diff --git a/test/integration/roles/setup_postgresql_db/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/setup_postgresql_db/tasks/main.yml
index 91571f49ef2..d306ac3b7a2 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/setup_postgresql_db/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/setup_postgresql_db/tasks/main.yml
@@ -52,12 +52,11 @@
   command: /sbin/service postgresql initdb
   when: ansible_os_family == "RedHat" and ansible_distribution_major_version|int <= 6
 
-# The package install should initialize a db cluster provided that the old db
-# cluster was entirely removed.  So this shouldn't be needed
-#- name: Iniitalize postgres (upstart)
-#  command: /usr/bin/pg_createcluster {{ pg_ver }} main
-#  ignore_errors: True
-#  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
+- name: Iniitalize postgres (upstart)
+  command: /usr/bin/pg_createcluster {{ pg_ver }} main
+  # Sometimes package install creates the db cluster, sometimes this step is needed
+  ignore_errors: True
+  when: ansible_os_family == 'Debian'
 
 - name: Copy pg_hba into place
   copy: src=pg_hba.conf dest="{{ pg_hba_location }}" owner="postgres" group="root" mode="0644"