diff --git a/pytest_django/db_reuse.py b/pytest_django/db_reuse.py
index da1017003..f933525a6 100644
--- a/pytest_django/db_reuse.py
+++ b/pytest_django/db_reuse.py
@@ -93,13 +93,35 @@ def create_test_db_with_reuse(self, verbosity=1, autoclobber=False):
     # See https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/17760
     if hasattr(self.connection.features, 'confirm'):
         self.connection.features.confirm()
+        
+    self.connection.settings_dict['TEST_REUSE']=True #to check if destroy or not
 
     return test_database_name
 
 
-def monkey_patch_creation_for_db_reuse():
+def monkey_patch_creation_for_db_reuse(reuse_db,create_db):
     from django.db import connections
 
     for connection in connections.all():
-        if test_database_exists_from_previous_run(connection):
-            _monkeypatch(connection.creation, 'create_test_db', create_test_db_with_reuse)
+        if reuse_db and not create_db or connection.settings_dict.get('TEST_REUSE',False):
+            if test_database_exists_from_previous_run(connection):
+                _monkeypatch(connection.creation, 'create_test_db', create_test_db_with_reuse)
+
+def monkey_patch_create_with_template():
+    """
+    Monkeypatch create sql to do 'CREATE DATABASE test_xxx WITH TEMPLATE xxx' instead of just 'CREATE DATABASE test_xxx'
+    Useful when testing with PostgreSQL and barebone of existing database 
+    """ 
+    def _sql_table_creation_suffix(self):
+        try:
+            return " WITH TEMPLATE=%s"%self.connection.settings_dict['TEST_WITH_TEMPLATE'] 
+        except KeyError:
+            return ""
+
+
+    from django.db import connections
+    
+    for connection in connections.all():
+        if "TEST_WITH_TEMPLATE" in connection.settings_dict:
+            _monkeypatch(connection.creation,'sql_table_creation_suffix',_sql_table_creation_suffix)
+    
diff --git a/pytest_django/fixtures.py b/pytest_django/fixtures.py
index e434d9a46..07c72826c 100644
--- a/pytest_django/fixtures.py
+++ b/pytest_django/fixtures.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 
 from . import live_server_helper
 from .db_reuse import (monkey_patch_creation_for_db_reuse,
-                       monkey_patch_creation_for_db_suffix)
+                       monkey_patch_creation_for_db_suffix,
+                       monkey_patch_create_with_template)
 from .django_compat import is_django_unittest
 from .lazy_django import skip_if_no_django
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ def _django_db_setup(request, _django_runner, _django_cursor_wrapper):
         db_suffix = None
 
     monkey_patch_creation_for_db_suffix(db_suffix)
+    monkey_patch_create_with_template()    
 
     # Disable south's syncdb command
     commands = management.get_commands()
@@ -42,13 +44,18 @@ def _django_db_setup(request, _django_runner, _django_cursor_wrapper):
 
     with _django_cursor_wrapper:
         # Monkey patch Django's setup code to support database re-use
-        if request.config.getvalue('reuse_db'):
-            if not request.config.getvalue('create_db'):
-                monkey_patch_creation_for_db_reuse()
-            _django_runner.teardown_databases = lambda db_cfg: None
-
+        monkey_patch_creation_for_db_reuse(request.config.getvalue('reuse_db'),
+                                           request.config.getvalue('create_db'))
         # Create the database
         db_cfg = _django_runner.setup_databases()
+        #rewrite db_cfg - remove those with REUSE
+        _old_dbs,mirror = db_cfg
+        _new_dbs = []
+        for connection,old_name,destroy in _old_dbs:
+            if not connection.settings_dict.get('TEST_REUSE'):
+                _new_dbs.append((connection,old_name,destroy))
+        db_cfg = _new_dbs,mirror 
+        
 
     def teardown_database():
         with _django_cursor_wrapper: