diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index f3bdd05..3cb072d 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ postgres:
       template: 'template0'
       lc_ctype: 'C.UTF-8'
       lc_collate: 'C.UTF-8'
+      # optional schemas to enable on database
+      schemas:
+        uuid_ossp:
+          owner: localUser
       # optional extensions to enable on database
       extensions:
-        - uuid-ossp
+        uuid-ossp:
+          schema: uuid_ossp
     db2:
       owner: 'localUser'
       user: 'remoteUser'
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ postgres:
       lc_collate: 'C.UTF-8'
       # optional extensions to enable on database
       extensions:
-        - postgis
+        postgis:
   # This section will append your configuration to postgresql.conf.
   postgresconf: |
     listen_addresses = 'localhost,*'
diff --git a/postgres/init.sls b/postgres/init.sls
index c8577b9..e8559b3 100644
--- a/postgres/init.sls
+++ b/postgres/init.sls
@@ -118,13 +118,32 @@ 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 %}
+{% for ext, ext_args in db.extensions.items() %}
 postgres-ext-{{ ext }}-for-db-{{ name }}:
   postgres_extension.present:
     - name: {{ ext }}
     - user: {{ db.get('runas', 'postgres') }}
     - maintenance_db: {{ name }}
+{% if ext_args is not none %}
+{% for arg, value in ext_args.items() %}
+    - {{ arg }}: {{ value }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
 {% endfor %}
 {% endif %}
 {% endfor%}