diff --git a/src/Configuration.php b/src/Configuration.php
index 5cdae81354d..d89c549937f 100644
--- a/src/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Configuration.php
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ class Configuration
      */
     private bool $disableTypeComments = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether changes in the foreign key names should lead to a schema change.
+     * If you opt-out of this, you need to handle name changes of foreign keys yourself.
+     * Databases created based on the current schema might have different foreign key names
+     * than those migrated from older schemas if you turn this off.
+     */
+    private bool $compareForeignKeyNames = true;
+
     private ?SchemaManagerFactory $schemaManagerFactory = null;
 
     public function __construct()
@@ -262,4 +270,14 @@ public function setDisableTypeComments(bool $disableTypeComments): self
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    public function getCompareForeignKeyNames(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->compareForeignKeyNames;
+    }
+
+    public function setCompareForeignKeyNames(bool $compareForeignKeyNames): void
+    {
+        $this->compareForeignKeyNames = $compareForeignKeyNames;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Connection.php b/src/Connection.php
index b9756706061..28ea8cc2220 100644
--- a/src/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Connection.php
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ public function __construct(
             $this->platform = $params['platform'];
             $this->platform->setEventManager($this->_eventManager);
             $this->platform->setDisableTypeComments($config->getDisableTypeComments());
+            $this->platform->setCompareForeignKeyNames($config->getCompareForeignKeyNames());
         }
 
         $this->_expr = $this->createExpressionBuilder();
@@ -318,6 +319,7 @@ public function getDatabasePlatform()
             $this->platform = $this->detectDatabasePlatform();
             $this->platform->setEventManager($this->_eventManager);
             $this->platform->setDisableTypeComments($this->_config->getDisableTypeComments());
+            $this->platform->setCompareForeignKeyNames($this->_config->getCompareForeignKeyNames());
         }
 
         return $this->platform;
diff --git a/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php b/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
index 928a5a02121..6d9a8a53fd6 100644
--- a/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
+++ b/src/Platforms/AbstractPlatform.php
@@ -107,12 +107,26 @@ abstract class AbstractPlatform
 
     private bool $disableTypeComments = false;
 
+    private bool $compareForeignKeyNames = true;
+
     /** @internal */
     final public function setDisableTypeComments(bool $value): void
     {
         $this->disableTypeComments = $value;
     }
 
+    /** @internal */
+    final public function setCompareForeignKeyNames(bool $compare): void
+    {
+        $this->compareForeignKeyNames = $compare;
+    }
+
+    /** @internal */
+    public function getCompareForeignKeyNames(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->compareForeignKeyNames;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets the EventManager used by the Platform.
      *
diff --git a/src/Schema/Comparator.php b/src/Schema/Comparator.php
index 28e7f2f73b2..f8c3e0d6e12 100644
--- a/src/Schema/Comparator.php
+++ b/src/Schema/Comparator.php
@@ -555,6 +555,13 @@ private function detectRenamedIndexes(array &$addedIndexes, array &$removedIndex
      */
     public function diffForeignKey(ForeignKeyConstraint $key1, ForeignKeyConstraint $key2)
     {
+        if (
+            (!$this->platform || $this->platform->getCompareForeignKeyNames())
+            && strtolower($key1->getName()) !== strtolower($key2->getName())
+        ) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if (
             array_map('strtolower', $key1->getUnquotedLocalColumns())
             !== array_map('strtolower', $key2->getUnquotedLocalColumns())
diff --git a/tests/Schema/AbstractComparatorTestCase.php b/tests/Schema/AbstractComparatorTestCase.php
index a087202628f..a8224f41765 100644
--- a/tests/Schema/AbstractComparatorTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/Schema/AbstractComparatorTestCase.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Doctrine\DBAL\Tests\Schema;
 
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\AbstractPlatform;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Column;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\ColumnDiff;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Comparator;
@@ -652,7 +653,7 @@ public function testCompareColumnCompareCaseInsensitive(): void
         self::assertFalse($tableDiff);
     }
 
-    public function testCompareIndexBasedOnPropertiesNotName(): void
+    public function testDetectIndexNameChange(): void
     {
         $tableA = new Table('foo');
         $tableA->addColumn('id', Types::INTEGER);
@@ -672,7 +673,7 @@ public function testCompareIndexBasedOnPropertiesNotName(): void
         );
     }
 
-    public function testCompareForeignKeyBasedOnPropertiesNotName(): void
+    public function testDetectForeignKeyNameChange(): void
     {
         $tableA = new Table('foo');
         $tableA->addColumn('id', Types::INTEGER);
@@ -682,9 +683,27 @@ public function testCompareForeignKeyBasedOnPropertiesNotName(): void
         $tableB->addColumn('ID', Types::INTEGER);
         $tableB->addForeignKeyConstraint('bar', ['id'], ['id'], [], 'bar_constraint');
 
-        $tableDiff = $this->comparator->diffTable($tableA, $tableB);
+        $fkA = new ForeignKeyConstraint(['id'], 'bar', ['id'], 'foo_constraint');
+        $fkA->setLocalTable($tableA);
+        $fkB = new ForeignKeyConstraint(['id'], 'bar', ['id'], 'bar_constraint');
+        $fkB->setLocalTable($tableB);
+        $tableDiff = new TableDiff('foo', [], [], [], [], [], [], $tableA, [$fkB], [], [$fkA]);
+        self::assertEquals($tableDiff, $this->comparator->compareTables($tableA, $tableB));
+    }
 
-        self::assertFalse($tableDiff);
+    public function testCompareForeignKeyNameChangeDisabled(): void
+    {
+        $fk1 = new ForeignKeyConstraint(['foo'], 'bar', ['baz'], 'fk1');
+        $fk2 = new ForeignKeyConstraint(['foo'], 'bar', ['baz'], 'fk2');
+
+        //Not disabled:
+        self::assertTrue($this->comparator->diffForeignKey($fk1, $fk2));
+
+        //Disabled foreign key name comparison:
+        $platform = $this->createMock(AbstractPlatform::class);
+        $platform->method('getCompareForeignKeyNames')->willReturn(false);
+        $comparatorDisabledFkName = new Comparator($platform);
+        self::assertFalse($comparatorDisabledFkName->diffForeignKey($fk1, $fk2));
     }
 
     public function testCompareForeignKeyRestrictNoActionAreTheSame(): void