diff --git a/schema.go b/schema.go
index c7b5894..576929c 100644
--- a/schema.go
+++ b/schema.go
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ import (
 
 // An upgrader verifies the schema for one or more databases and upgrades them if possible.
 type Upgrader struct {
-	databases map[string]Database
+	schema      string
+	databases   map[string]Database
 	logCallback func(string, string)
 	sqlCallback func(string, int) ([]byte, bool)
 }
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ type Database struct {
 	Username string
 	Password string
 
-	db *sql.DB
+	db       *sql.DB
 	upgrader *Upgrader
 }
 
diff --git a/upgrader.go b/upgrader.go
index 7cb65f2..f06205d 100644
--- a/upgrader.go
+++ b/upgrader.go
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@ func defaultCallback(topic, msg string) {// {{{
 }// }}}
 
 // NewUpgrader creates an upgrader with an empty list of databases.
-func NewUpgrader() (upgrader Upgrader) {// {{{
+func NewUpgrader(schema ...string) (upgrader Upgrader) {// {{{
+	// Using a variadic function for backward compatibility.
+	if len(schema) > 0 {
+		upgrader.schema = schema[0]
+	} else {
+		upgrader.schema = "_db"
+	}
+
 	upgrader.logCallback = defaultCallback
 	upgrader.databases = map[string]Database{}
 	return
@@ -41,8 +48,8 @@ func (upgrader *Upgrader) Version(dbName string) (version int, err error) {// {{
 }// }}}
 
 func (dbase Database) createSchemaTable() (err error) {// {{{
-	dbase.upgrader.logCallback("create", fmt.Sprintf("%s, _db.schema", dbase.DbName))
-	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(`CREATE SCHEMA "_db"`)
+	dbase.upgrader.logCallback("create", fmt.Sprintf("%s, %s.schema", dbase.DbName, dbase.upgrader.schema))
+	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(`CREATE SCHEMA "`+dbase.upgrader.schema+`"`)
 
 	// Error code 42P06 "duplicate_schema" is an OK error,
 	// table can still be missing and created.
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ func (dbase Database) createSchemaTable() (err error) {// {{{
 	}
 
 	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(`
-		CREATE TABLE "_db"."schema" (
+		CREATE TABLE "`+dbase.upgrader.schema+`"."schema" (
 			version  int4      NOT NULL,
 			updated  timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT NOW(),
 
@@ -62,7 +69,7 @@ func (dbase Database) createSchemaTable() (err error) {// {{{
 	return
 }// }}}
 func (dbase Database) appendSchemaVersion(version int) (err error) {// {{{
-	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO _db.schema(version) VALUES($1)`, version)
+	_, err = dbase.db.Exec(`INSERT INTO `+dbase.upgrader.schema+`.schema(version) VALUES($1)`, version)
 	return
 }// }}}
 
@@ -72,7 +79,7 @@ func (dbase Database) verifySchemaTable() (err error) {// {{{
 		`SELECT EXISTS (
 			SELECT FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c
 			JOIN   pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
-			WHERE  n.nspname = '_db'
+			WHERE  n.nspname = '`+dbase.upgrader.schema+`'
 			AND    c.relname = 'schema'
 		)`,
 	); err != nil {
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@ func (dbase Database) verifySchemaTable() (err error) {// {{{
 func (dbase Database) verifySchemaEntry() (err error) {// {{{
 	var version int
 	var row *sql.Row
-	row = dbase.db.QueryRow(`SELECT version FROM _db.schema LIMIT 1`)
+	row = dbase.db.QueryRow(`SELECT version FROM `+dbase.upgrader.schema+`.schema LIMIT 1`)
 
 	err = row.Scan(&version)
 	if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
@@ -107,7 +114,7 @@ func (dbase Database) verifySchemaEntry() (err error) {// {{{
 func (dbase Database) version() (version int, err error) {// {{{
 	var rows *sql.Rows
 	rows, err = dbase.db.Query(
-		`SELECT version FROM _db.schema ORDER BY version DESC LIMIT 1`,
+		`SELECT version FROM `+dbase.upgrader.schema+`.schema ORDER BY version DESC LIMIT 1`,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
@@ -117,7 +124,7 @@ func (dbase Database) version() (version int, err error) {// {{{
 	if rows.Next() {
 		err = rows.Scan(&version)
 	} else {
-		err = fmt.Errorf(`Database "%s" is missing an entry in _db.schema`, dbase.DbName)
+		err = fmt.Errorf(`Database "%s" is missing an entry in `+dbase.upgrader.schema+`.schema`, dbase.DbName)
 	}
 	return
 }// }}}