diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
index 0c60077e1f..0f432767c2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pgbench.sgml
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ pgbench <optional> <replaceable>options</replaceable> </optional> <replaceable>d
             data is generated in <command>pgbench</command> client and then
             sent to the server. This uses the client/server bandwidth
             extensively through a <command>COPY</command>.
+            <command>pgbench</command> uses the FREEZE option with 14 or later
+            versions of <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> to speed up
+            subsequent <command>VACUUM</command>, unless partitions are enabled.
             Using <literal>g</literal> causes logging to print one message
             every 100,000 rows while generating data for the
             <structname>pgbench_accounts</structname> table.
diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index a33c91dced..4c9952a85a 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -4153,6 +4153,7 @@ initGenerateDataClientSide(PGconn *con)
 	PGresult   *res;
 	int			i;
 	int64		k;
+	char		*copy_statement;
 
 	/* used to track elapsed time and estimate of the remaining time */
 	pg_time_usec_t start;
@@ -4199,7 +4200,15 @@ initGenerateDataClientSide(PGconn *con)
 	/*
 	 * accounts is big enough to be worth using COPY and tracking runtime
 	 */
-	res = PQexec(con, "copy pgbench_accounts from stdin");
+
+	/* use COPY with FREEZE on v14 and later without partioning */
+	if (partitions == 0 && PQserverVersion(con) >= 140000)
+		copy_statement = "copy pgbench_accounts from stdin with (freeze on)";
+	else
+		copy_statement = "copy pgbench_accounts from stdin";
+
+	res = PQexec(con, copy_statement);
+
 	if (PQresultStatus(res) != PGRES_COPY_IN)
 	{
 		pg_log_fatal("unexpected copy in result: %s", PQerrorMessage(con));