diff --git a/package/collectd/collectd.mk b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
index d5802d662e..a4b91d6eb2 100644
--- a/package/collectd/collectd.mk
+++ b/package/collectd/collectd.mk
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NETSNMP),y)
 	COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-libnetsnmp=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/net-snmp-config
 endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL),y)
+	COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-libpq=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pg_config
+endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_YAJL),y)
 	COLLECTD_CONF_OPTS += --with-yajl=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 endif