diff --git a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Builder.fs b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Builder.fs
index 23ed414..07f4527 100644
--- a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Builder.fs
+++ b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Builder.fs
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ type RethinkBuilder<'T> () =
         | Some dbName, tblName -> this.Db (r, dbName) |> tableCreate tblName
         | None, _ -> tableCreateInDefault tableName
     
+    /// Create a table, providing optional arguments (of form "dbName.tableName"; if no db name, uses default database)
+    [<CustomOperation "tableCreate">]
+    member this.TableCreate (r : RethinkDB, tableName : string, args : TableCreateOptArg list) =
+        match dbAndTable tableName with
+        | Some dbName, tblName -> this.Db (r, dbName) |> tableCreateWithOptArgs tblName args
+        | None, _ -> tableCreateInDefaultWithOptArgs tableName args
+    
     /// Drop a table (of form "dbName.tableName"; if no db name, uses default database)
     [<CustomOperation "tableDrop">]
     member this.TableDrop (r : RethinkDB, tableName : string) =
diff --git a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Functions.fs b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Functions.fs
index 3f2e1c6..bae1daa 100644
--- a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Functions.fs
+++ b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Functions.fs
@@ -576,6 +576,14 @@ let tableCreate (tableName : string) (db : Db) =
 let tableCreateInDefault (tableName : string) =
     r.TableCreate tableName
 
+/// Create a table in the connection-default database, providing optional arguments
+let tableCreateInDefaultWithOptArgs (tableName : string) args =
+    r.TableCreate tableName |> TableCreateOptArg.apply args
+
+/// Create a table in the given database, providing optional arguments
+let tableCreateWithOptArgs (tableName : string) args (db : Db) =
+    db.TableCreate tableName |> TableCreateOptArg.apply args
+
 /// Drop a table in the given database
 let tableDrop (tableName : string) (db : Db) =
     db.TableDrop tableName
diff --git a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Functions.fsi b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Functions.fsi
index f61dd17..ebc2c0f 100644
--- a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Functions.fsi
+++ b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/Functions.fsi
@@ -418,6 +418,12 @@ val tableCreate : string -> Db -> TableCreate
 /// Create a table in the connection-default database
 val tableCreateInDefault : string -> TableCreate
 
+/// Create a table in the connection-default database, providing optional arguments
+val tableCreateInDefaultWithOptArgs : string -> TableCreateOptArg list -> TableCreate
+
+/// Create a table in the given database, providing optional arguments
+val tableCreateWithOptArgs : string -> TableCreateOptArg list -> Db -> TableCreate
+
 /// Drop a table in the given database
 val tableDrop : string -> Db -> TableDrop
 
diff --git a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/OptArgs.fs b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/OptArgs.fs
index 7e12af6..258f38d 100644
--- a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/OptArgs.fs
+++ b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/OptArgs.fs
@@ -299,6 +299,57 @@ module RunOptArg =
         args
 
 
+/// Definition of server tag/replica count
+type ReplicaTag =
+    /// A tagged server replica, along with the number of replicas per shard for that server 
+    | ReplicaTag of string * int
+
+/// Definition of replicas per shard when creating a table
+type ReplicaSpec =
+    /// Create this number of replicas per shard
+    | Number of int
+    /// Create the replicas across tagged servers, using the specified tag as the primary server
+    | WithTags of string * ReplicaTag list
+
+/// Optional arguments for creating tables
+type TableCreateOptArg =
+    /// The name of the primary key field (default is "id")
+    | PrimaryKey of string
+    /// The durability of the command
+    | Durability of Durability
+    /// The number of shards to create (1 to 64)
+    | Shards of int
+    /// The replicas per shard for this table
+    | Replicas of ReplicaSpec
+
+/// Functions to support `tableCreate` optional arguments
+module TableCreateOptArg =
+    
+    /// Apply a list of optional arguments to a tableCreate statement
+    let apply opts (tc : TableCreate) =
+        opts
+        |> List.fold (fun (tc : TableCreate) arg ->
+            match arg with
+            | PrimaryKey  pk -> tc.OptArg ("primary_key", pk)
+            | Durability dur -> tc.OptArg dur.reql
+            | Shards      sh -> tc.OptArg ("shards", sh)
+            | Replicas   rep ->
+                match rep with
+                | Number count -> tc.OptArg ("replicas", count)
+                | WithTags (primary, all) ->
+                    let (ReplicaTag (firstTag, firstCount)) = List.head all
+                    let replica =
+                        all
+                        |> List.skip 1
+                        |> List.fold (fun (h : Model.MapObject) arg ->
+                            let (ReplicaTag (tag, count)) = arg
+                            h.With (tag, count))
+                            (RethinkDB.R.HashMap (firstTag, firstCount))
+                    tc.OptArg("replicas", replica).OptArg ("primary_replica_tag", primary)
+            )
+            tc
+
+    
 /// Optional arguments for the `update` statement
 type UpdateOptArg =
     /// The durability of the command
diff --git a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp.fsproj b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp.fsproj
index 0693a10..cbd930d 100644
--- a/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp.fsproj
+++ b/src/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp/RethinkDb.Driver.FSharp.fsproj
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
     <Copyright>See LICENSE</Copyright>
     <PackageTags>RethinkDB document F#</PackageTags>
     <VersionPrefix>0.9.0</VersionPrefix>
-    <VersionSuffix>beta-05</VersionSuffix>
+    <VersionSuffix>beta-06</VersionSuffix>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>
-      Add retry for cursor DSL operations
+      Add optional arguments for tableCreate
     </PackageReleaseNotes>
   </PropertyGroup>