diff --git a/jOOQ-test/launch/jOOQOracleTest (default schema).launch b/jOOQ-test/launch/jOOQOracleTest (default schema).launch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dded35dad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jOOQ-test/launch/jOOQOracleTest (default schema).launch	
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.launchconfig">
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_PATHS">
+<listEntry value="/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQOracleTest.java"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_TYPES">
+<listEntry value="1"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.ui.favoriteGroups">
+<listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.debug"/>
+<listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.run"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.CONTAINER" value=""/>
+<booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.KEEPRUNNING_ATTR" value="false"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.TESTNAME" value=""/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.TEST_KIND" value="org.eclipse.jdt.junit.loader.junit4"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" value="org.jooq.test.jOOQOracleTest"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="jOOQ-test"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-Djdbc.properties=/org/jooq/configuration/${env_var:USERNAME}/oracle/library.properties -Dorg.jooq.settings.defaultSchema=TEST"/>
+</launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
index 284bc2ce85..1bab80dd3f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/jOOQAbstractTest.java
@@ -697,9 +697,11 @@ public abstract class jOOQAbstractTest<
     }
 
     protected final Factory create() {
+        String defaultSchema = System.getProperty("org.jooq.settings.defaultSchema", "");
+
         Settings settings = SettingsTools.defaultSettings()
             .withRenderMapping(new RenderMapping()
-                .withDefaultSchema(""))
+                .withDefaultSchema(defaultSchema))
             .withExecuteListeners(
                 TestStatisticsListener.class.getName(),
                 DebugListener.class.getName());
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SequenceFunction.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SequenceFunction.java
index 50e556e5a4..b0f4769c16 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SequenceFunction.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SequenceFunction.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.field;
 import org.jooq.Configuration;
 import org.jooq.Field;
 import org.jooq.RenderContext;
+import org.jooq.Schema;
 import org.jooq.exception.SQLDialectNotSupportedException;
 
 /**
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ class SequenceFunction<T extends Number> extends AbstractFunction<T> {
                 String field = getQualifiedName(configuration) + "." + method;
                 return field(field, getDataType());
             }
-            
+
             case H2:
             case POSTGRES: {
                 String field = method + "('" + getQualifiedName(configuration) + "')";
@@ -114,9 +115,10 @@ class SequenceFunction<T extends Number> extends AbstractFunction<T> {
 
     private final String getQualifiedName(Configuration configuration) {
         RenderContext local = create(configuration).renderContext();
+        Schema mappedSchema = Util.getMappedSchema(configuration, sequence.schema);
 
-        if (sequence.schema != null && configuration.getDialect() != CUBRID) {
-            local.sql(Util.getMappedSchema(configuration, sequence.schema));
+        if (mappedSchema != null && configuration.getDialect() != CUBRID) {
+            local.sql(mappedSchema);
             local.sql(".");
         }