diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 616525c57..01ebca296 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ Download the binary ([OS X](http://bin.begriffs.com/dbapi/osx/postgrest-0.2.6.0.
 postgrest  --db-host localhost  --db-port 5432     \
            --db-name my_db      --db-user postgres \
            --db-pass foobar     --db-pool 200      \
-           --anonymous postgres --port 3000
+           --anonymous postgres --port 3000        \
+           --v1schema public
 ```
 
 In production include the `--secure` option which redirects all
diff --git a/src/App.hs b/src/App.hs
index 32c5ab7e0..f0c09a11b 100644
--- a/src/App.hs
+++ b/src/App.hs
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ import PgQuery
 import RangeQuery
 import PgStructure
 
-app :: BL.ByteString -> Request -> H.Tx P.Postgres s Response
-app reqBody req =
+app :: Text -> BL.ByteString -> Request -> H.Tx P.Postgres s Response
+app v1schema reqBody req =
   case (path, verb) of
     ([], _) -> do
       body <- encode <$> tables (cs schema)
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ app reqBody req =
     verb   = requestMethod req
     qq     = queryString req
     hdrs   = requestHeaders req
-    schema = requestedSchema hdrs
+    schema = requestedSchema v1schema hdrs
     range  = rangeRequested hdrs
     allOrigins = ("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*") :: Header
 
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@ contentRangeH from to total =
        <> cs (show total)
   )
 
-requestedSchema :: RequestHeaders -> Text
-requestedSchema hdrs =
+requestedSchema :: Text -> RequestHeaders -> Text
+requestedSchema v1schema hdrs =
   case verStr of
-       Just [[_, ver]] -> ver
-       _ -> "1"
+       Just [[_, ver]] -> if ver == "1" then v1schema else ver
+       _ -> v1schema
 
   where verRegex = "version[ ]*=[ ]*([0-9]+)" :: String
         accept = cs <$> lookup hAccept hdrs :: Maybe Text
diff --git a/src/Config.hs b/src/Config.hs
index fae4d5490..f883fe1f1 100644
--- a/src/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Config.hs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ data AppConfig = AppConfig {
   , configAnonRole :: String
   , configSecure :: Bool
   , configPool :: Int
+  , configV1Schema :: String
   }
 
 argParser :: Parser AppConfig
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ argParser = AppConfig
   <*> strOption (long "anonymous" <> short 'a' <> metavar "ROLE" <> help "postgres role to use for non-authenticated requests")
   <*> switch (long "secure" <> short 's' <> help "Redirect all requests to HTTPS")
   <*> option auto (long "db-pool" <> metavar "COUNT" <> value 10 <> help "Max connections in database pool" <> showDefault)
+  <*> strOption (long "v1schema" <> metavar "NAME" <> value "1" <> help "Schema to use for nonspecified version (or explicit v1)" <> showDefault)
 
 defaultCorsPolicy :: CorsResourcePolicy
 defaultCorsPolicy =  CorsResourcePolicy Nothing
diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index 3d65693c8..abf897c35 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ main = do
   runSettings appSettings $ middle $ \req respond -> do
     body <- strictRequestBody req
     resOrError <- liftIO $ H.session pool $ H.tx Nothing $
-      authenticated currRole anonRole (app body) req
+      authenticated currRole anonRole (app (cs $ configV1Schema conf) body) req
     either (respond . errResponse) respond resOrError
 
   where
diff --git a/test/SpecHelper.hs b/test/SpecHelper.hs
index e12c7f76b..29c08d417 100644
--- a/test/SpecHelper.hs
+++ b/test/SpecHelper.hs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ isLeft (Left _ ) = True
 isLeft _ = False
 
 cfg :: AppConfig
-cfg = AppConfig "postgrest_test" 5432 "postgrest_test" "" "localhost" 3000 "postgrest_anonymous" False 10
+cfg = AppConfig "postgrest_test" 5432 "postgrest_test" "" "localhost" 3000 "postgrest_anonymous" False 10 "1"
 
 testPoolOpts :: PoolSettings
 testPoolOpts = fromMaybe (error "bad settings") $ H.poolSettings 1 30
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ withApp perform = do
   perform $ middle $ \req resp -> do
     body <- strictRequestBody req
     result <- liftIO $ H.session pool $ H.tx Nothing
-      $ authenticated currRole anonRole (app body) req
+      $ authenticated currRole anonRole (app (cs $ configV1Schema cfg) body) req
     either (resp . errResponse) resp result
 
   where middle = cors corsPolicy