diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index f3bdd05..8250e12 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ postgres:
       lc_ctype: 'C.UTF-8'
       lc_collate: 'C.UTF-8'
       # optional extensions to enable on database
+      schemas:
+        uuid_ossp:
+          owner: localUser
       extensions:
         - uuid-ossp
     db2:
diff --git a/postgres/init.sls b/postgres/init.sls
index c8577b9..a560774 100644
--- a/postgres/init.sls
+++ b/postgres/init.sls
@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@ postgres-db-{{ name }}:
         - postgres_user: postgres-user-{{ db.get('user') }}
     {% endif %}
 
+{% if db.schemas is defined %}
+{% for schema, schema_args in db.schemas.items() %}
+postgres-schema-{{ schema }}-for-db-{{ name }}:
+  postgres_schema.present:
+    - name: {{ schema }}
+    - dbname: {{ name }}
+{% if schema_args is not none %}
+{% for arg, value in schema_args.items() %}
+    - {{ arg }}: {{ value }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if db.extensions is defined %}
 {% for ext in db.extensions %}
 postgres-ext-{{ ext }}-for-db-{{ name }}: