diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1da4c3da..e42ea191 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -765,6 +765,19 @@ if (!someTeam.players) {
 }
 ```
 
+### Database names and schemas (SQL adapters only)
+
+To determine to which database and/or schema a model is referring, the model
+can define `database` (MySQL, Postgres) and `schema` (Postgres) properties: 
+
+```javascript
+var User = function () {
+  this.db = 'mydatabase';
+  this.schema = 'myschema';
+
+...
+```
+
 - - -
 Model JavaScript ORM copyright 2112 mde@fleegix.org.
 
diff --git a/lib/adapters/sql/base.js b/lib/adapters/sql/base.js
index 242e6389..ace9dbc6 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/sql/base.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/sql/base.js
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ utils.mixin(Adapter.prototype, new (function () {
   // Package up the SQL-specific query data used in generating the
   // statements and processing the results
   this._getSqlMetadata = function (query) {
-    var tableName = this._tableizeModelName(query.model.modelName)
+    var tableName = this._tableizeModelNameFull(query.model.modelName)
       , includes = this._getIncludes(query)
       , selects = this._getSelectCols(query, tableName, includes)
       , meta;
+
+    /*if(query.model.hasOwnProperty('schema')) {
+      tableName = query.model.schema+'.'+tableName;
+    }
+    if(query.model.hasOwnProperty('db')) {
+      tableName = query.model.db+'.'+tableName;
+    }*/
+
     meta = {
       mainTableName: tableName
     , selects: selects
@@ -35,6 +43,20 @@ utils.mixin(Adapter.prototype, new (function () {
     return meta;
   };
 
+  this._tableizeModelNameFull = function (modelName) {
+    var tableName = this._tableizeModelName(modelName);
+
+    if (model.hasOwnProperty(modelName)) {
+      if(model[modelName].hasOwnProperty('schema')) {
+        tableName = model[modelName].schema+'.'+tableName;
+      }
+      if(model[modelName].hasOwnProperty('db')) {
+        tableName = model[modelName].db+'.'+tableName;
+      }
+    }
+    return tableName;
+  };
+
   this._getIncludes = function (query) {
     var self = this
       , includes = query.opts.includes;
@@ -134,7 +156,7 @@ utils.mixin(Adapter.prototype, new (function () {
         updates.push(update);
       }
     }
-    sql += 'UPDATE ' + this._tableizeModelName(modelName) + ' SET ';
+    sql += 'UPDATE ' + this._tableizeModelNameFull(modelName) + ' SET ';
     sql += updates.join(', ') + ' ';
     sql += 'WHERE ' + this.transformConditions(query.conditions);
     sql += ';'
@@ -144,15 +166,24 @@ utils.mixin(Adapter.prototype, new (function () {
 
   this._createDeleteStatementWithConditions = function (query) {
     var sql = '';
-    sql += 'DELETE FROM ' + this._tableizeModelName(query.model.modelName) + ' ';
+    sql += 'DELETE FROM ' + this._tableizeModelNameFull(query.model.modelName) + ' ';
     sql += 'WHERE ' + this.transformConditions(query.conditions);
     sql += ';'
     return sql;
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Removes db and schema from table name, eg. mydatabse.myschema.tablename => tablename
+  **/
+  this.clearSchema = function (fullModelName)
+  {
+    var parts = fullModelName.split('.');
+    return parts[parts.length - 1];
+  };
+
   this._createSelectStatement = function (modelName, ownerModelName) {
     var name
-      , assumedName = utils.string.getInflection(modelName, 'constructor', 'singular')
+      , assumedName = utils.string.getInflection(this.clearSchema(modelName), 'constructor', 'singular')
       , ownerName
       , tableName
       , assumedTableName
@@ -167,7 +198,7 @@ utils.mixin(Adapter.prototype, new (function () {
     // Otherwise it's a named association, need to look up the
     // actual model via it's owner's associations list
     else {
-      ownerName = utils.string.getInflection(ownerModelName, 'constructor', 'singular');
+      ownerName = utils.string.getInflection(this.clearSchema(ownerModelName), 'constructor', 'singular');
       name = model.getAssociation(ownerName, assumedName).model;
     }
 
@@ -338,7 +369,7 @@ utils.mixin(Adapter.prototype, new (function () {
         vals.push(prop);
       }
     }
-    sql += 'INSERT INTO ' + this._tableizeModelName(modelName) + ' ';
+    sql += 'INSERT INTO ' + this._tableizeModelNameFull(modelName) + ' ';
     sql += '(' + cols.join(', ') + ')';
     sql += ' VALUES ';
     sql += '(' + vals.join(', ') + ')';
@@ -403,9 +434,9 @@ utils.mixin(EventedQueryProcessor.prototype, new (function () {
     // First item in this list should be the owner table for
     // any subsequent associations, e.g., ['users', 'profiles']
     tables.forEach(function (t) {
-      self.models[t] = {
-        ctor: converter._modelizeTableName(t, mainTable)
-      , assnType: t == mainTable ? null : model.getAssociation(mainTable, t).type
+      self.models[Adapter.prototype.clearSchema(t)] = {
+        ctor: converter._modelizeTableName(Adapter.prototype.clearSchema(t), Adapter.prototype.clearSchema(mainTable))
+      , assnType: Adapter.prototype.clearSchema(t) == Adapter.prototype.clearSchema(mainTable) ? null : model.getAssociation(Adapter.prototype.clearSchema(mainTable), Adapter.prototype.clearSchema(t)).type
       }
     });
 
@@ -417,7 +448,7 @@ utils.mixin(EventedQueryProcessor.prototype, new (function () {
       , colArr
       , query = this.query
       , meta = query._sqlMetadata
-      , mainTable = meta.mainTableName
+      , mainTable = Adapter.prototype.clearSchema(meta.mainTableName)
       , tables = meta.selects
       , table
       , key
@@ -445,8 +476,9 @@ utils.mixin(EventedQueryProcessor.prototype, new (function () {
     // when a new id shows up. (Owner object record is repeated for multiple
     // associations.) For each subsquent record, instantiate the association
     // and append it to an array in the named property for that association
-    tables.forEach(function (p) {
-      var params = obj[p]
+    tables.forEach(function (fullTableName) {
+      var p = Adapter.prototype.clearSchema(fullTableName)
+        , params = obj[p]
         , modelItem = self.models[p]
         , keyName;
 
diff --git a/lib/adapters/sql/postgres.js b/lib/adapters/sql/postgres.js
index 598bfdca..0969e678 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/sql/postgres.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/sql/postgres.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ utils.mixin(Adapter.prototype, new (function () {
   };
 
   this.bySQL = function (query, model, callback) {
-    var name = this._tableizeModelName(model.modelName)
+    var name = this._tableizeModelNameFull(model.modelName)
       , sql = 'SELECT ' + name + '.* FROM ' + name;
     sql += ' ' + query;
     this._itemsWithSQL.apply(sql, [name], name, query, callback);