diff --git a/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh b/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh
index 519eac5bca3f87472ebc7254153b2862229cf77e..527ee98577b5c0f7c9f43069ee29ef8f764eba0b 100755
--- a/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh
+++ b/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 
 function checkRequirements(){
   j_requireBinary "pg_dump"   1
-  j_requireProcess "postgres" 1
+  j_requireProcess "postgres|postmaster" 1
 
   # set flag and reset return code
   test $rc -eq 0 && SERVICEFOUND=1