diff --git a/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml
index ff13528cd0..1aa1c1f73e 100644
--- a/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@
   - packages
   - postgresql
 
+- name: install postgresql server packages (dnf)
+  package:
+    state: present
+    name:
+      - postgresql-server
+      - postgresql-contrib
+      - postgresql-plpython
+      - postgresql
+      - python3-psycopg2
+      - pxz
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int >= 8 and ansible_distribution == 'RedHat'
+  tags:
+  - packages
+  - postgresql
+
 - name: install postgresql server packages (dnf)
   package:
     state: present