diff --git a/nix/withTmpDb.sh.in b/nix/withTmpDb.sh.in
index 872fc69..35746f1 100644
--- a/nix/withTmpDb.sh.in
+++ b/nix/withTmpDb.sh.in
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ trap 'pg_ctl stop -m i && rm -rf "$tmpdir"' sigint sigterm exit
 
 PGTZ=UTC initdb --no-locale --encoding=UTF8 --nosync -U "$PGUSER"
 
-options="-F -c listen_addresses=\"\" -k $PGDATA -c shared_preload_libraries=\"pg_tle, supautils\" -c wal_level=logical"
+options="-F -c listen_addresses=\"\" -k $PGDATA -c shared_preload_libraries=\"pg_cron, pg_tle, supautils\" -c wal_level=logical -c cron.database_name=postgres"
 
 reserved_roles="supabase_storage_admin, anon, reserved_but_not_yet_created, authenticator*"
 reserved_memberships="pg_read_server_files, pg_write_server_files, pg_execute_server_program, role_with_reserved_membership"
-privileged_extensions="autoinc, citext, hstore, postgres_fdw, pg_tle"
+privileged_extensions="autoinc, citext, hstore, pg_cron, pg_tle, postgres_fdw"
 privileged_extensions_custom_scripts_path="$tmpdir/privileged_extensions_custom_scripts"
 privileged_role="privileged_role"
 privileged_role_allowed_configs="session_replication_role, pgrst.*, other.nested.*"
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index 3575e3d..260d5e5 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ let
     postgresql_15
   ];
   pgWithExt = { postgresql }: postgresql.withPackages (p: [
+    p.pg_cron
     (callPackage ./nix/supautils.nix { inherit postgresql; extraMakeFlags = "TEST=1"; })
     (callPackage ./nix/pg_tle.nix { inherit postgresql; })
   ]);
diff --git a/src/privileged_extensions.c b/src/privileged_extensions.c
index 653aaf7..1b31685 100644
--- a/src/privileged_extensions.c
+++ b/src/privileged_extensions.c
@@ -173,6 +173,19 @@ void handle_create_extension(
         }
     }
 
+    // Handle pg_cron 1.4 -> 1.5 breaking change.
+    if (strcmp(stmt->extname, "pg_cron") == 0) {
+        ListCell *option_cell = NULL;
+
+        foreach (option_cell, stmt->options) {
+            DefElem *defel = (DefElem *)lfirst(option_cell);
+
+            if (strcmp(defel->defname, "schema") == 0) {
+                defel->arg = (Node *)makeString("pg_catalog");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Run `CREATE EXTENSION`.
     if (!superuser() && is_string_in_comma_delimited_string(
                             stmt->extname, privileged_extensions)) {
diff --git a/test/expected/privileged_extensions.out b/test/expected/privileged_extensions.out
index 3914388..3c46ea7 100644
--- a/test/expected/privileged_extensions.out
+++ b/test/expected/privileged_extensions.out
@@ -78,3 +78,13 @@ select current_role;
  extensions_role
 (1 row)
 
+\echo
+
+-- can force pg_cron to be installed in pg_catalog
+create extension pg_cron schema public;
+select extnamespace::regnamespace from pg_extension where extname = 'pg_cron';
+ extnamespace 
+--------------
+ pg_catalog
+(1 row)
+
diff --git a/test/sql/privileged_extensions.sql b/test/sql/privileged_extensions.sql
index 5b719ef..1ca2563 100644
--- a/test/sql/privileged_extensions.sql
+++ b/test/sql/privileged_extensions.sql
@@ -50,3 +50,8 @@ create extension file_fdw;
 -- original role is restored on nested switch_to_superuser()
 create extension autoinc;
 select current_role;
+\echo
+
+-- can force pg_cron to be installed in pg_catalog
+create extension pg_cron schema public;
+select extnamespace::regnamespace from pg_extension where extname = 'pg_cron';