diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
index 98a8dd645363368ce3a8f7b740441355605f0ee8..42eeacc17383129fb0705da9b232b3e682d4513b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
@@ -410,12 +410,27 @@ def collation
         show_variable 'collation_database'
       end
 
-      def tables(name = nil)
-        execute("SHOW TABLES", 'SCHEMA').collect do |field|
+      def tables(name = nil, database = nil) #:nodoc:
+        sql = ["SHOW TABLES", database].compact.join(' IN ')
+        execute(sql, 'SCHEMA').collect do |field|
           field.first
         end
       end
 
+      def table_exists?(name)
+        return true if super
+
+        name          = name.to_s
+        schema, table = name.split('.', 2)
+
+        unless table # A table was provided without a schema
+          table  = schema
+          schema = nil
+        end
+
+        tables(nil, schema).include? table
+      end
+
       def drop_table(table_name, options = {})
         super(table_name, options)
       end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/schema_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/schema_test.rb
index c6c1d1dad52a40067d0d187ff0cec8da83fdf32e..a2155d1dd1bce3dcb33a354995561e02869cc997 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/schema_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql/schema_test.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ def test_table_exists?
       def test_table_exists_wrong_schema
         assert(!@connection.table_exists?("#{@db_name}.zomg"), "table should not exist")
       end
-    end if current_adapter?(:MysqlAdapter)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/schema_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/schema_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..858d1da2dd95301c80d8e9c38b4dcbee57b5cd2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/mysql2/schema_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+require "cases/helper"
+require 'models/post'
+require 'models/comment'
+
+module ActiveRecord
+  module ConnectionAdapters
+    class Mysql2SchemaTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
+      fixtures :posts
+
+      def setup
+        @connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
+        db          = Post.connection_pool.spec.config[:database]
+        table       = Post.table_name
+        @db_name    = db
+
+        @omgpost = Class.new(Post) do
+          set_table_name "#{db}.#{table}"
+          def self.name; 'Post'; end
+        end
+      end
+
+      def test_schema
+        assert @omgpost.find(:first)
+      end
+
+      def test_table_exists?
+        name = @omgpost.table_name
+        assert @connection.table_exists?(name), "#{name} table should exist"
+      end
+
+      def test_table_exists_wrong_schema
+        assert(!@connection.table_exists?("#{@db_name}.zomg"), "table should not exist")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end