diff --git a/spec/AdapterLoader.spec.js b/spec/AdapterLoader.spec.js
index 72c6ef333c..9ec85b6fb7 100644
--- a/spec/AdapterLoader.spec.js
+++ b/spec/AdapterLoader.spec.js
@@ -142,6 +142,25 @@ describe('AdapterLoader', () => {
     }).not.toThrow();
   });
 
+  it('should load custom database adapter from config', done => {
+    const adapterPath = require('path').resolve('./spec/support/MockDatabaseAdapter');
+    const options = {
+      databaseURI: 'oracledb://user:password@localhost:1521/freepdb1',
+      collectionPrefix: '',
+    };
+    const databaseAdapterOptions = {
+      adapter: adapterPath,
+      options,
+    };
+    expect(() => {
+      const databaseAdapter = loadAdapter(databaseAdapterOptions);
+      expect(databaseAdapter).not.toBe(undefined);
+      expect(databaseAdapter.options).toEqual(options);
+      expect(databaseAdapter.getDatabaseURI()).toEqual(options.databaseURI);
+    }).not.toThrow();
+    done();
+  });
+
   it('should load file adapter from direct passing', done => {
     spyOn(console, 'warn').and.callFake(() => {});
     const mockFilesAdapter = new MockFilesAdapter('key', 'secret', 'bucket');
diff --git a/spec/helper.js b/spec/helper.js
index 04defa868d..6b9db05cf2 100644
--- a/spec/helper.js
+++ b/spec/helper.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ process.noDeprecation = true;
 const cache = require('../lib/cache').default;
 const defaults = require('../lib/defaults').default;
 const ParseServer = require('../lib/index').ParseServer;
+const loadAdapter = require('../lib/Adapters/AdapterLoader').loadAdapter;
 const path = require('path');
 const TestUtils = require('../lib/TestUtils');
 const GridFSBucketAdapter = require('../lib/Adapters/Files/GridFSBucketAdapter')
@@ -53,7 +54,10 @@ let databaseAdapter;
 let databaseURI;
 // need to bind for mocking mocha
 
-if (process.env.PARSE_SERVER_TEST_DB === 'postgres') {
+if (process.env.PARSE_SERVER_DATABASE_ADAPTER) {
+  databaseAdapter = JSON.parse(process.env.PARSE_SERVER_DATABASE_ADAPTER);
+  databaseAdapter = loadAdapter(databaseAdapter);
+} else if (process.env.PARSE_SERVER_TEST_DB === 'postgres') {
   databaseURI = process.env.PARSE_SERVER_TEST_DATABASE_URI || postgresURI;
   databaseAdapter = new PostgresStorageAdapter({
     uri: databaseURI,
diff --git a/spec/support/MockDatabaseAdapter.js b/spec/support/MockDatabaseAdapter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..136b4a086d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/MockDatabaseAdapter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module.exports = function (options) {
+  return {
+    options: options,
+    send: function () {},
+    getDatabaseURI: function () {
+      return options.databaseURI;
+    },
+  };
+};
diff --git a/src/cli/utils/runner.js b/src/cli/utils/runner.js
index 4869111d64..ed66cdfef8 100644
--- a/src/cli/utils/runner.js
+++ b/src/cli/utils/runner.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ function logStartupOptions(options) {
   }
   // Keys that may include sensitive information that will be redacted in logs
   const keysToRedact = [
+    'databaseAdapter',
     'databaseURI',
     'masterKey',
     'maintenanceKey',