diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.2.6.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.2.6.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5ce8741f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.2.6.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "postgresql-" + version;
+  LC_ALL = "en_US";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.de.postgresql.org/mirror/postgresql/source/v${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256="056ixbsfmdwhniryc0mr1kl66jywkqqhqvjdi7i3v4qzh9z34hgf";
+  };
+
+  passthru = { inherit readline; };
+  buildInputs = [zlib ncurses readline];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.3.0.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.3.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..04244fff85b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/postgresql/8.3.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "postgresql-" + version;
+  LC_ALL = "en_US";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.de.postgresql.org/mirror/postgresql/source/v${version}/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256="19kf0q45d5zd1rxffin0iblizckk8cp6fpgb52sipqkpnmm6sdc5";
+  };
+
+  passthru = { inherit readline; };
+  buildInputs = [zlib ncurses readline];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac727a2dfa2..d571012f630 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3236,7 +3236,7 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv openssh;
   };
 
-  postgresql = import ../servers/sql/postgresql {
+  postgresql = selectVersion ../servers/sql/postgresql "8.3.0" {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv readline ncurses zlib;
   };