diff --git a/data/Piranha.Data.EF/Db.cs b/data/Piranha.Data.EF/Db.cs
index f11f087c3..f53e81d6b 100644
--- a/data/Piranha.Data.EF/Db.cs
+++ b/data/Piranha.Data.EF/Db.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
  */
 
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage;
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 
@@ -222,12 +224,26 @@ public abstract class Db<T> : DbContext, IDb where T : Db<T>
         /// </summary>
         public DbSet<Data.Taxonomy> Taxonomies { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets the default database schema. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// If null, the database schema will fall back to the default value used by the database connection.
+        /// </remarks>
+        protected string DatabaseSchema { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Default constructor.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="options">Configuration options</param>
         public Db(DbContextOptions<T> options) : base(options)
         {
+            var schemaExtension = options.FindExtension<PiranhaEFDatabaseSchemaExtension>();
+            if (schemaExtension != null)
+            {
+                DatabaseSchema = schemaExtension.Schema;
+            }
+
             if (!IsInitialized)
             {
                 lock (Mutex)
@@ -251,6 +267,11 @@ public Db(DbContextOptions<T> options) : base(options)
         /// <param name="mb">The current model builder</param>
         protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder mb)
         {
+            if (DatabaseSchema is not null)
+            {
+                mb.HasDefaultSchema(DatabaseSchema);
+            }
+
             mb.Entity<Data.Alias>().ToTable("Piranha_Aliases");
             mb.Entity<Data.Alias>().Property(a => a.AliasUrl).IsRequired().HasMaxLength(256);
             mb.Entity<Data.Alias>().Property(a => a.RedirectUrl).IsRequired().HasMaxLength(256);
@@ -434,7 +455,6 @@ protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder mb)
             mb.Entity<Data.Site>().HasOne(s => s.Language).WithMany().OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Restrict);
             mb.Entity<Data.Site>().HasIndex(s => s.InternalId).IsUnique();
 
-
             mb.Entity<Data.SiteField>().ToTable("Piranha_SiteFields");
             mb.Entity<Data.SiteField>().Property(f => f.RegionId).HasMaxLength(64).IsRequired();
             mb.Entity<Data.SiteField>().Property(f => f.FieldId).HasMaxLength(64).IsRequired();
diff --git a/data/Piranha.Data.EF/PiranhaEFDatabaseSchemaExtension.cs b/data/Piranha.Data.EF/PiranhaEFDatabaseSchemaExtension.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4bf6897b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/Piranha.Data.EF/PiranhaEFDatabaseSchemaExtension.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors
+ *
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+ * of the MIT license.  See the LICENSE file for details.
+ *
+ * https://github.com/piranhacms/piranha.core
+ *
+ */
+
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+/// <summary>
+/// A database context extension used to store a custom database schema. 
+/// The schema set will be used as the default schema in the database context that this extension is configured.
+/// Used by the <see cref="PiranhaEFExtensions.UseCustomDatabaseSchema(DbContextOptionsBuilder, string)"/> extension method.
+/// </summary>
+/// <inheritdoc />
+internal class PiranhaEFDatabaseSchemaExtension : IDbContextOptionsExtension
+{
+    public PiranhaEFDatabaseSchemaExtension(string schema) => SetSchema(schema);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Sets the schema.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="schema">The schema to use.</param>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">When schema is null or an empty string.</exception>
+    public void SetSchema(string schema)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(schema))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Schema must be a non-empty string", nameof(schema));
+        }
+        Schema = schema;
+    }
+
+    private PiranhaEFDarabaseSchemaExtensionInfo _info;
+
+    public DbContextOptionsExtensionInfo Info => _info ??= new PiranhaEFDarabaseSchemaExtensionInfo(this);
+
+    public string Schema { get; private set; }
+
+    public void ApplyServices(IServiceCollection services)
+    {
+        // This extension does not apply any additional services
+    }
+
+    public void Validate(IDbContextOptions options)
+    {
+        // This extension does not participate in options validation
+    }
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// The database schema extension info.
+/// Used by <see cref="PiranhaEFDatabaseSchemaExtension"/> extension.
+/// </summary>
+/// <inheritdoc />
+internal class PiranhaEFDarabaseSchemaExtensionInfo : DbContextOptionsExtensionInfo
+{
+    public PiranhaEFDarabaseSchemaExtensionInfo(IDbContextOptionsExtension extension) : base(extension)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public override string LogFragment { get; } = string.Empty;
+    public override bool IsDatabaseProvider { get; }
+
+    public override int GetServiceProviderHashCode() => 0;
+
+    public override void PopulateDebugInfo(IDictionary<string, string> debugInfo)
+    {
+        // This extension does not provide additional debug info
+    }
+
+    public override bool ShouldUseSameServiceProvider(DbContextOptionsExtensionInfo other) => true;
+}
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diff --git a/data/Piranha.Data.EF/PiranhaEFExtensions.cs b/data/Piranha.Data.EF/PiranhaEFExtensions.cs
index 5202da66b..7922888e8 100644
--- a/data/Piranha.Data.EF/PiranhaEFExtensions.cs
+++ b/data/Piranha.Data.EF/PiranhaEFExtensions.cs
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@
  */
 
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations.Internal;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Piranha;
 using Piranha.Repositories;
 using Piranha.Services;
 using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
 
 public static class PiranhaEFExtensions
 {
@@ -92,4 +99,28 @@ private static IServiceCollection RegisterServices<T>(this IServiceCollection se
 
         return services;
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Adds a custom database schema that will be used by the database context being configured.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="builder">The database context options builder.</param>
+    /// <param name="schema">The database schema.</param>
+    /// <returns>A database context options builder.</returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Throws when <paramref name="schema"/> is null or empty.</exception>
+    public static DbContextOptionsBuilder UseCustomDatabaseSchema(this DbContextOptionsBuilder builder, string schema)
+    {
+        var extension = builder.Options.FindExtension<PiranhaEFDatabaseSchemaExtension>();
+        if (extension == null)
+        {
+            extension = new PiranhaEFDatabaseSchemaExtension(schema);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            extension.SetSchema(schema);
+        }
+
+        ((IDbContextOptionsBuilderInfrastructure)builder).AddOrUpdateExtension(extension);
+
+        return builder;
+    }
 }
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