diff --git a/lib/facter/postgres_version.rb b/lib/facter/postgres_version.rb
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+++ b/lib/facter/postgres_version.rb
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+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+Facter.add('postgres_version') do
+  confine { Facter::Core::Execution.which('postgres') }
+  setcode do
+    version = Facter::Core::Execution.execute('postgres -V 2>/dev/null')
+    version.match(%r{\d+\.\d+$})[0] if version
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/facter/postgres_version_spec.rb b/spec/unit/facter/postgres_version_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/unit/facter/postgres_version_spec.rb
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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Facter::Util::Fact.to_s do
+  before(:each) do
+    Facter.clear
+  end
+
+  describe 'postgres_version' do
+    context 'with value' do
+      before :each do
+        allow(Facter::Core::Execution).to receive(:which).and_return('/usr/bin/postgres')
+        allow(Facter::Core::Execution).to receive(:execute).with('postgres -V 2>/dev/null').and_return('postgres (PostgreSQL) 10.0')
+      end
+
+      it 'postgres_version' do
+        expect(Facter.fact(:postgres_version).value).to eq('10.0')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end