diff --git a/django_extensions/management/commands/reset_db.py b/django_extensions/management/commands/reset_db.py
index a94ef7766..770fe1c81 100644
--- a/django_extensions/management/commands/reset_db.py
+++ b/django_extensions/management/commands/reset_db.py
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
         make_option('-U', '--user', action='store',
                     dest='user', default=None,
                     help='Use another user for the database then defined in settings.py'),
+        make_option('-O', '--owner', action='store',
+                    dest='owner', default=None,
+                    help='Use another owner for creating the database then the user defined in settings or via --user'),
         make_option('-P', '--password', action='store',
                     dest='password', default=None,
                     help='Use another password for the database then defined in settings.py'),
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
         engine = dbinfo.get('ENGINE').split('.')[-1]
         user = options.get('user') or dbinfo.get('USER')
         password = options.get('password') or dbinfo.get('PASSWORD')
+        owner = options.get('owner') or user
 
         database_name = options.get('dbname') or dbinfo.get('NAME')
         if database_name == '':
@@ -130,7 +134,8 @@ def handle(self, *args, **options):
                 logging.info("Error: %s" % str(e))
 
             create_query = "CREATE DATABASE %s" % database_name
-            create_query += " WITH OWNER = %s " % user
+            if owner:
+                create_query += " WITH OWNER = %s " % owner
             create_query += " ENCODING = 'UTF8'"
 
             if engine == 'postgis':