2 files changed, 60 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/__init__.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/__init__.py
index 98fe6f085..a5ddbd575 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from .base import \
     INTEGER, BIGINT, SMALLINT, VARCHAR, CHAR, TEXT, NUMERIC, FLOAT, REAL, \
     INET, CIDR, UUID, BIT, MACADDR, OID, DOUBLE_PRECISION, TIMESTAMP, TIME, \
     DATE, BYTEA, BOOLEAN, INTERVAL, ARRAY, ENUM, dialect, array, Any, All, \
-    TSVECTOR, DropEnumType
+    TSVECTOR, DropEnumType, LTREE, LQUERY, LTXTQUERY
 from .constraints import ExcludeConstraint
 from .hstore import HSTORE, hstore
 from .json import JSON, JSONElement, JSONB
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ __all__ = (
     'INTERVAL', 'ARRAY', 'ENUM', 'dialect', 'Any', 'All', 'array', 'HSTORE',
     'hstore', 'INT4RANGE', 'INT8RANGE', 'NUMRANGE', 'DATERANGE',
     'TSRANGE', 'TSTZRANGE', 'json', 'JSON', 'JSONB', 'JSONElement',
-    'DropEnumType'
+    'DropEnumType', 'LTREE', 'LQUERY', 'LTXTQUERY'
 )
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/base.py
index 22c66dbbb..0793ca3ab 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/base.py
@@ -598,6 +598,51 @@ class OID(sqltypes.TypeEngine):
     __visit_name__ = "OID"
 
 
+class LTREE(sqltypes.TypeEngine):
+
+    """Postgresql LTREE type.
+    """
+
+    class Comparator(sqltypes.Concatenable.Comparator):
+
+        def ancestor_of(self, other):
+            if isinstance(other, list):
+                return self.expr.op('@>')(expression.cast(other, ARRAY(LTREE)))
+            else:
+                return self.expr.op('@>')(other)
+
+        def descendant_of(self, other):
+            if isinstance(other, list):
+                return self.expr.op('<@')(expression.cast(other, ARRAY(LTREE)))
+            else:
+                return self.expr.op('<@')(other)
+
+        def lquery(self, other):
+            if isinstance(other, list):
+                return self.expr.op('?')(expression.cast(other, ARRAY(LQUERY)))
+            else:
+                return self.expr.op('~')(other)
+
+        def ltxtquery(self, other):
+            return self.expr.op('@')(other)
+
+    comparator_factory = Comparator
+
+    __visit_name__ = 'LTREE'
+
+PGLTree = LTREE
+
+
+class LQUERY(sqltypes.TypeEngine):
+    __visit_name__ = 'LQUERY'
+PGLQuery = LQUERY
+
+
+class LTXTQUERY(sqltypes.TypeEngine):
+    __visit_name__ = 'LTXTQUERY'
+PGLTxtQuery = LTXTQUERY
+
+
 class TIMESTAMP(sqltypes.TIMESTAMP):
 
     def __init__(self, timezone=False, precision=None):
@@ -1360,7 +1405,10 @@ ischema_names = {
     'interval': INTERVAL,
     'interval year to month': INTERVAL,
     'interval day to second': INTERVAL,
-    'tsvector': TSVECTOR
+    'tsvector': TSVECTOR,
+    'ltree': LTREE,
+    'lquery': LQUERY,
+    'ltxtquery': LTXTQUERY
 }
 
 
@@ -1782,6 +1830,15 @@ class PGTypeCompiler(compiler.GenericTypeCompiler):
                                                         if type_.dimensions
                                                         is not None else 1))
 
+    def visit_LTREE(self, type_, **kw):
+        return 'LTREE'
+
+    def visit_LQUERY(self, type_, **kw):
+        return 'LQUERY'
+
+    def visit_LTXTQUERY(self, type_, **kw):
+        return 'LTXTQUERY'
+
 
 class PGIdentifierPreparer(compiler.IdentifierPreparer):