diff --git a/manifests/devel.pp b/manifests/devel.pp
index 525c3b2..870d302 100644
--- a/manifests/devel.pp
+++ b/manifests/devel.pp
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # profile for the workstation of a Software Heritage developer
 class profile::devel {
   $packages = hiera_array('packages::devel')
 
   package { $packages:
     ensure => present,
   }
 
+  include ::profile::devel::debian
   include ::profile::devel::postgres
   include ::profile::devel::python
 }
diff --git a/manifests/devel/debian.pp b/manifests/devel/debian.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a822c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/devel/debian.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class profile::devel::postgres {
+  $packages = hiera_array('packages::devel::debian')
+
+  package { $packages:
+    ensure => present,
+  }
+}