diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Catalog.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Catalog.java
index 17750054b0..0533d962d2 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Catalog.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Catalog.java
@@ -96,6 +96,13 @@ public interface Catalog extends Named {
     @Nullable
     Schema getSchema(String name);
 
+    /**
+     * Get a schema by its name in this catalog, or <code>null</code> if no such
+     * schema exists.
+     */
+    @Nullable
+    Schema getSchema(Name name);
+
 
     /**
      * Stream all schemas contained in this catalog.
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractNamed.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractNamed.java
index 8d4323ac16..c02ae979e3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractNamed.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractNamed.java
@@ -122,4 +122,16 @@ abstract class AbstractNamed extends AbstractQueryPart implements Named {
     static Name qualify(Named qualifier, Name name) {
         return qualifier == null || name.qualified() ? name : qualifier.getQualifiedName().append(name);
     }
+
+    static <N extends Named> N find(Name name, Iterable<? extends N> in) {
+        N unqualified = null;
+
+        for (N n : in)
+            if (n.getQualifiedName().equals(name))
+                return n;
+            else if (unqualified == null && n.getUnqualifiedName().equals(name.unqualifiedName()))
+                unqualified = n;
+
+        return unqualified;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CatalogImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CatalogImpl.java
index 7df8a0cc16..ab8a1f7c25 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CatalogImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/CatalogImpl.java
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ public class CatalogImpl extends AbstractNamed implements Catalog {
         return null;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final Schema getSchema(Name name) {
+        return find(name, getSchemas());
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      * <p>
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/LazyCatalog.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/LazyCatalog.java
index 797faf0fb1..b8c24e8fe3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/LazyCatalog.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/LazyCatalog.java
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ public final class LazyCatalog extends AbstractNamed implements Catalog {
         return catalog().getSchema(name);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final Schema getSchema(Name name) {
+        return catalog().getSchema(name);
+    }
+
 
 
     @Override