diff --git a/postgres/defaults.yaml b/postgres/defaults.yaml
index 71f473d..e2670bf 100644
--- a/postgres/defaults.yaml
+++ b/postgres/defaults.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 postgres:
   use_upstream_repo: True
+  add_path: False # add bin_dir to $PATH, if installed from repos
   version: '10'
   pkg: postgresql
   pkgs_extra: []
diff --git a/postgres/templates/postgres.sh.j2 b/postgres/templates/postgres.sh.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d074fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres/templates/postgres.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if ! echo $PATH | grep -q {{ bin_dir }} ; then
+  export PATH=$PATH:{{ bin_dir }}
+fi
diff --git a/postgres/upstream.sls b/postgres/upstream.sls
index 45605c4..427574d 100644
--- a/postgres/upstream.sls
+++ b/postgres/upstream.sls
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 
   {%- if postgres.use_upstream_repo == true -%}
 
+    {%- if postgres.add_path -%}
+postgresql-profile:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: /etc/profile.d/postgres.sh
+    - user: root
+    - group: root
+    - mode: 644
+    - template: jinja
+    - source: salt://postgres/templates/postgres.sh.j2
+    - defaults:
+        bin_dir: {{ postgres.bin_dir }}
+    {%- endif %}
 # Add upstream repository for your distro
 postgresql-repo:
   pkgrepo.managed: