2 files changed, 26 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/asyncpg.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/asyncpg.py
index 569024790..412feda0f 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/asyncpg.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/asyncpg.py
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ class AsyncAdapt_asyncpg_connection:
     def __init__(self, dbapi, connection):
         self.dbapi = dbapi
         self._connection = connection
-        self.isolation_level = "read_committed"
+        self.isolation_level = self._isolation_setting = "read_committed"
         self.readonly = False
         self.deferrable = False
         self._transaction = None
@@ -512,10 +512,21 @@ class AsyncAdapt_asyncpg_connection:
         else:
             raise error
 
+    @property
+    def autocommit(self):
+        return self.isolation_level == "autocommit"
+
+    @autocommit.setter
+    def autocommit(self, value):
+        if value:
+            self.isolation_level = "autocommit"
+        else:
+            self.isolation_level = self._isolation_setting
+
     def set_isolation_level(self, level):
         if self._started:
             self.rollback()
-        self.isolation_level = level
+        self.isolation_level = self._isolation_setting = level
 
     async def _start_transaction(self):
         if self.isolation_level == "autocommit":
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/provision.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/provision.py
index 6c6dc4be6..9433ec458 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/provision.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/postgresql/provision.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from ... import text
 from ...testing.provision import create_db
 from ...testing.provision import drop_db
 from ...testing.provision import log
+from ...testing.provision import set_default_schema_on_connection
 from ...testing.provision import temp_table_keyword_args
 
 
@@ -64,3 +65,15 @@ def _pg_drop_db(cfg, eng, ident):
 @temp_table_keyword_args.for_db("postgresql")
 def _postgresql_temp_table_keyword_args(cfg, eng):
     return {"prefixes": ["TEMPORARY"]}
+
+
+@set_default_schema_on_connection.for_db("postgresql")
+def _postgresql_set_default_schema_on_connection(
+    cfg, dbapi_connection, schema_name
+):
+    existing_autocommit = dbapi_connection.autocommit
+    dbapi_connection.autocommit = True
+    cursor = dbapi_connection.cursor()
+    cursor.execute("SET SESSION search_path='%s'" % schema_name)
+    cursor.close()
+    dbapi_connection.autocommit = existing_autocommit