diff --git a/src/driver/sqlx_postgres.rs b/src/driver/sqlx_postgres.rs
index ceb855f24..b43ccd52f 100644
--- a/src/driver/sqlx_postgres.rs
+++ b/src/driver/sqlx_postgres.rs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ impl SqlxPostgresConnector {
         let set_search_path_sql = options
             .schema_search_path
             .as_ref()
-            .map(|schema| format!("SET search_path = {schema}"));
+            .map(|schema| format!("SET search_path = \"{schema}\""));
         let lazy = options.connect_lazy;
         let mut pool_options = options.sqlx_pool_options();
         if let Some(sql) = set_search_path_sql {
diff --git a/tests/connection_tests.rs b/tests/connection_tests.rs
index 0838086fa..1aeeafd1d 100644
--- a/tests/connection_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/connection_tests.rs
@@ -140,3 +140,23 @@ pub async fn connection_ping_closed_postgres() {
 
     ctx.delete().await;
 }
+
+#[sea_orm_macros::test]
+#[cfg(feature = "sqlx-postgres")]
+pub async fn connection_with_search_path_postgres() {
+    let ctx = TestContext::new("connection_with_search_path").await;
+
+    let base_url = std::env::var("DATABASE_URL").unwrap();
+    let mut opt = sea_orm::ConnectOptions::new(format!("{base_url}/connection_with_search_path"));
+    opt
+        // The connection pool has a single connection only
+        .max_connections(1)
+        // A controlled connection acquire timeout
+        .acquire_timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2))
+        .set_schema_search_path("schema-with-special-characters");
+
+    let db = sea_orm::Database::connect(opt).await;
+    assert!(db.is_ok());
+
+    ctx.delete().await;
+}