diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/README.md b/metadata-ingestion/README.md
index afc5000220..3f3c08919a 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/README.md
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/README.md
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ Extracts:
 - List of databases, schema, and tables
 - Column types associated with each table
 - Also supports PostGIS extensions
+- database_alias (optional) can be used to change the name of database to be ingested
 
 ```yml
 source:
@@ -322,6 +323,7 @@ source:
     password: pass
     host_port: localhost:5432
     database: DemoDatabase
+    database_alias: DatabaseNameToBeIngested
     include_views: True # whether to include views, defaults to True
     # table_pattern/schema_pattern is same as above
     # options is same as above
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
index 1e651bb381..99efb299b1 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/setup.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ base_dev_requirements = {
             "looker",
             "glue",
             "oracle",
+            "postgres",
             "sagemaker",
             "datahub-kafka",
             "datahub-rest",
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/postgres.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/postgres.py
index c8654c23a0..097c931057 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/postgres.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/postgres.py
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class PostgresConfig(BasicSQLAlchemyConfig):
 
     def get_identifier(self, schema: str, table: str) -> str:
         regular = f"{schema}.{table}"
+        if self.database_alias:
+            return f"{self.database_alias}.{regular}"
         if self.database:
             return f"{self.database}.{regular}"
         return regular
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_common.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_common.py
index fe52c4cace..f7050439ef 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_common.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql_common.py
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ class BasicSQLAlchemyConfig(SQLAlchemyConfig):
     password: Optional[pydantic.SecretStr] = None
     host_port: str
     database: Optional[str] = None
+    database_alias: Optional[str] = None
     scheme: str
 
     def get_sql_alchemy_url(self, uri_opts=None):
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_postgres_source.py b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_postgres_source.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a146d13a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/tests/unit/test_postgres_source.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from datahub.ingestion.source.postgres import PostgresConfig
+
+
+def _base_config():
+    return {"username": "user", "password": "password", "host_port": "host:1521"}
+
+
+def test_database_alias_takes_precendence():
+    config = PostgresConfig.parse_obj(
+        {
+            **_base_config(),
+            "database_alias": "ops_database",
+            "database": "postgres",
+        }
+    )
+    assert config.get_identifier("superset", "logs") == "ops_database.superset.logs"
+
+
+def test_database_in_identifier():
+    config = PostgresConfig.parse_obj({**_base_config(), "database": "postgres"})
+    assert config.get_identifier("superset", "logs") == "postgres.superset.logs"