diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index c714bb0..d817ad2 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -38,14 +38,18 @@ postgres:
       template: 'template0'
       lc_ctype: 'C.UTF-8'
       lc_collate: 'C.UTF-8'
-
+      # optional extensions to enable on database
+      extensions:
+        - uuid-ossp
     db2:
       owner: 'localUser'
       user: 'remoteUser'
       template: 'template0'
       lc_ctype: 'C.UTF-8'
       lc_collate: 'C.UTF-8'
-
+      # optional extensions to enable on database
+      extensions:
+        - 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 07fb35b..a8c02ef 100644
--- a/postgres/init.sls
+++ b/postgres/init.sls
@@ -103,6 +103,16 @@ postgres-db-{{ name }}:
     - require:
         - postgres_user: postgres-user-{{ db.get('user') }}
     {% endif %}
+
+{% if db.extensions is defined %}
+{% for ext in db.extensions %}
+postgres-ext-{{ ext }}-for-db-{{ name }}:
+  postgres_extension.present:
+    - name: {{ ext }}
+    - user: {{ db.get('runas', 'postgres') }}
+    - maintenance_db: {{ name }}
+{% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
 {% endfor%}
 
 {% for name, directory in postgres.tablespaces.items()  %}