diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/PostgresGrammar.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/PostgresGrammar.php
index f6450c1b41c9..8486e499d313 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/PostgresGrammar.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/Grammars/PostgresGrammar.php
@@ -246,12 +246,12 @@ public function compileDropAllTypes($types)
     /**
      * Compile the SQL needed to retrieve all table names.
      *
-     * @param  string|array  $schema
+     * @param  string|array  $searchPath
      * @return string
      */
-    public function compileGetAllTables($schema)
+    public function compileGetAllTables($searchPath)
     {
-        return "select tablename from pg_catalog.pg_tables where schemaname in ('".implode("','", (array) $schema)."')";
+        return "select tablename from pg_catalog.pg_tables where schemaname in ('".implode("','", (array) $searchPath)."')";
     }
 
     /**
@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ public function compileGetAllTables($schema)
      * @param  string|array  $schema
      * @return string
      */
-    public function compileGetAllViews($schema)
+    public function compileGetAllViews($searchPath)
     {
-        return "select viewname from pg_catalog.pg_views where schemaname in ('".implode("','", (array) $schema)."')";
+        return "select viewname from pg_catalog.pg_views where schemaname in ('".implode("','", (array) $searchPath)."')";
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/PostgresBuilder.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/PostgresBuilder.php
index 0cba5f4d9a16..c249ccf02ebe 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/PostgresBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Schema/PostgresBuilder.php
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ public function dropAllTypes()
     public function getAllTables()
     {
         return $this->connection->select(
-            $this->grammar->compileGetAllTables((array) $this->connection->getConfig('schema'))
+            $this->grammar->compileGetAllTables(
+                $this->parseSearchPath($this->connection->getConfig('search_path'))
+            )
         );
     }
 
@@ -119,7 +121,9 @@ public function getAllTables()
     public function getAllViews()
     {
         return $this->connection->select(
-            $this->grammar->compileGetAllViews((array) $this->connection->getConfig('schema'))
+            $this->grammar->compileGetAllViews(
+                $this->parseSearchPath($this->connection->getConfig('search_path'))
+            )
         );
     }
 
@@ -209,6 +213,10 @@ protected function parseSearchPath($searchPath)
 
         array_walk($searchPath, function (&$schema) {
             $schema = trim($schema, '\'"');
+
+            $schema = $schema === '$user'
+                ? $this->connection->getConfig('username')
+                : $schema;
         });
 
         return $searchPath;
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabasePostgresBuilderTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabasePostgresBuilderTest.php
index f41e271a4428..54e64e2e54e5 100644
--- a/tests/Database/DatabasePostgresBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabasePostgresBuilderTest.php
@@ -241,6 +241,51 @@ public function testWhenDatabaseNotDefaultGetColumnListingWithFullyQualifiedRefe
         $builder->getColumnListing('mydatabase.myapp.foo');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Ensure that when the search_path contains just one schema, only that
+     * schema is passed into the query that is executed to acquire the list
+     * of tables to be dropped.
+     */
+    public function testDropAllTablesWithOneSchemaInSearchPath()
+    {
+        $connection = $this->getConnection();
+        $connection->shouldReceive('getConfig')->with('search_path')->andReturn('public');
+        $connection->shouldReceive('getConfig')->with('dont_drop')->andReturn(['foo']);
+        $grammar = m::mock(PostgresGrammar::class);
+        $connection->shouldReceive('getSchemaGrammar')->once()->andReturn($grammar);
+        $grammar->shouldReceive('compileGetAllTables')->with(['public'])->andReturn("select tablename from pg_catalog.pg_tables where schemaname in ('public')");
+        $connection->shouldReceive('select')->with("select tablename from pg_catalog.pg_tables where schemaname in ('public')")->andReturn(['users']);
+        $grammar->shouldReceive('compileDropAllTables')->with(['users'])->andReturn('drop table "'.implode('","', ['users']).'" cascade');
+        $connection->shouldReceive('statement')->with('drop table "'.implode('","', ['users']).'" cascade');
+        $builder = $this->getBuilder($connection);
+
+        $builder->dropAllTables();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensure that when the search_path contains more than one schema, both
+     * schemas are passed into the query that is executed to acquire the list
+     * of tables to be dropped. Furthermore, ensure that the special '$user'
+     * variable is resolved to the username specified on the database connection
+     * in the process.
+     */
+    public function testDropAllTablesWithMoreThanOneSchemaInSearchPath()
+    {
+        $connection = $this->getConnection();
+        $connection->shouldReceive('getConfig')->with('username')->andReturn('foouser');
+        $connection->shouldReceive('getConfig')->with('search_path')->andReturn('"$user", public');
+        $connection->shouldReceive('getConfig')->with('dont_drop')->andReturn(['foo']);
+        $grammar = m::mock(PostgresGrammar::class);
+        $connection->shouldReceive('getSchemaGrammar')->once()->andReturn($grammar);
+        $grammar->shouldReceive('compileGetAllTables')->with(['foouser', 'public'])->andReturn("select tablename from pg_catalog.pg_tables where schemaname in ('foouser','public')");
+        $connection->shouldReceive('select')->with("select tablename from pg_catalog.pg_tables where schemaname in ('foouser','public')")->andReturn(['users', 'users']);
+        $grammar->shouldReceive('compileDropAllTables')->with(['users', 'users'])->andReturn('drop table "'.implode('","', ['users', 'users']).'" cascade');
+        $connection->shouldReceive('statement')->with('drop table "'.implode('","', ['users', 'users']).'" cascade');
+        $builder = $this->getBuilder($connection);
+
+        $builder->dropAllTables();
+    }
+
     protected function getConnection()
     {
         return m::mock(Connection::class);