diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index d1fa225..9e27d37 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends},
     python-xstatic-select2,
     gunicorn,
     graphicsmagick
-Recommends: nginx, postgresql
+Recommends: nginx
+Suggests: postgresql
 Description: Multichannel request processing