diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index f13fdcd..aa3accf 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ class postgresql::params(
       }
 
       $service_status = undef
+      $python_package_name="python-psycopg2"
     }
 
     'Debian': {
diff --git a/manifests/python.pp b/manifests/python.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8919b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/python.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Class: postgresql::python
+# This class installs the python libs for postgresql.
+
+class postgresql::python(
+  $package_name   = $postgresql::params::python_package_name,
+  $package_ensure = 'present'
+) inherits postgresql::params {
+
+  package { 'python-psycopg2':
+    ensure => $package_ensure,
+    name   => $package_name,
+  }
+
+}