diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/pgsqlsetup b/xCAT-client/bin/pgsqlsetup
index 62358c32b..18316ad8e 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/pgsqlsetup
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/pgsqlsetup
@@ -138,6 +138,18 @@ else
 }
 
 
+#
+# check to see  if perl-DBD-Pg is installed
+#
+my $cmd = "rpm -qa | grep perl-DBD-Pg";
+my @output=xCAT::Utils->runcmd($cmd, 0);
+if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0)
+{
+    my $message =
+      "\nperl-DBD-Pg is not installed.  If on AIX, it should be first obtained from the xcat dependency tarballs and installed before running this command.\n If on Linux, install from the OS CDs.";
+    xCAT::MsgUtils->message("E", " $cmd failed. $message");
+    exit(1);
+}
 #
 # check to see if postgresql is installed
 #
@@ -151,6 +163,7 @@ if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0)
     exit(1);
 }
 # check if 9.X release,  setup different
+# check if 9.X release,  setup different
 if  (grep(/postgresql9/, @output)) {  # postgresql 9.x
  # figure out which 9.x release  and build path
  my @parseout= split(/\-/, $output[0]);