diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/DatabaseProvider.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/DatabaseProvider.java
index dce1043a..72d1a954 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/DatabaseProvider.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/DatabaseProvider.java
@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ public String nullConstant() {
     return "NULL";
   }
 
+  /**
+   * True if the underlying database supports custom schemes (namespaces).
+   *
+   * @return
+   */
+  public boolean isSupportingScheme() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   public String getJdbcDriver() {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/DerbyProvider.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/DerbyProvider.java
index aa6b897d..98e83ce4 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/DerbyProvider.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/DerbyProvider.java
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ public String escapeValueString(String value) {
     return "'" + value + "'";
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isSupportingScheme() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   public String escape(String entity) {
     return "\"" + entity + "\"";
   }
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/PostgreSQLProvider.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/PostgreSQLProvider.java
index 32597688..06156c43 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/PostgreSQLProvider.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/PostgreSQLProvider.java
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ public String escapeValueString(String value) {
     return "'" + value + "'";
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isSupportingScheme() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String getJdbcDriver() {
     return DRIVER;
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/SqlServerProvider.java b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/SqlServerProvider.java
index 35b6ef39..327c05ef 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/SqlServerProvider.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/test/db/SqlServerProvider.java
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ public String escapeValueString(String value) {
     return "'" + value + "'";
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isSupportingScheme() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String getJdbcDriver() {
     return DRIVER;