diff --git a/salt/modules/postgres.py b/salt/modules/postgres.py
index b6f7cbe5d499..f0d1b034b947 100644
--- a/salt/modules/postgres.py
+++ b/salt/modules/postgres.py
@@ -3151,6 +3151,7 @@ def datadir_init(name,
         password=password,
         encoding=encoding,
         locale=locale,
+        checksums=checksums,
         runas=runas)
     return ret['retcode'] == 0
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/modules/test_postgres.py b/tests/unit/modules/test_postgres.py
index 03fb7fddfd76..6f10fcf2e07e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/modules/test_postgres.py
+++ b/tests/unit/modules/test_postgres.py
@@ -1467,6 +1467,7 @@ def test_datadir_init(self):
                     locale=None,
                     password='test',
                     runas='postgres',
+                    checksums=False,
                     user='postgres',
                 )
                 self.assertTrue(ret)