diff --git a/grafana_dashboards/schema/datasource.py b/grafana_dashboards/schema/datasource.py
index 9e24ea2..0368d68 100644
--- a/grafana_dashboards/schema/datasource.py
+++ b/grafana_dashboards/schema/datasource.py
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ class Datasource(object):
                                                           'influxdb'),
             v.Required('url'): v.All(str, v.Length(min=1)),
             v.Optional('orgId'): int,
+            v.Optional('database'): v.All(str, v.Length(min=1)),
         }
         return datasource
diff --git a/tests/schema/fixtures/datasource-0002.json b/tests/schema/fixtures/datasource-0002.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52392e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/schema/fixtures/datasource-0002.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+    "datasource": {
+        "new-datasource": {
+            "access": "direct",
+            "database": "foodb",
+            "isDefault": false,
+            "name": "New datasource",
+            "type": "influxdb",
+            "url": "http://example.org"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/schema/fixtures/datasource-0002.yaml b/tests/schema/fixtures/datasource-0002.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c3ee30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/schema/fixtures/datasource-0002.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+datasource:
+  name: New datasource
+  url: http://example.org
+  type: influxdb
+  database: foodb