diff --git a/spec/EnableSingleSchemaCache.spec.js b/spec/EnableSingleSchemaCache.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0dc996a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/EnableSingleSchemaCache.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+const auth = require('../src/Auth');
+const Config = require('../src/Config');
+const rest = require('../src/rest');
+
+describe('Enable single schema cache', () => {
+  beforeEach((done) => {
+    reconfigureServer({
+      enableSingleSchemaCache: true,
+      schemaCacheTTL: 30000
+    }).then(() => {
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('can perform multiple create and query operations', (done) => {
+    let config = fakeRequestForConfig();
+    let nobody = auth.nobody(config);
+    rest.create(config, nobody, 'Foo', {type: 1}).then(() => {
+      config = fakeRequestForConfig();
+      nobody = auth.nobody(config);
+      return rest.create(config, nobody, 'Foo', {type: 2});
+    }).then(() => {
+      config = fakeRequestForConfig();
+      nobody = auth.nobody(config);
+      return rest.create(config, nobody, 'Bar');
+    }).then(() => {
+      config = fakeRequestForConfig();
+      nobody = auth.nobody(config);
+      return rest.find(config, nobody, 'Bar', {type: 1});
+    }).then((response) => {
+      fail('Should throw error');
+      done();
+    }, (error) => {
+      config = fakeRequestForConfig();
+      nobody = auth.nobody(config);
+      expect(error).toBeDefined();
+      return rest.find(config, nobody, 'Foo', {type: 1});
+    }).then((response) => {
+      config = fakeRequestForConfig();
+      nobody = auth.nobody(config);
+      expect(response.results.length).toEqual(1);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+const fakeRequestForConfig = function() {
+  return new Config('test');
+};
diff --git a/spec/SchemaCache.spec.js b/spec/SchemaCache.spec.js
index 12e9fb38..a27abd98 100644
--- a/spec/SchemaCache.spec.js
+++ b/spec/SchemaCache.spec.js
@@ -3,35 +3,66 @@ var InMemoryCacheAdapter = require('../src/Adapters/Cache/InMemoryCacheAdapter')
 var SchemaCache = require('../src/Controllers/SchemaCache').default;
 
 describe('SchemaCache', () => {
-	var schemaCache;
+  let cacheController;
 
-	beforeEach(() => {
-		var cacheAdapter = new InMemoryCacheAdapter({});
-		var cacheController = new CacheController(cacheAdapter, 'appId');
-		schemaCache = new SchemaCache(cacheController);
-	});
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    const cacheAdapter = new InMemoryCacheAdapter({});
+    cacheController = new CacheController(cacheAdapter, 'appId');
+  });
 
-	it('can retrieve a single schema after all schemas stored', (done) => {
-		var allSchemas = [{
-			className: 'Class1'
-		}, {
-			className: 'Class2'
-		}];
-		schemaCache.setAllClasses(allSchemas);
-		schemaCache.getOneSchema('Class2').then((schema) => {
-			expect(schema).not.toBeNull();
-			done();
-		});
-	});
+  it('can retrieve a single schema after all schemas stored', (done) => {
+    const schemaCache = new SchemaCache(cacheController);
+    const allSchemas = [{
+      className: 'Class1'
+    }, {
+      className: 'Class2'
+    }];
+    schemaCache.setAllClasses(allSchemas).then(() => {
+      return schemaCache.getOneSchema('Class2');
+    }).then((schema) => {
+      expect(schema).not.toBeNull();
+      done();
+    });
+  });
 
-	it('does not return all schemas after a single schema is stored', (done) => {
-		var schema = {
-			className: 'Class1'
-		};
-		schemaCache.setOneSchema('Class1', schema);
-		schemaCache.getAllClasses().then((allSchemas) => {
-			expect(allSchemas).toBeNull();
-			done();
-		});
-	});
+  it('does not return all schemas after a single schema is stored', (done) => {
+    const schemaCache = new SchemaCache(cacheController);
+    const schema = {
+      className: 'Class1'
+    };
+    schemaCache.setOneSchema(schema.className, schema).then(() => {
+      return schemaCache.getAllClasses();
+    }).then((allSchemas) => {
+      expect(allSchemas).toBeNull();
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('doesn\'t persist cached data by default', (done) => {
+    const schemaCache = new SchemaCache(cacheController);
+    const schema = {
+      className: 'Class1'
+    };
+    schemaCache.setOneSchema(schema.className, schema).then(() => {
+      const anotherSchemaCache = new SchemaCache(cacheController);
+      return anotherSchemaCache.getOneSchema(schema.className).then((schema) => {
+        expect(schema).toBeNull();
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('can persist cached data', (done) => {
+    const schemaCache = new SchemaCache(cacheController, 5000, true);
+    const schema = {
+      className: 'Class1'
+    };
+    schemaCache.setOneSchema(schema.className, schema).then(() => {
+      const anotherSchemaCache = new SchemaCache(cacheController, 5000, true);
+      return anotherSchemaCache.getOneSchema(schema.className).then((schema) => {
+        expect(schema).not.toBeNull();
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/Config.js b/src/Config.js
index d8d2ab26..016a3fe0 100644
--- a/src/Config.js
+++ b/src/Config.js
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@ export class Config {
 
     // Create a new DatabaseController per request
     if (cacheInfo.databaseController) {
-      const schemaCache = new SchemaCache(cacheInfo.cacheController, cacheInfo.schemaCacheTTL);
+      const schemaCache = new SchemaCache(cacheInfo.cacheController, cacheInfo.schemaCacheTTL, cacheInfo.enableSingleSchemaCache);
       this.database = new DatabaseController(cacheInfo.databaseController.adapter, schemaCache);
     }
 
     this.schemaCacheTTL = cacheInfo.schemaCacheTTL;
+    this.enableSingleSchemaCache = cacheInfo.enableSingleSchemaCache;
 
     this.serverURL = cacheInfo.serverURL;
     this.publicServerURL = removeTrailingSlash(cacheInfo.publicServerURL);
diff --git a/src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js b/src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js
index e966f062..986a71d5 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js
+++ b/src/Controllers/DatabaseController.js
@@ -515,7 +515,10 @@ DatabaseController.prototype.canAddField = function(schema, className, object, a
 // Returns a promise.
 DatabaseController.prototype.deleteEverything = function() {
   this.schemaPromise = null;
-  return this.adapter.deleteAllClasses();
+  return Promise.all([
+    this.adapter.deleteAllClasses(),
+    this.schemaCache.clear()
+  ]);
 };
 
 // Finds the keys in a query. Returns a Set. REST format only
diff --git a/src/Controllers/SchemaCache.js b/src/Controllers/SchemaCache.js
index 63dc481d..f1286f47 100644
--- a/src/Controllers/SchemaCache.js
+++ b/src/Controllers/SchemaCache.js
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ import defaults from '../defaults';
 export default class SchemaCache {
   cache: Object;
 
-  constructor(cacheController, ttl = defaults.schemaCacheTTL) {
+  constructor(cacheController, ttl = defaults.schemaCacheTTL, randomizePrefix = false) {
     this.ttl = ttl;
     if (typeof ttl == 'string') {
       this.ttl = parseInt(ttl);
     }
     this.cache = cacheController;
-    this.prefix = SCHEMA_CACHE_PREFIX+randomString(20);
+    this.prefix = SCHEMA_CACHE_PREFIX;
+    if (!randomizePrefix) {
+      this.prefix += randomString(20);
+    }
   }
 
   put(key, value) {
diff --git a/src/ParseServer.js b/src/ParseServer.js
index fcc27de7..3752d44c 100644
--- a/src/ParseServer.js
+++ b/src/ParseServer.js
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class ParseServer {
     expireInactiveSessions = defaults.expireInactiveSessions,
     revokeSessionOnPasswordReset = defaults.revokeSessionOnPasswordReset,
     schemaCacheTTL = defaults.schemaCacheTTL, // cache for 5s
+    enableSingleSchemaCache = false,
     __indexBuildCompletionCallbackForTests = () => {},
   }) {
     // Initialize the node client SDK automatically
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ class ParseServer {
     const analyticsController = new AnalyticsController(analyticsControllerAdapter);
 
     const liveQueryController = new LiveQueryController(liveQuery);
-    const databaseController = new DatabaseController(databaseAdapter, new SchemaCache(cacheController, schemaCacheTTL));
+    const databaseController = new DatabaseController(databaseAdapter, new SchemaCache(cacheController, schemaCacheTTL, enableSingleSchemaCache));
     const hooksController = new HooksController(appId, databaseController, webhookKey);
 
     const dbInitPromise = databaseController.performInitizalization();
@@ -221,7 +222,8 @@ class ParseServer {
       jsonLogs,
       revokeSessionOnPasswordReset,
       databaseController,
-      schemaCacheTTL
+      schemaCacheTTL,
+      enableSingleSchemaCache
     });
 
     // To maintain compatibility. TODO: Remove in some version that breaks backwards compatability
diff --git a/src/cli/definitions/parse-server.js b/src/cli/definitions/parse-server.js
index b4eaa90f..73822dae 100644
--- a/src/cli/definitions/parse-server.js
+++ b/src/cli/definitions/parse-server.js
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ export default {
     help: "The TTL for caching the schema for optimizing read/write operations. You should put a long TTL when your DB is in production. default to 0; disabled.",
     action: numberParser("schemaCacheTTL"),
   },
+  "enableSingleSchemaCache": {
+    env: "PARSE_SERVER_ENABLE_SINGLE_SCHEMA_CACHE",
+    help: "Use a single schema cache shared across requests. Reduces number of queries made to _SCHEMA. Defaults to false, i.e. unique schema cache per request.",
+    action: booleanParser
+  },
   "cluster": {
     help: "Run with cluster, optionally set the number of processes default to os.cpus().length",
     action: numberOrBoolParser("cluster")