diff --git a/manifests/postgres.pp b/manifests/postgres.pp
index 8c9ba383215de83a35a347cb44750429db04f36e..a4b3957b22dc48e8447243234240ab384e778150 100644
--- a/manifests/postgres.pp
+++ b/manifests/postgres.pp
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ class egg::postgres () {
   package { ['postgresql', 'postgresql-server', 'postgresql-contrib']:
     ensure => 'installed',
   }
+  service { 'postgresql':
+    ensure => 'running',
+    enable => true,
 }