diff --git a/puppet/manifests/default.pp b/puppet/manifests/default.pp
index 24377eb0..fbce8ad2 100644
--- a/puppet/manifests/default.pp
+++ b/puppet/manifests/default.pp
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
     require => Class['postgresql::server'] 
   }
 
+  pg_user { 'vagrant':
+    ensure    => present,
+    superuser => true,
+    require   => Class['postgresql::server']
+  }
+
   package { 'libpq-dev':
     ensure => installed
   }