diff --git a/framework/core/src/Database/Migrator.php b/framework/core/src/Database/Migrator.php
index 8dccce81c4..91dc873d13 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Database/Migrator.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Database/Migrator.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use Flarum\Database\Exception\MigrationKeyMissing;
 use Flarum\Extension\Extension;
+use Flarum\Install\DatabaseConfig;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Filesystem\FileNotFoundException;
 use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface;
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
@@ -224,8 +225,11 @@ public function resolve(string $path, string $file): array
      *
      * @param string $path to the directory containing the dump.
      */
-    public function installFromSchema(string $path, string $driver): bool
+    public function installFromSchema(string $path, DatabaseConfig $dbConfig): bool
     {
+        $driver = $dbConfig->toArray()['driver'];
+        $pgSearchPath = $dbConfig->toArray()['search_path'] ?? 'public';
+
         $schemaPath = "$path/$driver-install.dump";
 
         if (! file_exists($schemaPath)) {
@@ -252,11 +256,16 @@ public function installFromSchema(string $path, string $driver): bool
                 $this->connection->getTablePrefix() ?? '',
                 $statement
             );
+
+            if ($driver === 'pgsql' && $pgSearchPath != 'public') {
+                $statement = preg_replace('/(public)([\s.;])/', "$pgSearchPath\$2", $statement);
+            }
+
             $this->connection->statement($statement);
         }
 
         if ($driver === 'pgsql') {
-            $this->connection->statement('SELECT pg_catalog.set_config(\'search_path\', \'public\', false)');
+            $this->connection->statement("SELECT pg_catalog.set_config('search_path', '$pgSearchPath', false)");
         }
 
         $this->connection->getSchemaBuilder()->enableForeignKeyConstraints();
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Install/Console/FileDataProvider.php b/framework/core/src/Install/Console/FileDataProvider.php
index 4dd828407e..721b91d245 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Install/Console/FileDataProvider.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Install/Console/FileDataProvider.php
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ private function getDatabaseConfiguration(): DatabaseConfig
             $this->databaseConfiguration['host'] ?? 'localhost',
             $this->databaseConfiguration['port'] ?? 3306,
             $this->databaseConfiguration['database'] ?? 'flarum',
+            $this->databaseConfiguration['search_path'] ?? 'public',
             $this->databaseConfiguration['username'] ?? 'root',
             $this->databaseConfiguration['password'] ?? '',
             $this->databaseConfiguration['prefix'] ?? ''
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Install/Console/UserDataProvider.php b/framework/core/src/Install/Console/UserDataProvider.php
index d546d9d9a7..67735505b0 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Install/Console/UserDataProvider.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Install/Console/UserDataProvider.php
@@ -56,19 +56,30 @@ private function getDatabaseConfiguration(): DatabaseConfig
             if (Str::contains($host, ':')) {
                 [$host, $port] = explode(':', $host, 2);
             }
+        }
+
+        $database = $this->ask('Database name (required):', required: true);
+
+        if ($driver === 'pgsql') {
+            $schema = $this->ask('Schema (Default: public):', 'public');
+        }
 
+        if (in_array($driver, ['mysql', 'mariadb', 'pgsql'])) {
             $user = $this->ask('Database user (required):', required: true);
             $password = $this->secret('Database password:');
         }
 
+        $prefix = $this->ask('Prefix:');
+
         return new DatabaseConfig(
             $driver,
             $host ?? null,
             intval($port),
-            $this->ask('Database name (required):', required: true),
+            $database,
+            $schema ?? null,
             $user ?? null,
             $password ?? null,
-            $this->ask('Prefix:')
+            $prefix ?? null
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Install/Controller/InstallController.php b/framework/core/src/Install/Controller/InstallController.php
index f3297d19f7..799fad8142 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Install/Controller/InstallController.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Install/Controller/InstallController.php
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ private function makeDatabaseConfig(array $input): DatabaseConfig
             $host,
             intval($port),
             Arr::get($input, 'dbName'),
+            Arr::get($input, 'dbSchema'),
             Arr::get($input, 'dbUsername'),
             Arr::get($input, 'dbPassword'),
             Arr::get($input, 'tablePrefix')
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Install/DatabaseConfig.php b/framework/core/src/Install/DatabaseConfig.php
index bf7b39fe3d..79a1b3ce0f 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Install/DatabaseConfig.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Install/DatabaseConfig.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public function __construct(
         private readonly ?string $host,
         private readonly int $port,
         private string $database,
+        private readonly ?string $schema,
         private readonly ?string $username,
         #[\SensitiveParameter] private readonly ?string $password,
         private readonly ?string $prefix
@@ -58,6 +59,10 @@ private function validate(): void
             throw new ValidationFailed('Please specify the database name.');
         }
 
+        if (empty($this->schema) && $this->driver == 'pgsql') {
+            throw new ValidationFailed('Please specify the schema name.');
+        }
+
         if (empty($this->username) && in_array($this->driver, ['mysql', 'mariadb', 'pgsql'])) {
             throw new ValidationFailed('Please specify the username for accessing the database.');
         }
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ private function driverOptions(): array
                 'username' => $this->username,
                 'password' => $this->password,
                 'charset' => 'utf8',
-                'search_path' => 'public',
+                'search_path' => $this->schema,
                 'sslmode' => 'prefer',
             ],
             'sqlite' => [
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Install/Installation.php b/framework/core/src/Install/Installation.php
index 6a821c2b93..0c6c9ec836 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Install/Installation.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Install/Installation.php
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function ($connection) {
         });
 
         $pipeline->pipe(function () {
-            return new Steps\RunMigrations($this->db, $this->dbConfig->toArray()['driver'], $this->getMigrationPath());
+            return new Steps\RunMigrations($this->db, $this->dbConfig, $this->getMigrationPath());
         });
 
         $pipeline->pipe(function () {
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Install/Steps/RunMigrations.php b/framework/core/src/Install/Steps/RunMigrations.php
index da78d065c1..73077edc2e 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Install/Steps/RunMigrations.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Install/Steps/RunMigrations.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 use Flarum\Database\DatabaseMigrationRepository;
 use Flarum\Database\Migrator;
+use Flarum\Install\DatabaseConfig;
 use Flarum\Install\Step;
 use Illuminate\Database\ConnectionInterface;
 use Illuminate\Filesystem\Filesystem;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@
 {
     public function __construct(
         private ConnectionInterface $database,
-        private string $driver,
+        private DatabaseConfig $dbConfig,
         private string $path
     ) {
     }
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public function run(): void
     {
         $migrator = $this->getMigrator();
 
-        if (! $migrator->repositoryExists() && ! $migrator->installFromSchema($this->path, $this->driver)) {
+        if (! $migrator->repositoryExists() && ! $migrator->installFromSchema($this->path, $this->dbConfig)) {
             $migrator->getRepository()->createRepository();
         }
 
diff --git a/framework/core/views/install/install.php b/framework/core/views/install/install.php
index 8f08032bd7..4205ec82b1 100644
--- a/framework/core/views/install/install.php
+++ b/framework/core/views/install/install.php
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@
       <input class="FormControl" name="dbName" value="flarum">
     </div>
 
+    <div data-group="pgsql">
+      <div class="FormField">
+        <label>Schema</label>
+        <input class="FormControl" name="dbSchema" value="public">
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
     <div data-group="mysql,mariadb,pgsql">
       <div class="FormField">
         <label>Host</label>
@@ -90,7 +97,9 @@
   document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
     document.querySelector('form input').select();
 
-    document.querySelector('select[name="dbDriver"]').addEventListener('change', function() {
+    const dbDriver = document.querySelector('select[name="dbDriver"]');
+
+    dbDriver.addEventListener('change', function() {
       document.querySelectorAll('[data-group]').forEach(function(group) {
         group.style.display = 'none';
       });
@@ -102,6 +111,8 @@
       });
     });
 
+    dbDriver.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }));
+
     document.querySelector('form').addEventListener('submit', function(e) {
       e.preventDefault();
 
diff --git a/php-packages/testing/src/integration/Setup/SetupScript.php b/php-packages/testing/src/integration/Setup/SetupScript.php
index fee9d05f63..afbb735a89 100644
--- a/php-packages/testing/src/integration/Setup/SetupScript.php
+++ b/php-packages/testing/src/integration/Setup/SetupScript.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class SetupScript
     protected string $host;
     protected int $port;
     protected string $name;
+    protected string $schema;
     protected string $user;
     protected string $pass;
     protected string $pref;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ public function __construct()
             default => 0,
         });
         $this->name = getenv('DB_DATABASE') ?: 'flarum_test';
+        $this->schema = getenv('DB_SCHEMA') ?: 'public';
         $this->user = getenv('DB_USERNAME') ?: 'root';
         $this->pass = getenv('DB_PASSWORD') ?? 'root';
         $this->pref = getenv('DB_PREFIX') ?: '';
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ public function run()
 
         if ($this->driver === 'sqlite') {
             echo "Connecting to SQLite database at $this->name.\n";
+        } elseif ($this->driver === 'pgsql') {
+            echo "Connecting to database $this->name, schema $this->schema at $this->host:$this->port.\n";
         } else {
             echo "Connecting to database $this->name at $this->host:$this->port.\n";
         }
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ public function run()
             $this->host,
             $this->port,
             $this->name,
+            $this->schema,
             $this->user,
             $this->pass,
             $this->pref