diff --git a/django/db/backends/__init__.py b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
index 5e96fefd05..d6bd380886 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/__init__.py
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ class BaseDatabaseFeatures(object):
     # date_interval_sql can properly handle mixed Date/DateTime fields and timedeltas
     supports_mixed_date_datetime_comparisons = True
 
+    # Does the backend support tablespaces? Default to False because it isn't
+    # in the SQL standard.
+    supports_tablespaces = False
+
     # Features that need to be confirmed at runtime
     # Cache whether the confirmation has been performed.
     _confirmed = False
@@ -696,8 +700,12 @@ class BaseDatabaseOperations(object):
 
     def tablespace_sql(self, tablespace, inline=False):
         """
-        Returns the SQL that will be appended to tables or rows to define
-        a tablespace. Returns '' if the backend doesn't use tablespaces.
+        Returns the SQL that will be used in a query to define the tablespace.
+
+        Returns '' if the backend doesn't support tablespaces.
+
+        If inline is True, the SQL is appended to a row; otherwise it's appended
+        to the entire CREATE TABLE or CREATE INDEX statement.
         """
         return ''
 
diff --git a/django/db/backends/creation.py b/django/db/backends/creation.py
index fa0feffeac..f03df5d380 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/creation.py
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ class BaseDatabaseCreation(object):
             if tablespace and f.unique:
                 # We must specify the index tablespace inline, because we
                 # won't be generating a CREATE INDEX statement for this field.
-                field_output.append(self.connection.ops.tablespace_sql(tablespace, inline=True))
+                tablespace_sql = self.connection.ops.tablespace_sql(tablespace, inline=True)
+                if tablespace_sql:
+                    field_output.append(tablespace_sql)
             if f.rel:
                 ref_output, pending = self.sql_for_inline_foreign_key_references(f, known_models, style)
                 if pending:
@@ -74,7 +76,9 @@ class BaseDatabaseCreation(object):
             full_statement.append('    %s%s' % (line, i < len(table_output)-1 and ',' or ''))
         full_statement.append(')')
         if opts.db_tablespace:
-            full_statement.append(self.connection.ops.tablespace_sql(opts.db_tablespace))
+            tablespace_sql = self.connection.ops.tablespace_sql(opts.db_tablespace)
+            if tablespace_sql:
+                full_statement.append(tablespace_sql)
         full_statement.append(';')
         final_output.append('\n'.join(full_statement))
 
@@ -149,11 +153,9 @@ class BaseDatabaseCreation(object):
             qn = self.connection.ops.quote_name
             tablespace = f.db_tablespace or model._meta.db_tablespace
             if tablespace:
-                sql = self.connection.ops.tablespace_sql(tablespace)
-                if sql:
-                    tablespace_sql = ' ' + sql
-                else:
-                    tablespace_sql = ''
+                tablespace_sql = self.connection.ops.tablespace_sql(tablespace)
+                if tablespace_sql:
+                    tablespace_sql = ' ' + tablespace_sql
             else:
                 tablespace_sql = ''
             i_name = '%s_%s' % (model._meta.db_table, self._digest(f.column))
diff --git a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
index bd45f9bd3d..c9830f5a7c 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/oracle/base.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ class DatabaseFeatures(BaseDatabaseFeatures):
     can_defer_constraint_checks = True
     ignores_nulls_in_unique_constraints = False
     has_bulk_insert = True
+    supports_tablespaces = True
 
 class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
     compiler_module = "django.db.backends.oracle.compiler"
@@ -326,8 +327,10 @@ WHEN (new.%(col_name)s IS NULL)
         return ''
 
     def tablespace_sql(self, tablespace, inline=False):
-        return "%sTABLESPACE %s" % ((inline and "USING INDEX " or ""),
-            self.quote_name(tablespace))
+        if inline:
+            return "USING INDEX TABLESPACE %s" % self.quote_name(tablespace)
+        else:
+            return "TABLESPACE %s" % self.quote_name(tablespace)
 
     def value_to_db_datetime(self, value):
         # Oracle doesn't support tz-aware datetimes
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
index f0a89e50a8..74342e9ac6 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class DatabaseFeatures(BaseDatabaseFeatures):
     has_select_for_update = True
     has_select_for_update_nowait = True
     has_bulk_insert = True
-
+    supports_tablespaces = True
 
 class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
     vendor = 'postgresql'
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/creation.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/creation.py
index 1f5609a158..e4e7428ea7 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/creation.py
@@ -44,11 +44,9 @@ class DatabaseCreation(BaseDatabaseCreation):
             db_table = model._meta.db_table
             tablespace = f.db_tablespace or model._meta.db_tablespace
             if tablespace:
-                sql = self.connection.ops.tablespace_sql(tablespace)
-                if sql:
-                    tablespace_sql = ' ' + sql
-                else:
-                    tablespace_sql = ''
+                tablespace_sql = self.connection.ops.tablespace_sql(tablespace)
+                if tablespace_sql:
+                    tablespace_sql = ' ' + tablespace_sql
             else:
                 tablespace_sql = ''
 
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/operations.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/operations.py
index c3a23c2073..acfeeaf7ac 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/operations.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/operations.py
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@ class DatabaseOperations(BaseDatabaseOperations):
         else:
             return []
 
+    def tablespace_sql(self, tablespace, inline=False):
+        if inline:
+            return "USING INDEX TABLESPACE %s" % self.quote_name(tablespace)
+        else:
+            return "TABLESPACE %s" % self.quote_name(tablespace)
+
     def sequence_reset_sql(self, style, model_list):
         from django.db import models
         output = []
diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/related.py b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
index 8c054e7303..848fd6ed74 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/related.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
@@ -1078,6 +1078,7 @@ def create_many_to_many_intermediary_model(field, klass):
         'managed': managed,
         'auto_created': klass,
         'app_label': klass._meta.app_label,
+        'db_tablespace': klass._meta.db_tablespace,
         'unique_together': (from_, to),
         'verbose_name': '%(from)s-%(to)s relationship' % {'from': from_, 'to': to},
         'verbose_name_plural': '%(from)s-%(to)s relationships' % {'from': from_, 'to': to},
@@ -1086,8 +1087,8 @@ def create_many_to_many_intermediary_model(field, klass):
     return type(name, (models.Model,), {
         'Meta': meta,
         '__module__': klass.__module__,
-        from_: models.ForeignKey(klass, related_name='%s+' % name),
-        to: models.ForeignKey(to_model, related_name='%s+' % name)
+        from_: models.ForeignKey(klass, related_name='%s+' % name, db_tablespace=field.db_tablespace),
+        to: models.ForeignKey(to_model, related_name='%s+' % name, db_tablespace=field.db_tablespace)
     })
 
 class ManyToManyField(RelatedField, Field):
diff --git a/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt b/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
index 1cf4ddb729..7f0ea3799d 100644
--- a/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
+++ b/docs/howto/custom-model-fields.txt
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ parameters:
 * :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.choices`
 * :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.help_text`
 * :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.db_column`
-* :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.db_tablespace`: Currently only used with
-  the Oracle backend and only for index creation. You can usually ignore
-  this option.
+* :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.db_tablespace`: Only for index creation, if the
+  backend supports :doc:`tablespaces </topics/db/tablespaces>`. You can usually
+  ignore this option.
 * :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.auto_created`: True if the field was
   automatically created, as for the `OneToOneField` used by model
   inheritance. For advanced use only.
diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index 9a83e059e5..9ea0fe72cc 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -646,49 +646,6 @@ The ``RETURNING INTO`` clause can be disabled by setting the
 In this case, the Oracle backend will use a separate ``SELECT`` query to
 retrieve AutoField values.
 
-Tablespace options
-------------------
-
-A common paradigm for optimizing performance in Oracle-based systems is the
-use of `tablespaces`_ to organize disk layout. The Oracle backend supports
-this use case by adding ``db_tablespace`` options to the ``Meta`` and
-``Field`` classes.  (When you use a backend that lacks support for tablespaces,
-Django ignores these options.)
-
-.. _`tablespaces`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespace
-
-A tablespace can be specified for the table(s) generated by a model by
-supplying the ``db_tablespace`` option inside the model's ``class Meta``.
-Additionally, you can pass the ``db_tablespace`` option to a ``Field``
-constructor to specify an alternate tablespace for the ``Field``'s column
-index. If no index would be created for the column, the ``db_tablespace``
-option is ignored::
-
-    class TablespaceExample(models.Model):
-        name = models.CharField(max_length=30, db_index=True, db_tablespace="indexes")
-        data = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_index=True)
-        edges = models.ManyToManyField(to="self", db_tablespace="indexes")
-
-        class Meta:
-            db_tablespace = "tables"
-
-In this example, the tables generated by the ``TablespaceExample`` model
-(i.e., the model table and the many-to-many table) would be stored in the
-``tables`` tablespace. The index for the name field and the indexes on the
-many-to-many table would be stored in the ``indexes`` tablespace. The ``data``
-field would also generate an index, but no tablespace for it is specified, so
-it would be stored in the model tablespace ``tables`` by default.
-
-Use the :setting:`DEFAULT_TABLESPACE` and :setting:`DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE`
-settings to specify default values for the db_tablespace options.
-These are useful for setting a tablespace for the built-in Django apps and
-other applications whose code you cannot control.
-
-Django does not create the tablespaces for you. Please refer to `Oracle's
-documentation`_ for details on creating and managing tablespaces.
-
-.. _`Oracle's documentation`: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_7003.htm#SQLRF01403
-
 Naming issues
 -------------
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
index 3ae35f0dc2..f3a4ef4f77 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt
@@ -178,10 +178,11 @@ If ``True``, djadmin:`django-admin.py sqlindexes <sqlindexes>` will output a
 
 .. attribute:: Field.db_tablespace
 
-The name of the database tablespace to use for this field's index, if this field
-is indexed. The default is the project's :setting:`DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE`
-setting, if set, or the :attr:`~Field.db_tablespace` of the model, if any. If
-the backend doesn't support tablespaces, this option is ignored.
+The name of the :doc:`database tablespace </topics/db/tablespaces>` to use for
+this field's index, if this field is indexed. The default is the project's
+:setting:`DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE` setting, if set, or the
+:attr:`~Options.db_tablespace` of the model, if any. If the backend doesn't
+support tablespaces for indexes, this option is ignored.
 
 ``default``
 -----------
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/options.txt b/docs/ref/models/options.txt
index 14446b69b4..4ae105af92 100644
--- a/docs/ref/models/options.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/models/options.txt
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ Django quotes column and table names behind the scenes.
 
 .. attribute:: Options.db_tablespace
 
-    The name of the database tablespace to use for the model. If the backend
-    doesn't support tablespaces, this option is ignored.
+    The name of the :doc:`database tablespace </topics/db/tablespaces>` to use
+    for this model. The default is the project's :setting:`DEFAULT_TABLESPACE`
+    setting, if set. If the backend doesn't support tablespaces, this option is
+    ignored.
 
 ``get_latest_by``
 -----------------
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 0669750565..4ff5d4d068 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE
 Default: ``''`` (Empty string)
 
 Default tablespace to use for indexes on fields that don't specify
-one, if the backend supports it.
+one, if the backend supports it (see :doc:`/topics/db/tablespaces`).
 
 .. setting:: DEFAULT_TABLESPACE
 
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ DEFAULT_TABLESPACE
 Default: ``''`` (Empty string)
 
 Default tablespace to use for models that don't specify one, if the
-backend supports it.
+backend supports it (see :doc:`/topics/db/tablespaces`).
 
 .. setting:: DISALLOWED_USER_AGENTS
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.4.txt b/docs/releases/1.4.txt
index a035f44567..3e364fbe23 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.4.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.4.txt
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ Django 1.4 also includes several smaller improvements worth noting:
   code are slightly emphasized. This change makes it easier to scan a stacktrace
   for issues in user code.
 
+* :doc:`Tablespace support </topics/db/tablespaces>` in PostgreSQL.
+
 * Customizable names for :meth:`~django.template.Library.simple_tag`.
 
 * In the documentation, a helpful :doc:`security overview </topics/security>`
diff --git a/docs/topics/db/index.txt b/docs/topics/db/index.txt
index 24a6202564..0e0fc8adb6 100644
--- a/docs/topics/db/index.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/db/index.txt
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ model maps to a single database table.
    sql
    transactions
    multi-db
+   tablespaces
    optimization
diff --git a/docs/topics/db/tablespaces.txt b/docs/topics/db/tablespaces.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fcd5588e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/topics/db/tablespaces.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+===========
+Tablespaces
+===========
+
+A common paradigm for optimizing performance in database systems is the use of
+`tablespaces`_ to organize disk layout.
+
+.. _`tablespaces`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tablespace
+
+.. warning::
+    Django does not create the tablespaces for you. Please refer to your
+    database engine's documentation for details on creating and managing
+    tablespaces.
+
+
+Declaring tablespaces for tables
+--------------------------------
+
+A tablespace can be specified for the table generated by a model by supplying
+the :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.db_tablespace` option inside the model's
+``class Meta``. This option also affects tables automatically created for
+:class:`~django.db.models.ManyToManyField`\ s in the model.
+
+You can use the :setting:`DEFAULT_TABLESPACE` setting to specify a default value
+for :attr:`~django.db.models.Options.db_tablespace`. This is useful for setting
+a tablespace for the built-in Django apps and other applications whose code you
+cannot control.
+
+Declaring tablespaces for indexes
+---------------------------------
+
+You can pass the :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.db_tablespace` option to a
+``Field`` constructor to specify an alternate tablespace for the ``Field``'s
+column index. If no index would be created for the column, the option is
+ignored.
+
+You can use the :setting:`DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE` setting to specify
+a default value for :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.db_tablespace`.
+
+If :attr:`~django.db.models.Field.db_tablespace` isn't specified and you didn't
+set :setting:`DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE`, the index is created in the same
+tablespace as the tables.
+
+An example
+----------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    class TablespaceExample(models.Model):
+        name = models.CharField(max_length=30, db_index=True, db_tablespace="indexes")
+        data = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_index=True)
+        edges = models.ManyToManyField(to="self", db_tablespace="indexes")
+
+        class Meta:
+            db_tablespace = "tables"
+
+In this example, the tables generated by the ``TablespaceExample`` model (i.e.
+the model table and the many-to-many table) would be stored in the ``tables``
+tablespace. The index for the name field and the indexes on the many-to-many
+table would be stored in the ``indexes`` tablespace. The ``data`` field would
+also generate an index, but no tablespace for it is specified, so it would be
+stored in the model tablespace ``tables`` by default.
+
+Database support
+----------------
+
+PostgreSQL and Oracle support tablespaces. SQLite and MySQL don't.
+
+When you use a backend that lacks support for tablespaces, Django ignores all
+tablespace-related options.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 1.4
+    Since Django 1.4, the PostgreSQL backend supports tablespaces.
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/tablespaces/__init__.py b/tests/modeltests/tablespaces/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/tablespaces/models.py b/tests/modeltests/tablespaces/models.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..afc376c931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/tablespaces/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+# Since the test database doesn't have tablespaces, it's impossible for Django
+# to create the tables for models where db_tablespace is set. To avoid this
+# problem, we mark the models as unmanaged, and temporarily revert them to
+# managed during each tes. See setUp and tearDown -- it isn't possible to use
+# setUpClass and tearDownClass because they're called before Django flushes the
+# tables, so Django attempts to flush a non-existing table.
+
+class ScientistRef(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+
+class ArticleRef(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=50, unique=True)
+    code = models.CharField(max_length=50, unique=True)
+    authors = models.ManyToManyField(ScientistRef, related_name='articles_written_set')
+    reviewers = models.ManyToManyField(ScientistRef, related_name='articles_reviewed_set')
+
+class Scientist(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
+    class Meta:
+        db_tablespace = 'tbl_tbsp'
+        managed = False
+
+class Article(models.Model):
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=50, unique=True)
+    code = models.CharField(max_length=50, unique=True, db_tablespace='idx_tbsp')
+    authors = models.ManyToManyField(Scientist, related_name='articles_written_set')
+    reviewers = models.ManyToManyField(Scientist, related_name='articles_reviewed_set', db_tablespace='idx_tbsp')
+    class Meta:
+        db_tablespace = 'tbl_tbsp'
+        managed = False
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/tablespaces/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/tablespaces/tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..763c8a7fdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modeltests/tablespaces/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import copy
+
+from django.db import connection
+from django.db import models
+from django.db.models.loading import cache
+from django.core.management.color import no_style 
+from django.test import TestCase, skipIfDBFeature, skipUnlessDBFeature
+
+from models import Article, ArticleRef, Scientist, ScientistRef
+
+# Automatically created models
+Authors = Article._meta.get_field('authors').rel.through
+Reviewers = Article._meta.get_field('reviewers').rel.through
+
+# We can't test the DEFAULT_TABLESPACE and DEFAULT_INDEX_TABLESPACE settings
+# because they're evaluated when the model class is defined. As a consequence,
+# @override_settings doesn't work.
+
+def sql_for_table(model):
+    return '\n'.join(connection.creation.sql_create_model(model, no_style())[0])
+
+def sql_for_index(model):
+    return '\n'.join(connection.creation.sql_indexes_for_model(model, no_style()))
+
+
+class TablespacesTests(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # The unmanaged models need to be removed after the test in order to
+        # prevent bad interactions with other tests (proxy_models_inheritance).
+        self.old_app_models = copy.deepcopy(cache.app_models)
+        self.old_app_store = copy.deepcopy(cache.app_store)
+
+        for model in Article, Authors, Reviewers, Scientist:
+            model._meta.managed = True
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        for model in Article, Authors, Reviewers, Scientist:
+            model._meta.managed = False
+
+        cache.app_models = self.old_app_models
+        cache.app_store = self.old_app_store
+        cache._get_models_cache = {}
+
+    def assertNumContains(self, haystack, needle, count):
+        real_count = haystack.count(needle)
+        self.assertEqual(real_count, count, "Found %d instances of '%s', "
+                "expected %d" % (real_count, needle, count))
+
+    @skipUnlessDBFeature('supports_tablespaces')
+    def test_tablespace_for_model(self):
+        # 1 for the table + 1 for the index on the primary key
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_table(Scientist).lower(), 'tbl_tbsp', 2)
+
+    @skipIfDBFeature('supports_tablespaces')
+    def test_tablespace_ignored_for_model(self):
+        # No tablespace-related SQL
+        self.assertEqual(sql_for_table(Scientist),
+                         sql_for_table(ScientistRef).replace('ref', ''))
+
+    @skipUnlessDBFeature('supports_tablespaces')
+    def test_tablespace_for_indexed_field(self):
+        # 1 for the table + 1 for the primary key + 1 for the index on name
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_table(Article).lower(), 'tbl_tbsp', 3)
+        # 1 for the index on reference
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_table(Article).lower(), 'idx_tbsp', 1)
+
+    @skipIfDBFeature('supports_tablespaces')
+    def test_tablespace_ignored_for_indexed_field(self):
+        # No tablespace-related SQL
+        self.assertEqual(sql_for_table(Article),
+                         sql_for_table(ArticleRef).replace('ref', ''))
+
+    @skipUnlessDBFeature('supports_tablespaces')
+    def test_tablespace_for_many_to_many_field(self):
+        # The join table of the ManyToManyField always goes to the tablespace
+        # of the model.
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_table(Authors).lower(), 'tbl_tbsp', 2)
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_table(Authors).lower(), 'idx_tbsp', 0)
+        # The ManyToManyField declares no db_tablespace, indexes for the two
+        # foreign keys in the join table go to the tablespace of the model.
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_index(Authors).lower(), 'tbl_tbsp', 2)
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_index(Authors).lower(), 'idx_tbsp', 0)
+
+        # The join table of the ManyToManyField always goes to the tablespace
+        # of the model.
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_table(Reviewers).lower(), 'tbl_tbsp', 2)
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_table(Reviewers).lower(), 'idx_tbsp', 0)
+        # The ManyToManyField declares db_tablespace, indexes for the two
+        # foreign keys in the join table go to this tablespace.
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_index(Reviewers).lower(), 'tbl_tbsp', 0)
+        self.assertNumContains(sql_for_index(Reviewers).lower(), 'idx_tbsp', 2)