diff --git a/diesel_cli/Cargo.toml b/diesel_cli/Cargo.toml
index d9ff93a816..7073bc134d 100644
--- a/diesel_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/diesel_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ clap = "2.27"
 clippy = { optional = true, version = "=0.0.185" }
 diesel = { version = "~1.2.0", default-features = false }
 dotenv = ">=0.8, <0.11"
-infer_schema_internals = "~1.2.0"
+infer_schema_internals = { version = "~1.2.0", features = ["serde"] }
 migrations_internals = "~1.2.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["derive"] }
 toml = "0.4.6"
diff --git a/diesel_cli/src/config.rs b/diesel_cli/src/config.rs
index 7674196bf6..443bc28af1 100644
--- a/diesel_cli/src/config.rs
+++ b/diesel_cli/src/config.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use toml;
 
 use super::{find_project_root, handle_error};
+use print_schema;
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct Config {
     #[serde(default)]
     pub print_schema: PrintSchema,
@@ -36,6 +38,20 @@ impl Config {
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct PrintSchema {
+    #[serde(default)]
     pub file: Option<PathBuf>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub with_docs: bool,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub filter: print_schema::Filtering,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub schema: Option<String>,
+}
+
+impl PrintSchema {
+    pub fn schema_name(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.schema.as_ref().map(|s| &**s)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/diesel_cli/src/main.rs b/diesel_cli/src/main.rs
index 5909ff4ffb..c80d06f236 100644
--- a/diesel_cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/diesel_cli/src/main.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fn main() {
         ("setup", Some(matches)) => run_setup_command(matches),
         ("database", Some(matches)) => run_database_command(matches),
         ("bash-completion", Some(matches)) => generate_bash_completion_command(matches),
-        ("print-schema", Some(matches)) => run_infer_schema(matches),
+        ("print-schema", Some(matches)) => run_infer_schema(matches).unwrap_or_else(handle_error),
         _ => unreachable!("The cli parser should prevent reaching here"),
     }
 }
@@ -313,18 +313,22 @@ fn convert_absolute_path_to_relative(target_path: &Path, mut current_path: &Path
     result.join(target_path.strip_prefix(current_path).unwrap())
 }
 
-fn run_infer_schema(matches: &ArgMatches) {
+fn run_infer_schema(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
     use infer_schema_internals::TableName;
     use print_schema::*;
 
     let database_url = database::database_url(matches);
-    let schema_name = matches.value_of("schema");
+    let mut config = Config::read(matches)?.print_schema;
+
+    if let Some(schema_name) = matches.value_of("schema") {
+        config.schema = Some(String::from(schema_name))
+    }
 
     let filter = matches
         .values_of("table-name")
         .unwrap_or_default()
         .map(|table_name| {
-            if let Some(schema) = schema_name {
+            if let Some(schema) = config.schema_name() {
                 TableName::new(table_name, schema)
             } else {
                 table_name.parse().unwrap()
@@ -332,34 +336,30 @@ fn run_infer_schema(matches: &ArgMatches) {
         })
         .collect();
 
-    let filter = if matches.is_present("whitelist") {
-        Filtering::Whitelist(filter)
+    if matches.is_present("whitelist") {
+        config.filter = Filtering::Whitelist(filter)
     } else if matches.is_present("blacklist") {
-        Filtering::Blacklist(filter)
-    } else {
-        Filtering::None
-    };
+        config.filter = Filtering::Blacklist(filter)
+    }
 
-    let _ = run_print_schema(
-        &database_url,
-        schema_name,
-        &filter,
-        matches.is_present("with-docs"),
-    ).map_err(handle_error::<_, ()>);
+    if matches.is_present("with-docs") {
+        config.with_docs = true;
+    }
+
+    run_print_schema(&database_url, &config)?;
+    Ok(())
 }
 
 fn regenerate_schema_if_file_specified(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
-    use print_schema::*;
-
     let config = Config::read(matches)?;
-    if let Some(path) = config.print_schema.file {
+    if let Some(ref path) = config.print_schema.file {
         if let Some(parent) = path.parent() {
             fs::create_dir_all(parent)?;
         }
 
         let database_url = database::database_url(matches);
         let mut file = fs::File::create(path)?;
-        print_schema::output_schema(&database_url, None, &Filtering::None, false, &mut file)?;
+        print_schema::output_schema(&database_url, &config.print_schema, &mut file)?;
     }
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/diesel_cli/src/print_schema.rs b/diesel_cli/src/print_schema.rs
index 5546a2e1ee..7716d4cbb8 100644
--- a/diesel_cli/src/print_schema.rs
+++ b/diesel_cli/src/print_schema.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+use config;
+
 use infer_schema_internals::*;
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter, Write};
 use std::io::{self, stdout};
+use serde::de::{self, MapAccess, Visitor};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer};
 
 pub enum Filtering {
     Whitelist(Vec<TableName>),
@@ -9,6 +13,12 @@ pub enum Filtering {
     None,
 }
 
+impl Default for Filtering {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Filtering::None
+    }
+}
+
 impl Filtering {
     pub fn should_ignore_table(&self, name: &TableName) -> bool {
         use self::Filtering::*;
@@ -23,31 +33,21 @@ impl Filtering {
 
 pub fn run_print_schema(
     database_url: &str,
-    schema_name: Option<&str>,
-    filtering: &Filtering,
-    include_docs: bool,
+    config: &config::PrintSchema,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
-    output_schema(
-        database_url,
-        schema_name,
-        filtering,
-        include_docs,
-        &mut stdout(),
-    )
+    output_schema(database_url, config, &mut stdout())
 }
 
 pub fn output_schema<W: io::Write>(
     database_url: &str,
-    schema_name: Option<&str>,
-    filtering: &Filtering,
-    include_docs: bool,
+    config: &config::PrintSchema,
     out: &mut W,
 ) -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
-    let table_names = load_table_names(database_url, schema_name)?
+    let table_names = load_table_names(database_url, config.schema_name())?
         .into_iter()
-        .filter(|t| !filtering.should_ignore_table(t))
+        .filter(|t| !config.filter.should_ignore_table(t))
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
-    let foreign_keys = load_foreign_key_constraints(database_url, schema_name)?;
+    let foreign_keys = load_foreign_key_constraints(database_url, config.schema_name())?;
     let foreign_keys =
         remove_unsafe_foreign_keys_for_codegen(database_url, &foreign_keys, &table_names);
     let table_data = table_names
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ pub fn output_schema<W: io::Write>(
     let definitions = TableDefinitions {
         tables: table_data,
         fk_constraints: foreign_keys,
-        include_docs,
+        include_docs: config.with_docs,
     };
 
-    if let Some(schema_name) = schema_name {
+    if let Some(schema_name) = config.schema_name() {
         write!(out, "{}", ModuleDefinition(schema_name, definitions))?;
     } else {
         write!(out, "{}", definitions)?;
@@ -255,3 +255,53 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a> Write for PadAdapter<'a, 'b> {
         Ok(())
     }
 }
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Filtering {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        struct FilteringVisitor;
+
+        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for FilteringVisitor {
+            type Value = Filtering;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                f.write_str("either a whitelist or a blacklist")
+            }
+
+            fn visit_map<V>(self, mut map: V) -> Result<Self::Value, V::Error>
+            where
+                V: MapAccess<'de>,
+            {
+                let mut whitelist = None;
+                let mut blacklist = None;
+                while let Some((key, value)) = map.next_entry()? {
+                    match key {
+                        "whitelist" => {
+                            if whitelist.is_some() {
+                                return Err(de::Error::duplicate_field("whitelist"));
+                            }
+                            whitelist = Some(value);
+                        }
+                        "blacklist" => {
+                            if blacklist.is_some() {
+                                return Err(de::Error::duplicate_field("blacklist"));
+                            }
+                            blacklist = Some(value);
+                        }
+                        _ => return Err(de::Error::unknown_field(key, &["whitelist", "blacklist"])),
+                    }
+                }
+                match (whitelist, blacklist) {
+                    (Some(_), Some(_)) => Err(de::Error::duplicate_field("blacklist")),
+                    (Some(w), None) => Ok(Filtering::Whitelist(w)),
+                    (None, Some(b)) => Ok(Filtering::Blacklist(b)),
+                    (None, None) => Ok(Filtering::None),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        deserializer.deserialize_map(FilteringVisitor)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema.rs b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema.rs
index fd26dcc938..7c3649d39c 100644
--- a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema.rs
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema.rs
@@ -80,26 +80,48 @@ fn test_print_schema(test_name: &str, args: Vec<&str>) {
     let test_path = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
         .join("tests")
         .join("print_schema")
-        .join(test_name)
-        .join(BACKEND);
+        .join(test_name);
+    let backend_path = test_path.join(BACKEND);
     let p = project(test_name).build();
     let db = database(&p.database_url());
 
     p.command("setup").run();
 
-    let schema = read_file(&test_path.join("schema.sql"));
+    let schema = read_file(&backend_path.join("schema.sql"));
     db.execute(&schema);
 
     let result = p.command("print-schema").args(args).run();
 
     assert!(result.is_success(), "Result was unsuccessful {:?}", result);
-    let expected = read_file(&test_path.join("expected.rs"));
+    let expected = read_file(&backend_path.join("expected.rs"));
+
+    assert_diff!(&expected, result.stdout(), "\n", 0);
+
+    test_print_schema_config(test_name, &test_path, schema, expected);
+}
+
+fn test_print_schema_config(test_name: &str, test_path: &Path, schema: String, expected: String) {
+    let config = read_file(&test_path.join("diesel.toml"));
+    let p = project(&format!("{}_config", test_name))
+        .file("diesel.toml", &config)
+        .build();
+
+    p.command("setup").run();
+    p.create_migration("12345_create_schema", &schema, "");
+
+    let result = p.command("migration").arg("run").run();
+    assert!(result.is_success(), "Result was unsuccessful {:?}", result);
+
+    let schema = p.file_contents("src/schema.rs");
+    assert_diff!(&expected, &schema, "\n", 0);
+
+    let result = p.command("print-schema").run();
+    assert!(result.is_success(), "Result was unsuccessful {:?}", result);
 
     assert_diff!(&expected, result.stdout(), "\n", 0);
 }
 
 fn read_file(path: &Path) -> String {
-    println!("{}", path.display());
     let mut file = File::open(path).expect(&format!("Could not open {}", path.display()));
     let mut string = String::new();
     file.read_to_string(&mut string).unwrap();
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_blacklist/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_blacklist/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43638f0416
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_blacklist/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+with_docs = true
+filter = { blacklist = ["users1"] }
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_column_renaming/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_column_renaming/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..750e5ba858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_column_renaming/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+with_docs = true
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_compound_primary_key/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_compound_primary_key/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..750e5ba858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_compound_primary_key/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+with_docs = true
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_order/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_order/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..750e5ba858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_order/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+with_docs = true
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_simple/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_simple/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..750e5ba858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_simple/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+with_docs = true
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_simple_without_docs/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_simple_without_docs/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f57985adb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_simple_without_docs/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_specifying_schema_name/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_specifying_schema_name/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c976c2ccdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_specifying_schema_name/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+with_docs = true
+schema = "custom_schema"
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_specifying_schema_name_with_foreign_keys/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_specifying_schema_name_with_foreign_keys/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c976c2ccdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_specifying_schema_name_with_foreign_keys/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+with_docs = true
+schema = "custom_schema"
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_whitelist/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_whitelist/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d69c25426c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_whitelist/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+with_docs = true
+filter = { whitelist = ["users1"] }
diff --git a/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_with_foreign_keys/diesel.toml b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_with_foreign_keys/diesel.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..750e5ba858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diesel_cli/tests/print_schema/print_schema_with_foreign_keys/diesel.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[print_schema]
+file = "src/schema.rs"
+with_docs = true
diff --git a/diesel_infer_schema/infer_schema_internals/Cargo.toml b/diesel_infer_schema/infer_schema_internals/Cargo.toml
index ecc362fb01..49ab92e87f 100644
--- a/diesel_infer_schema/infer_schema_internals/Cargo.toml
+++ b/diesel_infer_schema/infer_schema_internals/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ keywords = ["orm", "database", "postgres", "postgresql", "sql"]
 [dependencies]
 diesel = { version = "~1.2.0", default-features = false }
 clippy = { optional = true, version = "=0.0.185" }
+serde = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 dotenv = ">=0.8, <0.11"
diff --git a/diesel_infer_schema/infer_schema_internals/src/table_data.rs b/diesel_infer_schema/infer_schema_internals/src/table_data.rs
index 02f74053b6..95d311f5ed 100644
--- a/diesel_infer_schema/infer_schema_internals/src/table_data.rs
+++ b/diesel_infer_schema/infer_schema_internals/src/table_data.rs
@@ -82,3 +82,39 @@ pub struct TableData {
     pub column_data: Vec<ColumnDefinition>,
     pub docs: String,
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+mod serde_impls {
+    extern crate serde;
+
+    use self::serde::de::Visitor;
+    use self::serde::{de, Deserialize, Deserializer};
+    use std::fmt;
+    use super::TableName;
+
+    impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for TableName {
+        fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+        where
+            D: Deserializer<'de>,
+        {
+            struct TableNameVisitor;
+
+            impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for TableNameVisitor {
+                type Value = TableName;
+
+                fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                    formatter.write_str("A valid table name")
+                }
+
+                fn visit_str<E>(self, value: &str) -> Result<TableName, E>
+                where
+                    E: de::Error,
+                {
+                    value.parse().map_err(|_| unreachable!())
+                }
+            }
+
+            deserializer.deserialize_string(TableNameVisitor)
+        }
+    }
+}