diff --git a/postgres/client/init.sls b/postgres/client/init.sls
index 473f3c6..d315ea1 100644
--- a/postgres/client/init.sls
+++ b/postgres/client/init.sls
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ postgresql-client-libs:
     {%- for bin in postgres.client_bins %}
       {%- set path = salt['file.join'](postgres.bin_dir, bin) %}
 
-{{ bin }}:
+postgresql-{{ bin }}-altinstall:
   alternatives.install:
+    - name: {{ bin }}
     - link: {{ salt['file.join']('/usr/bin', bin) }}
     - path: {{ path }}
     - priority: {{ postgres.linux.altpriority }}
diff --git a/postgres/dev.sls b/postgres/dev.sls
index c757ad5..7473171 100644
--- a/postgres/dev.sls
+++ b/postgres/dev.sls
@@ -20,10 +20,23 @@ install-postgres-libpq-dev:
     {% endif %}
   {% endif %}
 
-{% endif %}
+# Alternatives system. Make devclient binaries available in $PATH
+  {%- if 'bin_dir' in postgres and postgres.linux.altpriority %}
+    {%- for bin in postgres.dev_bins %}
+      {%- set path = salt['file.join'](postgres.bin_dir, bin) %}
 
+postgresql-{{ bin }}-altinstall:
+  alternatives.install:
+    - name: {{ bin }}
+    - link: {{ salt['file.join']('/usr/bin', bin) }}
+    - path: {{ path }}
+    - priority: {{ postgres.linux.altpriority }}
+    - onlyif: test -f {{ path }}
 
-{% if grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
+    {%- endfor %}
+  {%- endif %}
+
+{% elif grains.os == 'MacOS' %}
 
   # Darwin maxfiles limits
   {% if postgres.limits.soft or postgres.limits.hard %}
diff --git a/postgres/osfamilymap.yaml b/postgres/osfamilymap.yaml
index dbb3a28..2a57781 100644
--- a/postgres/osfamilymap.yaml
+++ b/postgres/osfamilymap.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ RedHat:
 
   # directory containing PostgreSQL client executables
   bin_dir: /usr/pgsql-{{ repo.version }}/bin
+  dev_bins:
+    - ecg
   client_bins:
     - clusterdb
     - createdb
@@ -131,6 +133,8 @@ Suse:
 
   # directory containing PostgreSQL client executables
   bin_dir: /usr/pgsql-{{ repo.version }}/bin
+  dev_bins:
+    - ecg
   client_bins:
     - pg_archivecleanup
     - pg_config
diff --git a/postgres/server/init.sls b/postgres/server/init.sls
index 29ca4f5..60934c3 100644
--- a/postgres/server/init.sls
+++ b/postgres/server/init.sls
@@ -43,8 +43,9 @@ postgresql-server:
       {%- for bin in postgres.server_bins %}
         {%- set path = salt['file.join'](postgres.bin_dir, bin) %}
 
-{{ bin }}:
+postgresql-{{ bin }}-altinstall:
   alternatives.install:
+    - name: {{ bin }}
     - link: {{ salt['file.join']('/usr/bin', bin) }}
     - path: {{ path }}
     - priority: {{ postgres.linux.altpriority }}