diff --git a/src/database/driver/postgres.ts b/src/database/driver/postgres.ts
index 73a1592c..cef00715 100644
--- a/src/database/driver/postgres.ts
+++ b/src/database/driver/postgres.ts
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ export async function createPostgresDatabase(
      * @link https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/blob/master/src/driver/postgres/PostgresQueryRunner.ts#L326
      */
     let query = `CREATE DATABASE "${options.database}"`;
-    if (typeof options.characterSet === 'string') {
+    if (typeof options.template === 'string') {
+        query += ` TEMPLATE "${options.template}"`;
+    } else if (typeof options.characterSet === 'string') {
         query += ` WITH ENCODING '${options.characterSet}'`;
     }
     const result = await executeSimplePostgresQuery(connection, query);
diff --git a/src/database/driver/type.ts b/src/database/driver/type.ts
index 07fe447c..4ec842fe 100644
--- a/src/database/driver/type.ts
+++ b/src/database/driver/type.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ export type DriverOptions = {
     characterSet?: string,
 
     // postgres specific
-    schema?: string
+    schema?: string,
+
+    // only for postgres 13+, see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/manage-ag-templatedbs.html
+    template?: string,
 
     extra?: {
         [key: string]: any
diff --git a/src/database/driver/utils/build.ts b/src/database/driver/utils/build.ts
index 617dc989..267faf74 100644
--- a/src/database/driver/utils/build.ts
+++ b/src/database/driver/utils/build.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export function buildDriverOptions(options: DataSourceOptions): DriverOptions {
         ...(driverOptions.connectString ? { connectString: driverOptions.connectString } : {}),
         ...(driverOptions.sid ? { sid: driverOptions.sid } : {}),
         ...(driverOptions.serviceName ? { serviceName: driverOptions.serviceName } : {}),
+        ...(driverOptions.template ? { template: driverOptions.template } : {}),
         ...(options.extra ? { extra: options.extra } : {}),
         ...(driverOptions.domain ? { domain: driverOptions.domain } : {}),
         ...(driverOptions.schema ? { schema: driverOptions.schema } : {}),