diff --git a/src/Adapter/BaseAdapter.php b/src/Adapter/BaseAdapter.php
index c416fef..76d0b0c 100644
--- a/src/Adapter/BaseAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Adapter/BaseAdapter.php
@@ -60,17 +60,23 @@ public function setClientTimezone(Connection $db)
     {
     }
 
-    public function quoteIdentifier($identifier)
+    public function quoteIdentifier($identifiers)
     {
-        if ($identifier === '*') {
-            return $identifier;
+        if (is_string($identifiers)) {
+            $identifiers = explode('.', $identifiers);
         }
 
-        $identifier = str_replace($this->quoteCharacter[0], $this->escapeCharacter, $identifier);
+        foreach ($identifiers as $i => $identifier) {
+            if ($identifier === '*') {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $identifiers[$i] = $this->quoteCharacter[0]
+                . str_replace($this->quoteCharacter[0], $this->escapeCharacter, $identifier)
+                . $this->quoteCharacter[1];
+        }
 
-        return $this->quoteCharacter[0]
-            . str_replace('.', "{$this->quoteCharacter[0]}.{$this->quoteCharacter[1]}", $identifier)
-            . $this->quoteCharacter[1];
+        return implode('.', $identifiers);
     }
 
     protected function getTimezoneOffset()
diff --git a/src/Contract/Quoter.php b/src/Contract/Quoter.php
index 996bc6c..79c4c78 100644
--- a/src/Contract/Quoter.php
+++ b/src/Contract/Quoter.php
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@
 interface Quoter
 {
     /**
-     * Quote a string so that it can be safely used as table or column name, even if it is a reserved name
+     * Quote an identifier so that it can be safely used as table or column name, even if it is a reserved name
+     *
+     * If a string is passed that contains dots, the parts separated by them are quoted individually.
+     * (e.g. `myschema.mytable` turns into `"myschema"."mytable"`) If an array is passed, the entries
+     * are quoted as-is. (e.g. `[myschema.my, table]` turns into `"myschema.my"."table"`)
      *
      * The quote character depends on the underlying database adapter that is being used.
      *
-     * @param string $identifier
+     * @param string|string[] $identifiers
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function quoteIdentifier($identifier);
+    public function quoteIdentifier($identifiers);
 }
diff --git a/tests/QuoterTest.php b/tests/QuoterTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cfa49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/QuoterTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace ipl\Tests\Sql;
+
+class QuoterTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
+{
+    protected $adapter;
+
+    protected function db()
+    {
+        if ($this->adapter === null) {
+            $this->adapter = new TestAdapter();
+        }
+
+        return $this->adapter;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @depends testSimpleNamesAreEscaped
+     * @depends testRelationPathsAreEscaped
+     * @depends testArrayValuesAreEscapedAsIs
+     */
+    public function testWildcardsAreNotEscaped()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('*', $this->db()->quoteIdentifier('*'));
+        $this->assertEquals('*', $this->db()->quoteIdentifier(['*']));
+        $this->assertEquals('"foo".*', $this->db()->quoteIdentifier('foo.*'));
+        $this->assertEquals('"foo".*', $this->db()->quoteIdentifier(['foo', '*']));
+    }
+
+    public function testSimpleNamesAreEscaped()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('"foo"', $this->db()->quoteIdentifier('foo'));
+    }
+
+    public function testRelationPathsAreEscaped()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('"foo"."bar"."rab"."oof"', $this->db()->quoteIdentifier('foo.bar.rab.oof'));
+    }
+
+    public function testArrayValuesAreEscapedAsIs()
+    {
+        $this->assertEquals('"foo.bar"."rab.oof"', $this->db()->quoteIdentifier(['foo.bar', 'rab.oof']));
+    }
+}