diff --git a/roles/base/tasks/postfix.yml b/roles/base/tasks/postfix.yml
index c33cf962dd..ff5aaf6570 100644
--- a/roles/base/tasks/postfix.yml
+++ b/roles/base/tasks/postfix.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 ---
+- name: Make sure postfix is installed
+  ansible.builtin.package:
+   state: present
+   name:
+   - postfix
+  tags:
+  - postfix
+
 - name: /etc/postfix/main.cf
   ansible.builtin.copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/postfix/main.cf
   with_first_found: