diff --git a/autotest/ogr/ogr_pg.py b/autotest/ogr/ogr_pg.py
index b517527222d2..4efceeff0d1e 100755
--- a/autotest/ogr/ogr_pg.py
+++ b/autotest/ogr/ogr_pg.py
@@ -6231,3 +6231,41 @@ def test_ogr_pg_empty_search_path(pg_ds):
 
     finally:
         ds.ExecuteSQL(f"ALTER ROLE {current_user} SET search_path = {old_search_path}")
+
+
+###############################################################################
+# Test appending to a layer where a field name was truncated to 63 characters.
+
+
+@only_without_postgis
+@gdaltest.enable_exceptions()
+def test_ogr_pg_findfield(pg_ds):
+
+    src_ds = ogr.GetDriverByName("Memory").CreateDataSource("")
+    src_lyr = src_ds.CreateLayer("test_very_long_field_name")
+    src_lyr.CreateField(
+        ogr.FieldDefn(
+            "veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyloooooooooooooong"
+        )
+    )
+    f = ogr.Feature(src_lyr.GetLayerDefn())
+    f.SetField(0, "foo")
+    src_lyr.CreateFeature(f)
+
+    with gdal.quiet_errors():
+        gdal.VectorTranslate(pg_ds.GetDescription(), src_ds)
+
+    with gdal.quiet_errors():
+        gdal.VectorTranslate(pg_ds.GetDescription(), src_ds, accessMode="append")
+
+    lyr = pg_ds.GetLayerByName("test_very_long_field_name")
+    assert [f.GetField(0) for f in lyr] == ["foo", None]
+
+    with gdal.quiet_errors():
+        gdal.VectorTranslate(
+            pg_ds.GetDescription(),
+            src_ds,
+            accessMode="append",
+            relaxedFieldNameMatch=True,
+        )
+    assert [f.GetField(0) for f in lyr] == ["foo", None, "foo"]
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/pg/ogr_pg.h b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/pg/ogr_pg.h
index 396d34c58956..9981131a086c 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/pg/ogr_pg.h
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/pg/ogr_pg.h
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ class OGRPGTableLayer final : public OGRPGLayer
                                              GDALProgressFunc pfnProgress,
                                              void *pProgressData) override;
 
+    int FindFieldIndex(const char *pszFieldName, int bExactMatch) override;
+
     // follow methods are not base class overrides
     void SetLaunderFlag(int bFlag)
     {
diff --git a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/pg/ogrpgtablelayer.cpp b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/pg/ogrpgtablelayer.cpp
index f92757e155fd..44f480c6d47d 100644
--- a/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/pg/ogrpgtablelayer.cpp
+++ b/ogr/ogrsf_frmts/pg/ogrpgtablelayer.cpp
@@ -4034,4 +4034,25 @@ OGRGeometryTypeCounter *OGRPGTableLayer::GetGeometryTypes(
     return pasRet;
 }
 
+/************************************************************************/
+/*                          FindFieldIndex()                            */
+/************************************************************************/
+
+int OGRPGTableLayer::FindFieldIndex(const char *pszFieldName, int bExactMatch)
+{
+    const auto poLayerDefn = GetLayerDefn();
+    int iField = poLayerDefn->GetFieldIndex(pszFieldName);
+
+    if (!bExactMatch && iField < 0 && bLaunderColumnNames)
+    {
+        CPLErrorStateBackuper oErrorStateBackuper(CPLQuietErrorHandler);
+        char *pszSafeName =
+            OGRPGCommonLaunderName(pszFieldName, "PG", m_bUTF8ToASCII);
+        iField = poLayerDefn->GetFieldIndex(pszSafeName);
+        CPLFree(pszSafeName);
+    }
+
+    return iField;
+}
+
 #undef PQexec