diff --git a/salt/postgres/telegraf_users.sls b/salt/postgres/telegraf_users.sls
index 8d718519c..dbbc0f03e 100644
--- a/salt/postgres/telegraf_users.sls
+++ b/salt/postgres/telegraf_users.sls
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 {%   from 'vars/globals.map.jinja' import GLOBALS %}
 {%   from 'telegraf/map.jinja' import TELEGRAFMERGED %}
 
+{# postgres_wait_ready below requires `docker_container: so-postgres`, which is
+   declared in postgres.enabled. Include it here so state.apply postgres.telegraf_users
+   on its own (from the reactor orch or from soup) still has that ID in scope. Salt
+   de-duplicates the circular include. #}
+include:
+  - postgres.enabled
+
 {% set TG_OUT = TELEGRAFMERGED.output | upper %}
 {% if TG_OUT in ['POSTGRES', 'BOTH'] %}