diff --git a/roles/smtpgateway/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/smtpgateway/tasks/main.yaml
index e1d2db1..73e2760 100644
--- a/roles/smtpgateway/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/smtpgateway/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     name:
      - prometheus-postfix-exporter
 
-- name: Copy default nginx config
+- name: Copy exporter config
   ansible.builtin.copy:
     src: prometheus-postfix-exporter
     dest: /etc/default/prometheus-postfix-exporter
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
     group: root
     mode: '0644'
 
+- name: Add the prometheus user to postdrop group
+  ansible.builtin.user:
+    name: prometheus
+    groups: postdrop
+    append: yes
+
 - name: Enable and restart exporter daemon
   service:
     name: prometheus-postfix-exporter