diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3fdb1b7..e398779 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 Only accretive/fixative changes will be made from now on.
 
+* 1.3.next in progress
+  * Fix [#248](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues/248) by allowing `:port` to be `:none`.
+
 * 1.3.865 -- 2023-03-31
   * Fix [#246](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues/246) by adopting the `strop` function from HoneySQL.
   * Address [#245](https://github.com/seancorfield/next-jdbc/issues/245) by not `locking` the `Connection` when `*nested-tx*` is bound to `:ignore` -- improving `clojure.java.jdbc` compatibility.
diff --git a/doc/all-the-options.md b/doc/all-the-options.md
index 8eef0dc..5c09480 100644
--- a/doc/all-the-options.md
+++ b/doc/all-the-options.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Although `get-datasource` does not accept options, the "db spec" hash map passed
 * `:dbname-separator` -- an optional string that can be used to override the `/` or `:` that is normally placed in front of the database name in the JDBC URL,
 * `:host` -- an optional string that identifies the IP address or hostname of the server on which the database is running; the default is `"127.0.0.1"`; if `:none` is specified, `next.jdbc` will assume this is for a local database and will omit the host/port segment of the JDBC URL,
 * `:host-prefix` -- an optional string that can be used to override the `//` that is normally placed in front of the IP address or hostname in the JDBC URL,
-* `:port` -- an optional integer that identifies the port on which the database is running; for common database types, `next.jdbc` knows the default so this should only be needed for non-standard setups or "exotic" database types,
+* `:port` -- an optional integer that identifies the port on which the database is running; for common database types, `next.jdbc` knows the default so this should only be needed for non-standard setups or "exotic" database types; if `:none` is specified, `next.jdbc` will omit the port segment of the JDBC URL,
 * `:property-separator` -- an optional string that can be used to override the separators used in `next.jdbc.connection/jdbc-url` for the properties (after the initial JDBC URL portion); by default `?` and `&` are used to build JDBC URLs with properties; for SQL Server drivers (both MS and jTDS) `:property-separator ";"` is used, so this option should only be necessary when you are specifying "unusual" databases that `next.jdbc` does not already know about,
 * `:classname` -- an optional string that identifies the name of the JDBC driver class to be used for the connection; for common database types, `next.jdbc` knows the default so this should only be needed for "exotic" database types,
 * `:user` -- an optional string that identifies the database username to be used when authenticating,
diff --git a/src/next/jdbc.clj b/src/next/jdbc.clj
index 7288021..9f002b5 100644
--- a/src/next/jdbc.clj
+++ b/src/next/jdbc.clj
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
       can be `:none` which means the host/port segment of the JDBC URL should
       be omitted entirely (for 'local' databases)
   * `:port` -- the port for the database connection (the default is database-
-      specific -- see below)
+      specific -- see below); can be `:none` which means the port segment of
+      the JDBC URL should be omitted entirely
   * `:classname` -- if you need to override the default for the `:dbtype`
       (or you want to use a database that next.jdbc does not know about!)
 
diff --git a/src/next/jdbc/connection.clj b/src/next/jdbc/connection.clj
index db21c15..05891d4 100644
--- a/src/next/jdbc/connection.clj
+++ b/src/next/jdbc/connection.clj
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
                       (str "jdbc:" subprotocol ":"
                            (or host-prefix (-> dbtype dbtypes :host-prefix (or "//")))
                            host
-                           (when port (str ":" port))
+                           (when (and port (not= :none port)) (str ":" port))
                            db-sep dbname))]
         ;; verify the datasource is loadable
         (if-let [class-name (or classname (-> dbtype dbtypes :classname))]
diff --git a/src/next/jdbc/specs.clj b/src/next/jdbc/specs.clj
index beea4c7..5ed6a19 100644
--- a/src/next/jdbc/specs.clj
+++ b/src/next/jdbc/specs.clj
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 (s/def ::host (s/or :name string?
                     :none #{:none}))
 (s/def ::host-prefix string?)
-(s/def ::port pos-int?)
+(s/def ::port (s/or :port pos-int?
+                    :none #{:none}))
 (s/def ::db-spec-map (s/keys :req-un [::dbtype ::dbname]
                              :opt-un [::classname
                                       ::user ::password
diff --git a/test/next/jdbc/connection_test.clj b/test/next/jdbc/connection_test.clj
index 3365ac9..a867616 100644
--- a/test/next/jdbc/connection_test.clj
+++ b/test/next/jdbc/connection_test.clj
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
   (is (= ["jdbc:acme:(*)12.34.56.70:1234/my-db" {} nil]
          (#'c/spec->url+etc {:dbtype "acme" :classname "java.lang.String"
                              :dbname "my-db" :host "12.34.56.70" :port 1234
+                             :host-prefix "(*)"})))
+  (is (= ["jdbc:acme:(*)12.34.56.70/my-db" {} nil]
+         (#'c/spec->url+etc {:dbtype "acme" :classname "java.lang.String"
+                             :dbname "my-db" :host "12.34.56.70" :port :none
                              :host-prefix "(*)"}))))
 
 (deftest jdbc-url-tests
@@ -197,4 +201,4 @@
   (is (= {:dbtype "mysql" :dbname "mydb"
           :host "myserver" :port 1234
           :user "foo" :password "bar"}
-         (c/uri->db-spec "jdbc:mysql://myserver:1234/mydb?user=foo&password=bar"))))
\ No newline at end of file
+         (c/uri->db-spec "jdbc:mysql://myserver:1234/mydb?user=foo&password=bar"))))