:10:20)
     ));
 
     test_type!(time_date_time<PrimitiveDateTime>(