diff --git a/brozzler/frontier.py b/brozzler/frontier.py
index 6e64e51..3866edf 100644
--- a/brozzler/frontier.py
+++ b/brozzler/frontier.py
@@ -23,11 +23,63 @@ import time
 import datetime
 import rethinkdb as r
 import doublethink
+import psycopg
 import urlcanon
 
 class UnexpectedDbResult(Exception):
     pass
 
+@lru_cache(maxsize=256)
+def skip_page(url, site, conn):
+    """
+    check if url and site are present in conn table captures,
+    returning true if they exist, and false if not
+    """
+    query = "SELECT exists(SELECT 1 FROM captures WHERE url = %s and site = %s LIMIT 1);"
+    cur = conn.cursor()
+    try:
+        cur.execute(query, (captured_url, site))
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.warning("exception querying for %s and %s: %s", url, site, e)
+        return False
+    result = cur.fetchone()
+    if result and result == (True, ):
+        logging.info("skipping page for url %s", url)
+        return True
+    return False
+
+class LimitPagesPGMixin:
+    """
+    Limit pages added to brozzler frontier to one per canonical url
+    """
+    def __init__(self, datasource):
+        # datasource like "postgresql://user@db_host/db_name"
+        # table name captures
+        try:
+            self._conn = psycopg.connect(datasource, prepare_threshold=None)
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.warning("db connection failure: %s", e)
+
+    def limit_pages(self, url, site):
+        """
+        tracks captured urls, aka completed pages, per site,
+        returns True when we've captured this url before, else False
+        """
+        self.logger.info('%s', skip_page.cache_info())
+
+        return skip_page(url, site, self._conn)
+
+    def note_page(self, url, site):
+        """
+        add page and site to captures table
+        """
+        query = "INSERT INTO captures (url, site) VALUES (%s, %s);"
+        try:
+            cur.execute(query, (url, site))
+            conn.commit()
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.warning("exception inserting %s and %s: %s", url, site, e)
+
 class RethinkDbFrontier:
     logger = logging.getLogger(__module__ + "." + __qualname__)