diff --git a/cookbooks/dev/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/dev/recipes/default.rb
index 8f3264635..b93f91328 100644
--- a/cookbooks/dev/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/dev/recipes/default.rb
@@ -383,6 +383,13 @@
         owner "apis"
       end
 
+      postgresql_extension "#{database_name}_postgis" do
+        cluster rails_cluster
+        database database_name
+        extension "postgis"
+        owner "postgres"
+      end
+
       directory site_directory do
         owner "apis"
         group "apis"