diff --git a/roles/java-deptools/tasks/main.yml b/roles/java-deptools/tasks/main.yml
index 48ba5dccb6..e0ed56fec9 100644
--- a/roles/java-deptools/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/java-deptools/tasks/main.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 
 - name: Create postgres java-deptools role
   postgresql_user: name=java-deptools db=postgres login_user=root role_attr_flags=SUPERUSER,LOGIN
+  become: yes
+  become_user: postgres
   tags:
   - postgres