diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1aabe823..3c4f8439 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -469,7 +469,10 @@ services:
 
 ### PostgreSQL ###########################################
     postgres:
-      build: ./postgres
+      build:
+        context: ./postgres
+        args:
+          - POSTGRES_VERSION=${POSTGRES_VERSION}
       volumes:
         - ${DATA_PATH_HOST}/postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
         - ${POSTGRES_ENTRYPOINT_INITDB}:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
diff --git a/env-example b/env-example
index fd14dc2e..dbbbdf55 100644
--- a/env-example
+++ b/env-example
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ MARIADB_ENTRYPOINT_INITDB=./mariadb/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
 
 ### POSTGRES ##############################################
 
+POSTGRES_VERSION=alpine
 POSTGRES_DB=default
 POSTGRES_USER=default
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret
diff --git a/postgres/Dockerfile b/postgres/Dockerfile
index b5f121c5..67b5ea29 100644
--- a/postgres/Dockerfile
+++ b/postgres/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-FROM postgres:alpine
-
-LABEL maintainer="Ben M <git@bmagg.com>"
+ARG POSTGRES_VERSION=alpine
+FROM postgres:${POSTGRES_VERSION}
 
 CMD ["postgres"]