diff --git a/tasks/postfix.yml b/tasks/postfix.yml
index 1d21488..ee4449d 100644
--- a/tasks/postfix.yml
+++ b/tasks/postfix.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,7 @@
     - master.cf
   notify: restart mailer
   tags: ['common', 'postfix']
+
+- name: postfix - start and enable
+  service: name=postfix state=started enabled=yes
+  tags: ['common', 'postfix']