diff --git a/piccolo/apps/migrations/tables.py b/piccolo/apps/migrations/tables.py
index 91906be4f..18104e21d 100644
--- a/piccolo/apps/migrations/tables.py
+++ b/piccolo/apps/migrations/tables.py
@@ -4,10 +4,20 @@
 
 from piccolo.columns import Timestamp, Varchar
 from piccolo.columns.defaults.timestamp import TimestampNow
+from piccolo.conf.overrides import get_override
 from piccolo.table import Table
 
+TABLENAME = get_override(key="PICCOLO_MIGRATION_TABLENAME", default=None)
 
-class Migration(Table):
+
+SCHEMA = get_override(key="PICCOLO_MIGRATION_SCHEMA", default=None)
+
+
+class Migration(
+    Table,
+    tablename=TABLENAME,
+    schema=SCHEMA,
+):
     name = Varchar(length=200)
     app_name = Varchar(length=200)
     ran_on = Timestamp(default=TimestampNow())
diff --git a/piccolo/conf/overrides.py b/piccolo/conf/overrides.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c3e62290
--- /dev/null
+++ b/piccolo/conf/overrides.py
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import logging
+import os
+import typing as t
+
+try:
+    import tomllib  # type: ignore
+except ImportError:
+    import tomli as tomllib  # type: ignore
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class OverrideLoader:
+    """
+    The user can optionally add a ``piccolo_overrides.toml`` file at the root
+    of their project (wherever the Python interpreter will be started).
+
+    This can be used to modify some of the internal workings of Piccolo.
+    Examples are the ``tablename`` and ``schema`` of the ``Migration`` table.
+
+    The reason we don't have these values in ``piccolo_conf.py`` is we want the
+    values to be static. Also, they could be required at any point by Piccolo,
+    before the app has fully loaded all of the Python code, so having a static
+    file helps prevent circular imports.
+
+    """
+
+    _toml_contents: t.Optional[t.Dict[str, t.Any]]
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        toml_file_name: str = "piccolo_overrides.toml",
+        folder_path: t.Optional[str] = None,
+    ):
+        self.toml_file_name = toml_file_name
+        self.folder_path = folder_path or os.getcwd()
+        self._toml_contents = None
+
+    def get_toml_contents(self) -> t.Dict[str, t.Any]:
+        """
+        Returns the contents of the TOML file.
+        """
+        if self._toml_contents is None:
+            toml_file_path = os.path.join(
+                self.folder_path,
+                self.toml_file_name,
+            )
+
+            if os.path.exists(toml_file_path):
+                with open(toml_file_path, "rb") as f:
+                    self._toml_contents = tomllib.load(f)
+            else:
+                raise FileNotFoundError("The TOML file wasn't found.")
+
+        return self._toml_contents
+
+    def get_override(self, key: str, default: t.Any = None) -> t.Any:
+        """
+        Returns the corresponding value from the TOML file if found, otherwise
+        the default value is returned instead.
+        """
+        try:
+            toml_contents = self.get_toml_contents()
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            logger.debug(f"{self.toml_file_name} wasn't found")
+            return default
+        else:
+            value = toml_contents.get(key, ...)
+
+            if value is ...:
+                return default
+
+            logger.debug(f"Loaded {key} from TOML file.")
+            return value
+
+    def validate(self):
+        """
+        Can be used to manually check the TOML file can be loaded::
+
+            from piccolo.conf.overrides import OverrideLoader
+
+            >>> OverrideLoader().validate()
+
+        """
+        try:
+            self.get_toml_contents()
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise e
+        else:
+            print("Successfully loaded TOML file!")
+
+
+DEFAULT_LOADER = OverrideLoader()
+
+
+def get_override(key: str, default: t.Any = None) -> t.Any:
+    """
+    A convenience, instead of ``DEFAULT_LOADER.get_override``.
+    """
+    return DEFAULT_LOADER.get_override(key=key, default=default)
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index 0a5ee6244..378540f70 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ targ>=0.3.7
 inflection>=0.5.1
 typing-extensions>=4.3.0
 pydantic[email]==2.*
+tomli;python_version<="3.10"
diff --git a/tests/conf/data/test_overrides.toml b/tests/conf/data/test_overrides.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..591d31afa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conf/data/test_overrides.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Used by test_overrides.py
+MY_TEST_VALUE = "hello world"
diff --git a/tests/conf/test_overrides.py b/tests/conf/test_overrides.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d55107c4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conf/test_overrides.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import os
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from piccolo.conf.overrides import OverrideLoader
+
+
+class TestOverrideLoader(TestCase):
+    def test_get_override(self):
+        """
+        Make sure we can get overrides from a TOML file.
+        """
+        loader = OverrideLoader(
+            toml_file_name="test_overrides.toml",
+            folder_path=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data"),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            loader.get_override(
+                key="MY_TEST_VALUE",
+            ),
+            "hello world",
+        )
+
+        self.assertIsNone(
+            loader.get_override(
+                key="WRONG_KEY",
+            )
+        )