diff --git a/pkg/dbmate/postgres.go b/pkg/dbmate/postgres.go
index 084cff5..5d751cd 100644
--- a/pkg/dbmate/postgres.go
+++ b/pkg/dbmate/postgres.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func init() {
 type PostgresDriver struct {
 }
 
-func normalizePostgresURL(u *url.URL) string {
+func normalizePostgresURL(u *url.URL) *url.URL {
 	hostname := u.Hostname()
 	port := u.Port()
 	query := u.Query()
@@ -54,12 +54,33 @@ func normalizePostgresURL(u *url.URL) string {
 	out.Host = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", hostname, port)
 	out.RawQuery = query.Encode()
 
-	return out.String()
+	return out
+}
+
+func normalizePostgresURLForDump(u *url.URL) []string {
+	u = normalizePostgresURL(u)
+
+	// find schemas from search_path
+	query := u.Query()
+	schemas := strings.Split(query.Get("search_path"), ",")
+	query.Del("search_path")
+	u.RawQuery = query.Encode()
+
+	out := []string{}
+	for _, schema := range schemas {
+		schema = strings.TrimSpace(schema)
+		if schema != "" {
+			out = append(out, "--schema", schema)
+		}
+	}
+	out = append(out, u.String())
+
+	return out
 }
 
 // Open creates a new database connection
 func (drv PostgresDriver) Open(u *url.URL) (*sql.DB, error) {
-	return sql.Open("postgres", normalizePostgresURL(u))
+	return sql.Open("postgres", normalizePostgresURL(u).String())
 }
 
 func (drv PostgresDriver) openPostgresDB(u *url.URL) (*sql.DB, error) {
@@ -128,8 +149,9 @@ func postgresSchemaMigrationsDump(db *sql.DB) ([]byte, error) {
 // DumpSchema returns the current database schema
 func (drv PostgresDriver) DumpSchema(u *url.URL, db *sql.DB) ([]byte, error) {
 	// load schema
-	schema, err := runCommand("pg_dump", "--format=plain", "--encoding=UTF8",
-		"--schema-only", "--no-privileges", "--no-owner", normalizePostgresURL(u))
+	args := append([]string{"--format=plain", "--encoding=UTF8", "--schema-only",
+		"--no-privileges", "--no-owner"}, normalizePostgresURLForDump(u)...)
+	schema, err := runCommand("pg_dump", args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/dbmate/postgres_test.go b/pkg/dbmate/postgres_test.go
index 1294a3e..4e5739a 100644
--- a/pkg/dbmate/postgres_test.go
+++ b/pkg/dbmate/postgres_test.go
@@ -34,47 +34,57 @@ func prepTestPostgresDB(t *testing.T) *sql.DB {
 	return db
 }
 
-func TestNormalizePostgresURLDefaults(t *testing.T) {
-	u, err := url.Parse("postgres:///foo")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	s := normalizePostgresURL(u)
-	require.Equal(t, "postgres://localhost:5432/foo", s)
+func TestNormalizePostgresURL(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		// defaults
+		{"postgres:///foo", "postgres://localhost:5432/foo"},
+		// support custom url params
+		{"postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?bar=baz", "postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?bar=baz"},
+		// support `host` and `port` via url params
+		{"postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?host=new&port=9999", "postgres://bob:secret@:9999/foo?host=new"},
+		{"postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?port=9999&bar=baz", "postgres://bob:secret@myhost:9999/foo?bar=baz"},
+		// support unix sockets via `host` or `socket` param
+		{"postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?host=/var/run/postgresql", "postgres://bob:secret@:1234/foo?host=%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fpostgresql"},
+		{"postgres://bob:secret@localhost/foo?socket=/var/run/postgresql", "postgres://bob:secret@:5432/foo?host=%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fpostgresql"},
+		{"postgres:///foo?socket=/var/run/postgresql", "postgres://:5432/foo?host=%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fpostgresql"},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			u, err := url.Parse(c.input)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			actual := normalizePostgresURL(u).String()
+			require.Equal(t, c.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
 }
 
-func TestNormalizePostgresURLCustom(t *testing.T) {
-	u, err := url.Parse("postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?bar=baz")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	s := normalizePostgresURL(u)
-	require.Equal(t, "postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?bar=baz", s)
-}
+func TestNormalizePostgresURLForDump(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected []string
+	}{
+		// defaults
+		{"postgres:///foo", []string{"postgres://localhost:5432/foo"}},
+		// support single schema
+		{"postgres:///foo?search_path=foo", []string{"--schema", "foo", "postgres://localhost:5432/foo"}},
+		// support multiple schemas
+		{"postgres:///foo?search_path=foo,public", []string{"--schema", "foo", "--schema", "public", "postgres://localhost:5432/foo"}},
+	}
 
-func TestNormalizePostgresURLHostPortParams(t *testing.T) {
-	u, err := url.Parse("postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?port=9999&bar=baz")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	s := normalizePostgresURL(u)
-	require.Equal(t, "postgres://bob:secret@myhost:9999/foo?bar=baz", s)
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			u, err := url.Parse(c.input)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	u, err = url.Parse("postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?host=new&port=9999")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	s = normalizePostgresURL(u)
-	require.Equal(t, "postgres://bob:secret@:9999/foo?host=new", s)
-
-	u, err = url.Parse("postgres://bob:secret@myhost:1234/foo?host=/var/run/postgresql")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	s = normalizePostgresURL(u)
-	require.Equal(t, "postgres://bob:secret@:1234/foo?host=%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fpostgresql", s)
-}
-
-func TestNormalizePostgresURLSocketParam(t *testing.T) {
-	u, err := url.Parse("postgres://bob:secret@localhost/foo?socket=/var/run/postgresql")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	s := normalizePostgresURL(u)
-	require.Equal(t, "postgres://bob:secret@:5432/foo?host=%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fpostgresql", s)
-
-	u, err = url.Parse("postgres:///foo?socket=/var/run/postgresql")
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	s = normalizePostgresURL(u)
-	require.Equal(t, "postgres://:5432/foo?host=%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fpostgresql", s)
+			actual := normalizePostgresURLForDump(u)
+			require.Equal(t, c.expected, actual)
+		})
+	}
 }
 
 func TestPostgresCreateDropDatabase(t *testing.T) {