diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
index 5586b7c..5cf5c49 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from functools import wraps
 from sqlalchemy.orm.collections import InstrumentedList as _InstrumentedList
 from sqlalchemy import types
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql.base import ischema_names
 from .color import ColorType
 from .email import EmailType
 from .ip_address import IPAddressType
@@ -37,6 +38,9 @@ class TSVectorType(types.UserDefinedType):
         return 'tsvector'
 
 
+ischema_names['tsvector'] = TSVectorType
+
+
 class InstrumentedList(_InstrumentedList):
     """Enhanced version of SQLAlchemy InstrumentedList. Provides some
     additional functionality."""
diff --git a/tests/test_tsvector_type.py b/tests/test_tsvector_type.py
index b6b4b76..cfcfbb6 100644
--- a/tests/test_tsvector_type.py
+++ b/tests/test_tsvector_type.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from tests import TestCase
 
 
 class TestTSVector(TestCase):
+    dns = 'postgres://postgres@localhost/sqlalchemy_utils_test'
+
     def create_models(self):
         class User(self.Base):
             __tablename__ = 'user'
@@ -18,3 +20,13 @@ class TestTSVector(TestCase):
 
     def test_generates_table(self):
         assert 'search_index' in self.User.__table__.c
+
+    def test_type_autoloading(self):
+        reflected_metadata = sa.schema.MetaData()
+        table = sa.schema.Table(
+            'user',
+            reflected_metadata,
+            autoload=True,
+            autoload_with=self.engine
+        )
+        assert isinstance(table.c['search_index'].type, TSVectorType)