diff --git a/luigi/contrib/sqla.py b/luigi/contrib/sqla.py
index 4cc7c26f9c..72e35d3c16 100644
--- a/luigi/contrib/sqla.py
+++ b/luigi/contrib/sqla.py
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ class CopyToTable(luigi.Task):
     Usage:
 
     * subclass and override the required `connection_string`, `table` and `columns` attributes.
+    * optionally override the `schema` attribute to use a different schema for
+      the target table.
     """
     _logger = logging.getLogger('luigi-interface')
 
@@ -300,6 +302,11 @@ def table(self):
     # completely ignore the columns. Instead set the reflect value to True below
     columns = []
 
+    # Specify the database schema of the target table, if supported by the
+    # RDBMS. Note that this doesn't change the schema of the marker table.
+    # The schema MUST already exist in the database, or this will task fail.
+    schema = ''
+
     # options
     column_separator = "\t"  # how columns are separated in the file copied into postgres
     chunk_size = 5000   # default chunk size for insert
@@ -328,15 +335,21 @@ def construct_sqla_columns(columns):
         else:
             # if columns is specified as (name, type) tuples
             with engine.begin() as con:
-                metadata = sqlalchemy.MetaData()
+
+                if self.schema:
+                    metadata = sqlalchemy.MetaData(schema=self.schema)
+                else:
+                    metadata = sqlalchemy.MetaData()
+
                 try:
-                    if not con.dialect.has_table(con, self.table):
+                    if not con.dialect.has_table(con, self.table, self.schema or None):
                         sqla_columns = construct_sqla_columns(self.columns)
                         self.table_bound = sqlalchemy.Table(self.table, metadata, *sqla_columns)
                         metadata.create_all(engine)
                     else:
-                        metadata.reflect(only=[self.table], bind=engine)
-                        self.table_bound = metadata.tables[self.table]
+                        full_table = '.'.join([self.schema, self.table]) if self.schema else self.table
+                        metadata.reflect(only=[full_table], bind=engine)
+                        self.table_bound = metadata.tables[full_table]
                 except Exception as e:
                     self._logger.exception(self.table + str(e))