diff --git a/puppet/zulip/manifests/local_server.pp b/puppet/zulip/manifests/local_server.pp
index 213781d1b9..00200133d6 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/manifests/local_server.pp
+++ b/puppet/zulip/manifests/local_server.pp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class zulip::local_server {
   }
 
   file { '/etc/postgresql/9.1/main/postgresql.conf.template':
+    require => Package[postgres],
     ensure => file,
     owner  => "postgres",
     group  => "postgres",