diff --git a/dev-tools/create-test-database b/dev-tools/create-test-database
index 693dd00db..a27b07a96 100755
--- a/dev-tools/create-test-database
+++ b/dev-tools/create-test-database
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ docker-compose exec -T postgres psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U spoke spokedev <<EO
        CREATE USER spoke_test WITH PASSWORD 'spoke_test';
        GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE spoke_test TO spoke_test;
 EOF
+
+docker-compose exec -T postgres psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U spoke spoke_test <<EOF
+       GRANT ALL ON SCHEMA public TO spoke_test;
+EOF