diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml
index d757cdfb4348b2007c4cab76c19a6cbe8a11bbf5..c09e5bd6d4079b6d4c8961bb6a207426a6e3b52d 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_collation.sgml
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 
  <refsynopsisdiv>
 <synopsis>
-CREATE COLLATION <replaceable>name</replaceable> (
+CREATE COLLATION [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable>name</replaceable> (
     [ LOCALE = <replaceable>locale</replaceable>, ]
     [ LC_COLLATE = <replaceable>lc_collate</replaceable>, ]
     [ LC_CTYPE = <replaceable>lc_ctype</replaceable> ]
 )
-CREATE COLLATION <replaceable>name</replaceable> FROM <replaceable>existing_collation</replaceable>
+CREATE COLLATION [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <replaceable>name</replaceable> FROM <replaceable>existing_collation</replaceable>
 </synopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
 
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ CREATE COLLATION <replaceable>name</replaceable> FROM <replaceable>existing_coll
   <title>Parameters</title>
 
    <variablelist>
+    <varlistentry>
+     <term><literal>IF NOT EXISTS</literal></term>
+     <listitem>
+      <para>
+       Do not throw an error if a collation with the same name already exists.
+       A notice is issued in this case. Note that there is no guarantee that
+       the existing collation is anything like the one that would have been created.
+      </para>
+     </listitem>
+    </varlistentry>
+
     <varlistentry>
      <term><replaceable>name</replaceable></term>
 
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c
index e165d4b2a6b2c57c09256416a5674c2ece6031b3..919cfc6a0679ac80418aea5ce871278dc09b3c94 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/collationcmds.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
  * CREATE COLLATION
  */
 ObjectAddress
-DefineCollation(ParseState *pstate, List *names, List *parameters)
+DefineCollation(ParseState *pstate, List *names, List *parameters, bool if_not_exists)
 {
 	char	   *collName;
 	Oid			collNamespace;
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ DefineCollation(ParseState *pstate, List *names, List *parameters)
 							 GetDatabaseEncoding(),
 							 collcollate,
 							 collctype,
-							 false);
+							 if_not_exists);
 
 	if (!OidIsValid(newoid))
 		return InvalidObjectAddress;
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
index 12324ab63f13814ef7d4b5b2a1d41c60c483919a..05d8538717a53759a5731795e86439650fa4e5c7 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c
@@ -3105,6 +3105,7 @@ _copyDefineStmt(const DefineStmt *from)
 	COPY_NODE_FIELD(defnames);
 	COPY_NODE_FIELD(args);
 	COPY_NODE_FIELD(definition);
+	COPY_SCALAR_FIELD(if_not_exists);
 
 	return newnode;
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
index 6d1dabe17e9602635b168c8d266a76adfc7d901b..d595cd74812e2f60e9b3d7805ef3fa152254a5a0 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c
@@ -1211,6 +1211,7 @@ _equalDefineStmt(const DefineStmt *a, const DefineStmt *b)
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(defnames);
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(args);
 	COMPARE_NODE_FIELD(definition);
+	COMPARE_SCALAR_FIELD(if_not_exists);
 
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index 174773bdf3173802c86a49773e1d28cdb5f3d7dc..5cb82977d5dec5314f81db646a9f2987e304904a 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -5610,6 +5610,16 @@ DefineStmt:
 					n->definition = $4;
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
 				}
+			| CREATE COLLATION IF_P NOT EXISTS any_name definition
+				{
+					DefineStmt *n = makeNode(DefineStmt);
+					n->kind = OBJECT_COLLATION;
+					n->args = NIL;
+					n->defnames = $6;
+					n->definition = $7;
+					n->if_not_exists = true;
+					$$ = (Node *)n;
+				}
 			| CREATE COLLATION any_name FROM any_name
 				{
 					DefineStmt *n = makeNode(DefineStmt);
@@ -5619,6 +5629,16 @@ DefineStmt:
 					n->definition = list_make1(makeDefElem("from", (Node *) $5, @5));
 					$$ = (Node *)n;
 				}
+			| CREATE COLLATION IF_P NOT EXISTS any_name FROM any_name
+				{
+					DefineStmt *n = makeNode(DefineStmt);
+					n->kind = OBJECT_COLLATION;
+					n->args = NIL;
+					n->defnames = $6;
+					n->definition = list_make1(makeDefElem("from", (Node *) $8, @8));
+					n->if_not_exists = true;
+					$$ = (Node *)n;
+				}
 		;
 
 definition: '(' def_list ')'						{ $$ = $2; }
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/utility.c b/src/backend/tcop/utility.c
index 5d3be38bf501faae54f3daec3706ff58e29357f3..3bc0ae5e7e6aad8fbafbce1f9354ca14995b7638 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/utility.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/utility.c
@@ -1271,7 +1271,8 @@ ProcessUtilitySlow(ParseState *pstate,
 							Assert(stmt->args == NIL);
 							address = DefineCollation(pstate,
 													  stmt->defnames,
-													  stmt->definition);
+													  stmt->definition,
+													  stmt->if_not_exists);
 							break;
 						default:
 							elog(ERROR, "unrecognized define stmt type: %d",
diff --git a/src/include/commands/collationcmds.h b/src/include/commands/collationcmds.h
index 699ce2f9ee362c039144dad544e67e868decdc87..3b2fcb8271139f1b8c8ffe51ab66e1a999d76ff3 100644
--- a/src/include/commands/collationcmds.h
+++ b/src/include/commands/collationcmds.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "catalog/objectaddress.h"
 #include "nodes/parsenodes.h"
 
-extern ObjectAddress DefineCollation(ParseState *pstate, List *names, List *parameters);
+extern ObjectAddress DefineCollation(ParseState *pstate, List *names, List *parameters, bool if_not_exists);
 extern void IsThereCollationInNamespace(const char *collname, Oid nspOid);
 
 #endif   /* COLLATIONCMDS_H */
diff --git a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
index 07a84361432aa2f84d6dc690a7c9b0f8f53d2540..5afc3ebea04489ed58af9f5046a27f5e6f072ef2 100644
--- a/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
+++ b/src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h
@@ -2380,6 +2380,7 @@ typedef struct DefineStmt
 	List	   *defnames;		/* qualified name (list of Value strings) */
 	List	   *args;			/* a list of TypeName (if needed) */
 	List	   *definition;		/* a list of DefElem */
+	bool		if_not_exists;	/* just do nothing if it already exists? */
 } DefineStmt;
 
 /* ----------------------
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/collate.linux.utf8.out b/src/test/regress/expected/collate.linux.utf8.out
index 286c972fbba12292294d327ebeb00c864c94def3..293e78641ecc6bc23520a27125df70b6e1d41f77 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/collate.linux.utf8.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/collate.linux.utf8.out
@@ -963,6 +963,10 @@ END
 $$;
 CREATE COLLATION test0 FROM "C"; -- fail, duplicate name
 ERROR:  collation "test0" for encoding "UTF8" already exists
+CREATE COLLATION IF NOT EXISTS test0 FROM "C"; -- ok, skipped
+NOTICE:  collation "test0" for encoding "UTF8" already exists, skipping
+CREATE COLLATION IF NOT EXISTS test0 (locale = 'foo'); -- ok, skipped
+NOTICE:  collation "test0" for encoding "UTF8" already exists, skipping
 do $$
 BEGIN
   EXECUTE 'CREATE COLLATION test1 (lc_collate = ' ||
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/collate.linux.utf8.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/collate.linux.utf8.sql
index 3b7cc6cf2bcc086016cb3ae2b04ad8e8915e9bb2..c349cbde2b90ab6723eb7ba9d63c683be4f6b065 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/collate.linux.utf8.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/collate.linux.utf8.sql
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ BEGIN
 END
 $$;
 CREATE COLLATION test0 FROM "C"; -- fail, duplicate name
+CREATE COLLATION IF NOT EXISTS test0 FROM "C"; -- ok, skipped
+CREATE COLLATION IF NOT EXISTS test0 (locale = 'foo'); -- ok, skipped
 do $$
 BEGIN
   EXECUTE 'CREATE COLLATION test1 (lc_collate = ' ||