diff --git a/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh b/plugins/localdump/pgsql.sh
index 141ba228d330e27f3aeadff5d3ff18dae9707e80..70877e103af9ad1f845bfd7380adf3c1ea1296ed 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