diff --git a/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.classpath b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0591996a02b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry exported="true" kind="lib" path="lib/postgresql-9.2-1003.jdbc4.jar"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.pde.core.requiredPlugins"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.6"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.project b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.project
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dec147ff3c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.pde.ManifestBuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.pde.SchemaBuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.pde.PluginNature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c537b63063c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.6
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.6
diff --git a/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.settings/org.eclipse.pde.core.prefs b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.settings/org.eclipse.pde.core.prefs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f29e940a005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/.settings/org.eclipse.pde.core.prefs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+pluginProject.extensions=false
+resolve.requirebundle=false
diff --git a/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dc5019c0582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Bundle-Name: PostgreSQL Driver for openHAB SQL Persistence bundle
+Bundle-SymbolicName: org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql
+Bundle-Version: 1.4.0.qualifier
+Fragment-Host: org.openhab.persistence.sql;bundle-version="1.1.0"
+Bundle-RequiredExecutionEnvironment: JavaSE-1.6
+Bundle-ClassPath: lib/postgresql-9.2-1003.jdbc4.jar,
+ .
diff --git a/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/build.properties b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe56e72a81e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+output.. = target/classes/
+bin.includes = META-INF/,\
+               .,\
+               lib/postgresql-9.2-1003.jdbc4.jar
diff --git a/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/lib/postgresql-9.2-1003.jdbc4.jar b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/lib/postgresql-9.2-1003.jdbc4.jar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1e2dda9df9f
Binary files /dev/null and b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/lib/postgresql-9.2-1003.jdbc4.jar differ
diff --git a/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/pom.xml b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6519b8478a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/persistence/org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.openhab.bundles</groupId>
+    <artifactId>persistence</artifactId>
+    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <properties>
+    <bundle.symbolicName>org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql</bundle.symbolicName>
+    <bundle.namespace>org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql</bundle.namespace>
+  </properties>
+
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.openhab.persistence</groupId>
+  <artifactId>org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql</artifactId>
+
+  <name>openHAB SQL Persistence - PostgreSQL Driver</name>
+
+  <packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
+</project>
diff --git a/bundles/persistence/pom.xml b/bundles/persistence/pom.xml
index e9eb37bbc70..a02a581c008 100644
--- a/bundles/persistence/pom.xml
+++ b/bundles/persistence/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <module>org.openhab.persistence.exec.test</module>
     <module>org.openhab.persistence.sql</module>
     <module>org.openhab.persistence.sql.mysql</module>
+    <module>org.openhab.persistence.sql.postgresql</module>
     <module>org.openhab.persistence.cosm</module>
     <module>org.openhab.persistence.gcal</module>
     <module>org.openhab.persistence.mqtt</module>
diff --git a/distribution/openhabhome/configurations/openhab_default.cfg b/distribution/openhabhome/configurations/openhab_default.cfg
index b27339b27cf..e5c924bc155 100644
--- a/distribution/openhabhome/configurations/openhab_default.cfg
+++ b/distribution/openhabhome/configurations/openhab_default.cfg
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ logging:pattern=%date{ISO8601} - %-25logger: %msg%n
 
 ############################ SQL Persistence Service ##################################
 #
-# the JDBC driver class like 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver'
+# the JDBC driver class like 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver' or 'org.postgresql.Driver'
 #sql:driverClass=
 
 # the database url like 'jdbc:mysql://<host>:<port>/<user>'