diff --git a/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml b/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml
index df9416b6b3..1c0ebd3dec 100644
--- a/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/postgresql_server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
   sysctl: name=kernel.shmmax value=68719476736
   notify:
   - restart postgresql
+  tags:
+  - postgresql
 
 - name: Initialize postgres if necessary
   command: /usr/bin/postgresql-setup initdb creates=/var/lib/pgsql/data