diff --git a/gramps/plugins/db/dbapi/postgresql.py b/gramps/plugins/db/dbapi/postgresql.py
index 14029c3e0..eca488584 100644
--- a/gramps/plugins/db/dbapi/postgresql.py
+++ b/gramps/plugins/db/dbapi/postgresql.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class Postgresql:
         self.__connection.autocommit = True
         self.__cursor = self.__connection.cursor()
         locale = os.environ.get('LANG', 'en_US.utf8')
-        self.execute("DROP COLLTAION IF EXISTS glocale")
+        self.execute("DROP COLLATION IF EXISTS glocale")
         self.execute("CREATE COLLATION glocale (LOCALE = '%s')" % locale)
 
     def _hack_query(self, query):