diff --git a/files/etc/bup-excludes b/files/etc/bup-excludes
index 8ca6288..0c71043 100644
--- a/files/etc/bup-excludes
+++ b/files/etc/bup-excludes
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
 /etc/puppet/hieradata/*
 /var/cache/*
 /var/lib/puppet/reports/*
+/var/lib/postgresql/*
 /opt/system-config/*
 /afs/*