diff --git a/testing/lemmy/APKBUILD b/testing/lemmy/APKBUILD
index cbdad63796f..5307f618032 100644
--- a/testing/lemmy/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/lemmy/APKBUILD
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ makedepends="
 	libpq-dev
 	openssl-dev
 	"
-install="$pkgname.pre-install $pkgname.post-install"
+install="$pkgname.pre-install $pkgname-localdb.post-install"
 pkgusers="lemmy"
 pkggroups="lemmy"
-subpackages="$pkgname-openrc"
+subpackages="$pkgname-openrc $pkgname-localdb::noarch"
 source="https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/archive/$pkgver/lemmy-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-translations/archive/$_translations_commit/lemmy-translations-$pkgver.tar.gz
 	fix-db-init-script.patch
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ package() {
 	install -Dm755 "$srcdir"/lemmy.initd "$pkgdir"/etc/init.d/lemmy
 }
 
+localdb() {
+	pkgdesc="Use $pkgname with a local PostgreSQL server"
+	install_if="$pkgname=$pkgver-r$pkgrel postgresql"
+	depends="$pkgname=$pkgver-r$pkgrel postgresql-contrib"
+
+	amove usr/lib/$pkgname/db-init.sh
+}
+
 sha512sums="
 e050fafafad45a3354460bb706387e609187e3894de9ac6c93f26f171f48dbefadc3e0d816f29efdde092dc7454a47e5c3b1786443e89763e31e7ce044a56f09  lemmy-0.19.3.tar.gz
 8f3ba3a343e328ee2a5ffeed4f1e6feb7ea580620f004c8f2e9fc8cf00e647e6a7ed5a9c5e68d9bce854819357ac56a9d35b667acb9925701063f0451014f075  lemmy-translations-0.19.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/testing/lemmy/lemmy.post-install b/testing/lemmy/lemmy-localdb.post-install
similarity index 100%
rename from testing/lemmy/lemmy.post-install
rename to testing/lemmy/lemmy-localdb.post-install