diff --git a/dj_database_url.py b/dj_database_url.py
index 37975fc..a3defda 100644
--- a/dj_database_url.py
+++ b/dj_database_url.py
@@ -66,9 +66,13 @@ def parse(url, engine=None, conn_max_age=0):
 
     url = urlparse.urlparse(url)
 
-    # Remove query strings.
+    # Split query strings from path.
     path = url.path[1:]
-    path = path.split('?', 2)[0]
+    if '?' in path and not url.query:
+        path, query = path.split('?', 2)
+    else:
+        path, query = path, url.query
+    query = urlparse.parse_qs(query)
 
     # If we are using sqlite and we have no path, then assume we
     # want an in-memory database (this is the behaviour of sqlalchemy)
@@ -95,4 +99,14 @@ def parse(url, engine=None, conn_max_age=0):
     elif url.scheme in SCHEMES:
         config['ENGINE'] = SCHEMES[url.scheme]
 
+    if config['ENGINE'] == 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2':
+        try:
+            current_schema = query['currentSchema'][0]
+        except (KeyError, IndexError):
+            pass
+        else:
+            config['OPTIONS'] = {
+                'options': '-c search_path=' + current_schema
+            }
+
     return config
diff --git a/test_dj_database_url.py b/test_dj_database_url.py
index d4c6c44..f20d3a3 100644
--- a/test_dj_database_url.py
+++ b/test_dj_database_url.py
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ class DatabaseTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
         assert url['PASSWORD'] == ''
         assert url['PORT'] == ''
 
+    def test_postgres_search_path_parsing(self):
+        url = 'postgres://uf07k1i6d8ia0v:wegauwhgeuioweg@ec2-107-21-253-135.compute-1.amazonaws.com:5431/d8r82722r2kuvn?currentSchema=otherschema'
+        url = dj_database_url.parse(url)
+        assert url['ENGINE'] == 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2'
+        assert url['NAME'] == 'd8r82722r2kuvn'
+        assert url['HOST'] == 'ec2-107-21-253-135.compute-1.amazonaws.com'
+        assert url['USER'] == 'uf07k1i6d8ia0v'
+        assert url['PASSWORD'] == 'wegauwhgeuioweg'
+        assert url['PORT'] == 5431
+        assert url['OPTIONS'] == {'options': '-c search_path=otherschema'}
+
     def test_postgis_parsing(self):
         url = 'postgis://uf07k1i6d8ia0v:wegauwhgeuioweg@ec2-107-21-253-135.compute-1.amazonaws.com:5431/d8r82722r2kuvn'
         url = dj_database_url.parse(url)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfbad6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[tox]
+envlist = py{26,27,32,33,34}
+
+
+[testenv]
+commands = python test_dj_database_url.py