diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 75a8093..5638194 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ version '0.1.0'
 chef_version '>= 13.0'
 
 depends 'nodejs'
+depends 'postgresql'
 
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