diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c4478d3..63a0ad8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pytest-mock-resources"
-version = "2.12.0"
+version = "2.12.1"
 description = "A pytest plugin for easily instantiating reproducible mock resources."
 authors = [
     "Omar Khan <oakhan3@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/src/pytest_mock_resources/__init__.py b/src/pytest_mock_resources/__init__.py
index c3511e1..c5cf5a2 100644
--- a/src/pytest_mock_resources/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytest_mock_resources/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     create_mongo_fixture,
     create_moto_fixture,
     create_mysql_fixture,
+    create_postgres_config_fixture,
+    create_postgres_container_fixture,
     create_postgres_fixture,
     create_redis_fixture,
     create_redshift_fixture,
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@
     "create_moto_fixture",
     "create_mysql_fixture",
     "create_postgres_fixture",
+    "create_postgres_config_fixture",
+    "create_postgres_container_fixture",
     "create_redis_fixture",
     "create_redshift_fixture",
     "create_sqlite_fixture",
diff --git a/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/__init__.py b/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/__init__.py
index adfcee8..5b8da92 100644
--- a/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
     pmr_mysql_container,
 )
 from pytest_mock_resources.fixture.postgresql import (
+    create_postgres_config_fixture,
+    create_postgres_container_fixture,
     create_postgres_fixture,
     pmr_postgres_config,
     pmr_postgres_container,
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@
     "create_moto_fixture",
     "create_mysql_fixture",
     "create_postgres_fixture",
+    "create_postgres_config_fixture",
+    "create_postgres_container_fixture",
     "create_redis_fixture",
     "create_redshift_fixture",
     "create_sqlite_fixture",
diff --git a/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/postgresql.py b/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/postgresql.py
index cf3af5e..0d13e52 100644
--- a/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/postgresql.py
+++ b/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/postgresql.py
@@ -16,13 +16,23 @@
     get_sqlalchemy_engine,
     PostgresConfig,
 )
-from pytest_mock_resources.fixture.base import asyncio_fixture, generate_fixture_id
+from pytest_mock_resources.fixture.base import asyncio_fixture, generate_fixture_id, Scope
 from pytest_mock_resources.sqlalchemy import (
     bifurcate_actions,
     EngineManager,
     normalize_actions,
 )
 
+__all__ = [
+    "DatabaseExistsError",
+    "PostgresConfig",
+    "create_postgres_config_fixture",
+    "create_postgres_container_fixture",
+    "create_postgres_fixture",
+    "pmr_postgres_config",
+    "pmr_postgres_container",
+]
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -35,26 +45,68 @@ class DatabaseExistsError(RuntimeError):
     """
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def pmr_postgres_config():
-    """Override this fixture with a :class:`PostgresConfig` instance to specify different defaults.
+def create_postgres_config_fixture(
+    config: PostgresConfig | None = None, *, scope: Scope = "session"
+):
+    """Create a fixture for a :class:`PostgresConfig` instance.
+
+    Arguments:
+        config: A postgres configuration instance to use as the default.
+        scope: The scope of the fixture. Defaults to "session".
+
+    >>> pmr_postgres_config = create_postgres_config_fixture(PostgresConfig(), scope="session")
+
+    is exactly equivalent to
+
+    >>> @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+    ... def pmr_postgres_config():
+    ...    return PostgresConfig()
+    """
+    if config is None:
+        config = PostgresConfig()
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope=scope)
+    def fixture():
+        """Override this fixture with a :class:`PostgresConfig` instance to specify different defaults.
+
+        Examples:
+            >>> @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
+            ... def pmr_postgres_config():
+            ...     return PostgresConfig(image="postgres:9.6.10", root_database="foo")
+        """
+        return config
+
+    return fixture
+
+
+def create_postgres_container_fixture(
+    *, config: PostgresConfig | None = None, scope: Scope = "session"
+):
+    """Create a fixture for the underlying postgres container.
+
+    This fixture factory is primarily useful as a mechanism to adjust the container's fixture scope,
+    which would only otherwise be possible by inlining the default fixture's source implementation.
 
     Examples:
-        >>> @pytest.fixture(scope='session')
-        ... def pmr_postgres_config():
-        ...     return PostgresConfig(image="postgres:9.6.10", root_database="foo")
+        >>> pmr_postgres_container = create_postgres_container_fixture(scope="function")
+
+    Arguments:
+        config: A postgres configuration instance to use as the default. When left unspecified, defaults
+            to the `pmr_postgres_config` fixture.
+        scope: The scope of the fixture. Defaults to "session".
     """
-    return PostgresConfig()
 
+    @pytest.fixture(scope=scope)
+    def fixture(pytestconfig, pmr_postgres_config: PostgresConfig):
+        postgres_config = config or pmr_postgres_config
+        yield from get_container(pytestconfig, postgres_config)
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
-def pmr_postgres_container(pytestconfig, pmr_postgres_config: PostgresConfig):
-    yield from get_container(pytestconfig, pmr_postgres_config)
+    return fixture
 
 
 def create_postgres_fixture(
     *ordered_actions,
-    scope="function",
+    scope: Scope = "function",
     tables=None,
     session=None,
     async_=False,
@@ -302,3 +354,7 @@ def _generate_database_name(conn):
     result = conn.execute(text("INSERT INTO pytest_mock_resource_db VALUES (DEFAULT) RETURNING id"))
     id_ = next(iter(result))[0]
     return f"pytest_mock_resource_db_{id_}"
+
+
+pmr_postgres_config = create_postgres_config_fixture()
+pmr_postgres_container = create_postgres_container_fixture()
diff --git a/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/redis.py b/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/redis.py
index e6a1584..a0981d5 100644
--- a/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/redis.py
+++ b/src/pytest_mock_resources/fixture/redis.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import pytest
+
 from pytest_mock_resources.compat import redis
 from pytest_mock_resources.container.base import get_container
 from pytest_mock_resources.container.redis import RedisConfig