diff --git a/package/postgresql/Config.in b/package/postgresql/Config.in
index 2f677daf5b..2debdc24d7 100644
--- a/package/postgresql/Config.in
+++ b/package/postgresql/Config.in
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
 
 	  http://www.postgresql.org
 
+if BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL_FULL
+	bool "postgresql-full"
+	help
+	  Build PostgreSQL, contrib, and documentation.
+
+endif
+
 comment "postgresql needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library, wchar"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS || !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk b/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
index 6c0726e88b..76d1202de0 100644
--- a/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
+++ b/package/postgresql/postgresql.mk
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ POSTGRESQL_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 # manually, you must unset MAKELEVEL or set it to zero"
 POSTGRESQL_MAKE_OPTS = MAKELEVEL=0
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POSTGRESQL_FULL),y)
+POSTGRESQL_MAKE_OPTS += world
+POSTGRESQL_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS += DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install-world
+POSTGRESQL_INSTALL_STAGING_OPTS += DESTDIR=$(STAGING_DIR) install-world
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
 # PostgreSQL does not build against uClibc with locales
 # enabled, due to an uClibc bug, see