diff --git a/postgres/defaults/main.yml b/postgres/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45e4dc715332a61a5834decf895f319246f32241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+
+postgres_pgdg_repo: false
diff --git a/postgres/tasks/main.yml b/postgres/tasks/main.yml
index 44c122131208ff8585259867f6cf8c0548f0b20a..eb4549f6e99a7a3df383b1dc0e502848e4a8204c 100644
--- a/postgres/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/postgres/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
 ---
 
+- when: postgres_pgdg_repo
+  block:
+    - name: Install pgdg apt repo key
+      apt_key:
+        url: https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc
+        state: present
+    - name: Configure pgdg apt repo
+      apt_repository:
+        repo: >-
+          deb
+          https://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt
+          {{ ansible_distribution_release }}-pgdg
+          main
+
 - name: ensure postgres packages are installed
   apt:
     name:
+      # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
       - postgresql{{ "-{}".format(postgres_version) if postgres_version is defined }}
       - python-psycopg2
       - python3-psycopg2