diff --git a/postgres/configure.sh b/postgres/configure.sh
index 88503a3817f979e55479b70e438a7c7cc3687af1..f6025d0af80c64046c63e1d736e62160496aa28b 100755
--- a/postgres/configure.sh
+++ b/postgres/configure.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ if ! [[ $choice =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]]|[yY])$ ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+/etc/ini.d/pgpool stop
+
 cp bin/pg_* /usr/local/bin/
 
 # Configure listen ip address