diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/741-enable-and-start-postfix-service.yml b/changelogs/fragments/741-enable-and-start-postfix-service.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fd7bb4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/741-enable-and-start-postfix-service.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+    - Enable and start postfix service so that ovirt-ha-agent logs are not filled with mail notification errors (https://github.com/oVirt/ovirt-ansible-collection/pull/741)
diff --git a/roles/hosted_engine_setup/tasks/bootstrap_local_vm/05_add_host.yml b/roles/hosted_engine_setup/tasks/bootstrap_local_vm/05_add_host.yml
index 67a3038f..3d40368e 100644
--- a/roles/hosted_engine_setup/tasks/bootstrap_local_vm/05_add_host.yml
+++ b/roles/hosted_engine_setup/tasks/bootstrap_local_vm/05_add_host.yml
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@
       register: host_result_up_check
       ignore_errors: true
 
+    - name: Enable postfix service
+      ansible.builtin.service:
+        name: postfix
+        enabled: true
+        state: started
+      register: postfix_service_status
+      ignore_errors: true
+
     - name: Handle deployment failure
       block:
         - name: Set host_id