diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e888efbae2d5..df9bcb3002ee 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ RUN set -e \
         libreadline-dev \
         libseccomp-dev \
         ca-certificates \
+	# System postgres for use with client libraries (e.g. in storage controller)
+        postgresql-15 \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* \
     && useradd -d /data neon \
     && chown -R neon:neon /data