diff --git a/src/pytest_mock_resources/patch/redshift/psycopg2.py b/src/pytest_mock_resources/patch/redshift/psycopg2.py
index 5ddece49..4aaf11cc 100644
--- a/src/pytest_mock_resources/patch/redshift/psycopg2.py
+++ b/src/pytest_mock_resources/patch/redshift/psycopg2.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import contextlib
+from unittest import mock
 
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
 from sqlalchemy.sql.elements import TextClause
 
-from unittest import mock
 from pytest_mock_resources.compat import psycopg2
 from pytest_mock_resources.patch.redshift.mock_s3_copy import strip
 from pytest_mock_resources.patch.redshift.sqlalchemy import (
diff --git a/src/pytest_mock_resources/patch/redshift/sqlalchemy.py b/src/pytest_mock_resources/patch/redshift/sqlalchemy.py
index 605b1b3f..67132e1d 100644
--- a/src/pytest_mock_resources/patch/redshift/sqlalchemy.py
+++ b/src/pytest_mock_resources/patch/redshift/sqlalchemy.py
@@ -1,29 +1,30 @@
-from sqlalchemy.sql.elements import TextClause
-from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import Insert, Select, Update
+from typing import Union
+
+from sqlalchemy.sql.base import Executable
 
 from pytest_mock_resources.compat import sqlparse
 from pytest_mock_resources.patch.redshift.mock_s3_copy import execute_mock_s3_copy_command, strip
 from pytest_mock_resources.patch.redshift.mock_s3_unload import execute_mock_s3_unload_command
 
-SQLALCHEMY_BASES = (Select, Insert, Update, TextClause)
-
 
 def substitute_execute_with_custom_execute(engine):
     """Substitute the default execute method with a custom execute for copy and unload command."""
     default_execute = engine.execute
 
-    def custom_execute(statement, *args, **kwargs):
-        if not isinstance(statement, SQLALCHEMY_BASES) and strip(statement).lower().startswith(
-            "copy"
-        ):
+    def custom_execute(statement: Union[Executable, str], *args, **kwargs):
+        if isinstance(statement, Executable):
+            return default_execute(statement, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        # The statement is assumed to be a string at this point.
+        normalized_statement = strip(statement).lower()
+        if normalized_statement.startswith("copy"):
             return execute_mock_s3_copy_command(statement, engine)
-        if not isinstance(statement, SQLALCHEMY_BASES) and strip(statement).lower().startswith(
-            "unload"
-        ):
+        elif normalized_statement.startswith("unload"):
             return execute_mock_s3_unload_command(statement, engine)
+
         return default_execute(statement, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def handle_multiple_statements(statement, *args, **kwargs):
+    def handle_multiple_statements(statement: Union[Executable, str], *args, **kwargs):
         """Split statement into individual sql statements and execute.
 
         Splits multiple statements by ';' and executes each.
@@ -41,24 +42,20 @@ def handle_multiple_statements(statement, *args, **kwargs):
     return engine
 
 
-def parse_multiple_statements(statement):
+def parse_multiple_statements(statement: Union[Executable, str]):
     """Split the given sql statement into a list of individual sql statements."""
-    statements_list = []
-
     # Ignore SQLAlchemy Text Objects.
-    if isinstance(statement, SQLALCHEMY_BASES):
-        statements_list.append(statement)
-        return statements_list
-
-    # Prprocess input statement
-    statement = _preprocess(statement)
+    if isinstance(statement, Executable):
+        return [statement]
 
-    statements_list = [str(statement) for statement in sqlparse.split(statement)]
+    # Preprocess input statement
+    processed_statement = _preprocess(statement)
+    statements_list = [str(statement) for statement in sqlparse.split(processed_statement)]
 
     return statements_list
 
 
-def _preprocess(statement):
+def _preprocess(statement: str):
     """Preprocess the input statement."""
     statement = statement.strip()
     # Replace any occourance of " with '.
diff --git a/tests/fixture/database/test_copy.py b/tests/fixture/database/test_copy.py
index afae0b7c..0a1904f3 100644
--- a/tests/fixture/database/test_copy.py
+++ b/tests/fixture/database/test_copy.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import time
 
 import pytest
-from sqlalchemy import text
+from sqlalchemy import Column, Integer, text
+from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 
 from pytest_mock_resources import create_redshift_fixture
 from pytest_mock_resources.compat import boto3, moto
@@ -238,3 +239,48 @@ def test_multiple_sql_statemts(redshift):
         )
 
         fetch_values_from_table_and_assert(redshift)
+
+
+Base = declarative_base()
+
+
+class Example(Base):
+    __tablename__ = "quarter"
+    __table_args__ = {"schema": "foo"}
+
+    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
+
+
+redshift = create_redshift_fixture(Base)
+
+
+def test_redshift_auto_schema_creation(redshift):
+    with moto.mock_s3():
+        conn = boto3.resource(
+            "s3",
+            region_name="us-east-1",
+            aws_access_key_id="AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
+            aws_secret_access_key="AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
+        )
+        conn.create_bucket(Bucket="mybucket")
+        conn.Object("mybucket", "file.csv").put(Body=get_data_csv(ResultProxy(original_data)))
+
+        redshift.execute(
+            (
+                "CREATE TEMP TABLE test_s3_copy_into_redshift "
+                "(i INT, f FLOAT, c CHAR(1), v VARCHAR(16));"
+                "{COMMAND} test_s3_copy_into_redshift {COLUMNS} {FROM} '{LOCATION}' "
+                "{CREDENTIALS} 'aws_access_key_id=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA;"
+                "aws_secret_access_key=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA'"
+                "{OPTIONAL_ARGS};".format(
+                    COMMAND="COPY",
+                    LOCATION="s3://mybucket/file.csv",
+                    COLUMNS="(i, f, c, v)",
+                    FROM="from",
+                    CREDENTIALS="credentials",
+                    OPTIONAL_ARGS="",
+                )
+            )
+        )
+
+        fetch_values_from_table_and_assert(redshift)