diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index 1c27387..fc17893 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ postgres:
   use_upstream_repo: False
   # Version to install from upstream repository (if upstream_repo: True)
   version: '10'
+  # Set True to add a file in /etc/profile.d adding the bin dir in $PATH
+  # as packages from upstream put them somewhere like /usr/pgsql-10/bin
+  add_profile: False
   # If automatic package installation fails, use `fromrepo` to specify the
   # upstream repo to install packages from [#133, #185] (if upstream_repo: True)
   fromrepo: 'jessie-pgdg'
diff --git a/postgres/defaults.yaml b/postgres/defaults.yaml
index 71f473d..b0d0fb5 100644
--- a/postgres/defaults.yaml
+++ b/postgres/defaults.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 postgres:
   use_upstream_repo: True
+  add_profile: 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..fe69af7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/postgres/templates/postgres.sh.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+######################################################################
+# ATTENTION! Managed by SaltStack.                                   #
+# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN! #
+######################################################################
+
+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..c2d2ac7 100644
--- a/postgres/upstream.sls
+++ b/postgres/upstream.sls
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 
   {%- if postgres.use_upstream_repo == true -%}
 
+    {%- if postgres.add_profile -%}
+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: