diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f2f64fa2f..764c2b2e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-migration</artifactId>
-      <version>11.8.1</version>
+      <version>11.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DbMigrationConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DbMigrationConfig.java
index f40f6f58d..d09f3430a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DbMigrationConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DbMigrationConfig.java
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
    */
   protected String dbSchema;
 
+  /**
+   * Set to true if we consider this the 'default schema' (Postgres schema that matches DB username)
+   */
+  protected boolean defaultDbSchema;
+
   /**
    * DB user used to run the DB migration.
    */
@@ -400,9 +405,15 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
    * Set the Db schema if it hasn't already been defined.
    */
   public void setDefaultDbSchema(String dbSchema) {
-    if (this.dbSchema == null) {
-      this.dbSchema = dbSchema;
-    }
+    this.defaultDbSchema = true;
+    this.dbSchema = dbSchema;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if this is considered the default DB schema (Postgres schema matching DB username).
+   */
+  public boolean isDefaultDbSchema() {
+    return defaultDbSchema;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -591,6 +602,9 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
     runnerConfig.setDbUsername(getDbUsername());
     runnerConfig.setDbPassword(getDbPassword());
     runnerConfig.setDbSchema(getDbSchema());
+    if (defaultDbSchema) {
+      runnerConfig.setSetCurrentSchema(false);
+    }
     runnerConfig.setClassLoader(classLoader);
     if (patchInsertOn != null) {
       runnerConfig.setPatchInsertOn(patchInsertOn);