diff --git a/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/schema.py b/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/schema.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/schema.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/schema.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ def create_tables(connection, name):
 @schema_dispatch(RethinkDBConnection)
 def create_indexes(connection, name):
     create_bigchain_secondary_index(connection, name)
+    create_backlog_secondary_index(connection, name)
+    create_votes_secondary_index(connection, name)
 
 
 @schema_dispatch(RethinkDBConnection)
Add backlog and votes secondary indexes to rethinkdb's create_index()