diff --git a/cmd/jet/main.go b/cmd/jet/main.go
index 136e58b..9192eb6 100644
--- a/cmd/jet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/jet/main.go
@@ -3,19 +3,22 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
 	mysqlgen "github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/mysql"
 	postgresgen "github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/postgres"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/mysql"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
-	"os"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 var (
 	source string
 
+	dsn        string
 	host       string
 	port       int
 	user       string
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ var (
 func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&source, "source", "", "Database system name (PostgreSQL, MySQL or MariaDB)")
 
+	flag.StringVar(&dsn, "dsn", "", "Data source name connection string (Example: postgresql://user@localhost:5432/otherdb?sslmode=trust)")
 	flag.StringVar(&host, "host", "", "Database host path (Example: localhost)")
 	flag.IntVar(&port, "port", 0, "Database port")
 	flag.StringVar(&user, "user", "", "Database user")
@@ -50,6 +54,12 @@ func main() {
 Jet generator 2.5.0
 
 Usage:
+  -dsn string
+    	Data source name. Unified format for connecting to database.
+    	PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-connect.html#LIBPQ-CONNSTRING
+    	Example: postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/dbname
+    	MySQL: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/connecting-using-uri-or-key-value-pairs.html
+    	Example: mysql://jet:jet@tcp(localhost:3306)/dvds
   -source string
     	Database system name (PostgreSQL, MySQL or MariaDB)
   -host string
@@ -75,8 +85,21 @@ Usage:
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
-	if source == "" || host == "" || port == 0 || user == "" || dbName == "" {
-		printErrorAndExit("\nERROR: required flag(s) missing")
+	if dsn == "" {
+		// validations for separated connection flags.
+		if source == "" || host == "" || port == 0 || user == "" || dbName == "" {
+			printErrorAndExit("\nERROR: required flag(s) missing")
+		}
+	} else {
+		if source == "" {
+			// try to get source from schema
+			source = detectSchema(dsn)
+		}
+
+		// validations when dsn != ""
+		if source == "" {
+			printErrorAndExit("\nERROR: required -source flag missing.")
+		}
 	}
 
 	var err error
@@ -84,6 +107,10 @@ Usage:
 	switch strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(source)) {
 	case strings.ToLower(postgres.Dialect.Name()),
 		strings.ToLower(postgres.Dialect.PackageName()):
+		if dsn != "" {
+			err = postgresgen.GenerateDSN(dsn, schemaName, destDir)
+			break
+		}
 		genData := postgresgen.DBConnection{
 			Host:     host,
 			Port:     port,
@@ -98,8 +125,19 @@ Usage:
 
 		err = postgresgen.Generate(destDir, genData)
 
-	case strings.ToLower(mysql.Dialect.Name()), "mariadb":
+	case strings.ToLower(mysql.Dialect.Name()), "mysqlx", "mariadb":
+		if dsn != "" {
+			// Special case for go mysql driver. It does not understand schema,
+			// so we need to trim it before passing to generator
+			// https://github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql#dsn-data-source-name
+			idx := strings.Index(dsn, "://")
+			if idx != -1 {
+				dsn = dsn[idx+len("://"):]
+			}
 
+			err = mysqlgen.GenerateDSN(dsn, destDir)
+			break
+		}
 		dbConn := mysqlgen.DBConnection{
 			Host:     host,
 			Port:     port,
@@ -126,3 +164,12 @@ func printErrorAndExit(error string) {
 	flag.Usage()
 	os.Exit(-2)
 }
+
+func detectSchema(dsn string) (source string) {
+	schemeRe := regexp.MustCompile(`^(.+)://.*`)
+	match := schemeRe.FindStringSubmatch(dsn)
+	if len(match) < 2 { // not found
+		return ""
+	}
+	return match[1]
+}
diff --git a/generator/mysql/mysql_generator.go b/generator/mysql/mysql_generator.go
index ab00822..6de530b 100644
--- a/generator/mysql/mysql_generator.go
+++ b/generator/mysql/mysql_generator.go
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ package mysql
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/metadata"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/template"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/utils/throw"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/mysql"
+	mysqldr "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 )
 
 // DBConnection contains MySQL connection details
@@ -25,28 +27,38 @@ type DBConnection struct {
 func Generate(destDir string, dbConn DBConnection, generatorTemplate ...template.Template) (err error) {
 	defer utils.ErrorCatch(&err)
 
-	db := openConnection(dbConn)
-	defer utils.DBClose(db)
-
-	fmt.Println("Retrieving database information...")
-	// No schemas in MySQL
-	schemaMetaData := metadata.GetSchema(db, &mySqlQuerySet{}, dbConn.DBName)
-
-	genTemplate := template.Default(mysql.Dialect)
-	if len(generatorTemplate) > 0 {
-		genTemplate = generatorTemplate[0]
+	connectionString := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s:%d)/%s", dbConn.User, dbConn.Password, dbConn.Host, dbConn.Port, dbConn.DBName)
+	if dbConn.Params != "" {
+		connectionString += "?" + dbConn.Params
 	}
 
-	template.ProcessSchema(destDir, schemaMetaData, genTemplate)
+	db := openConnection(connectionString)
+	defer utils.DBClose(db)
+
+	generate(db, dbConn.DBName, destDir, generatorTemplate...)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func openConnection(dbConn DBConnection) *sql.DB {
-	var connectionString = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s:%d)/%s", dbConn.User, dbConn.Password, dbConn.Host, dbConn.Port, dbConn.DBName)
-	if dbConn.Params != "" {
-		connectionString += "?" + dbConn.Params
+// GenerateDSN opens connection via DSN string and does everything what Generate does.
+func GenerateDSN(dsn, destDir string, templates ...template.Template) (err error) {
+	defer utils.ErrorCatch(&err)
+
+	cfg, err := mysqldr.ParseDSN(dsn)
+	throw.OnError(err)
+	if cfg.DBName == "" {
+		panic("database name is required")
 	}
+
+	db := openConnection(dsn)
+	defer utils.DBClose(db)
+
+	generate(db, cfg.DBName, destDir, templates...)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func openConnection(connectionString string) *sql.DB {
 	fmt.Println("Connecting to MySQL database: " + connectionString)
 	db, err := sql.Open("mysql", connectionString)
 	throw.OnError(err)
@@ -56,3 +68,16 @@ func openConnection(dbConn DBConnection) *sql.DB {
 
 	return db
 }
+
+func generate(db *sql.DB, dbName, destDir string, templates ...template.Template) {
+	fmt.Println("Retrieving database information...")
+	// No schemas in MySQL
+	schemaMetaData := metadata.GetSchema(db, &mySqlQuerySet{}, dbName)
+
+	genTemplate := template.Default(mysql.Dialect)
+	if len(templates) > 0 {
+		genTemplate = templates[0]
+	}
+
+	template.ProcessSchema(destDir, schemaMetaData, genTemplate)
+}
diff --git a/generator/postgres/postgres_generator.go b/generator/postgres/postgres_generator.go
index ebb5420..b3dd4a6 100644
--- a/generator/postgres/postgres_generator.go
+++ b/generator/postgres/postgres_generator.go
@@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ package postgres
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+	"path"
+	"strconv"
+
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/metadata"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/template"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/utils"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/utils/throw"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/postgres"
-	"path"
-	"strconv"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgconn"
 )
 
 // DBConnection contains postgres connection details
@@ -29,32 +31,37 @@ type DBConnection struct {
 func Generate(destDir string, dbConn DBConnection, genTemplate ...template.Template) (err error) {
 	defer utils.ErrorCatch(&err)
 
-	db := openConnection(dbConn)
+	connectionString := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%s user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=%s %s",
+		dbConn.Host, strconv.Itoa(dbConn.Port), dbConn.User, dbConn.Password, dbConn.DBName, dbConn.SslMode, dbConn.Params)
+
+	db := openConnection(connectionString)
 	defer utils.DBClose(db)
 
-	fmt.Println("Retrieving schema information...")
-
-	generatorTemplate := template.Default(postgres.Dialect)
-	if len(genTemplate) > 0 {
-		generatorTemplate = genTemplate[0]
-	}
-
-	schemaMetadata := metadata.GetSchema(db, &postgresQuerySet{}, dbConn.SchemaName)
-
-	dirPath := path.Join(destDir, dbConn.DBName)
-
-	template.ProcessSchema(dirPath, schemaMetadata, generatorTemplate)
+	generate(db, dbConn.DBName, dbConn.SchemaName, destDir, genTemplate...)
 
 	return
 }
 
-func openConnection(dbConn DBConnection) *sql.DB {
-	connectionString := fmt.Sprintf("host=%s port=%s user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=%s %s",
-		dbConn.Host, strconv.Itoa(dbConn.Port), dbConn.User, dbConn.Password, dbConn.DBName, dbConn.SslMode, dbConn.Params)
+func GenerateDSN(dsn, schema, destDir string, templates ...template.Template) (err error) {
+	defer utils.ErrorCatch(&err)
 
-	fmt.Println("Connecting to postgres database: " + connectionString)
+	cfg, err := pgconn.ParseConfig(dsn)
+	throw.OnError(err)
+	if cfg.Database == "" {
+		panic("database name is required")
+	}
+	db := openConnection(dsn)
+	defer utils.DBClose(db)
 
-	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", connectionString)
+	generate(db, cfg.Database, schema, destDir, templates...)
+
+	return
+}
+
+func openConnection(dsn string) *sql.DB {
+	fmt.Println("Connecting to postgres database: " + dsn)
+
+	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", dsn)
 	throw.OnError(err)
 
 	err = db.Ping()
@@ -62,3 +69,17 @@ func openConnection(dbConn DBConnection) *sql.DB {
 
 	return db
 }
+
+func generate(db *sql.DB, dbName, schema, destDir string, templates ...template.Template) {
+	fmt.Println("Retrieving schema information...")
+	generatorTemplate := template.Default(postgres.Dialect)
+	if len(templates) > 0 {
+		generatorTemplate = templates[0]
+	}
+
+	schemaMetadata := metadata.GetSchema(db, &postgresQuerySet{}, schema)
+
+	dirPath := path.Join(destDir, dbName)
+
+	template.ProcessSchema(dirPath, schemaMetadata, generatorTemplate)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9dd3e02..c349db9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.0 //tests
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.1
+	github.com/jackc/pgconn v1.8.1
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.11.0 //tests
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.7.0
 	github.com/pkg/profile v1.5.0 //tests
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 47af479..26a2d4a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ github.com/coreos/go-systemd v0.0.0-20190719114852-fd7a80b32e1f/go.mod h1:F5haX7
 github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20160727233714-3ac0863d7acf/go.mod h1:E3G3o1h8I7cfcXa63jLwjI0eiQQMgzzUDFVpN/nH/eA=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0-20190314233015-f79a8a8ca69d/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7DoTY=
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -457,7 +456,6 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.0/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyac
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.1/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyacEbxg=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.26.0/go.mod h1:qbnxyOmOxrQa7FizSgH+ReBfzJrCY1pSN7KXBS8abTk=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
-gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/tests/init/init.go b/tests/init/init.go
index a28ee19..3bd7e64 100644
--- a/tests/init/init.go
+++ b/tests/init/init.go
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/mysql"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/postgres"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/utils/throw"
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/tests/dbconfig"
 	_ "github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 var testSuite string
diff --git a/tests/mysql/generator_test.go b/tests/mysql/generator_test.go
index c9dcc1a..033f699 100644
--- a/tests/mysql/generator_test.go
+++ b/tests/mysql/generator_test.go
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 package mysql
 
 import (
-	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/mysql"
-	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/testutils"
-	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/tests/dbconfig"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/mysql"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/testutils"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/tests/dbconfig"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 const genTestDirRoot = "./.gentestdata3"
@@ -30,6 +32,21 @@ func TestGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 		assertGeneratedFiles(t)
 	}
 
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		dsn := fmt.Sprintf("%[1]s:%[2]s@tcp(%[3]s:%[4]d)/%[5]s",
+			dbconfig.MySQLUser,
+			dbconfig.MySQLPassword,
+			dbconfig.MySqLHost,
+			dbconfig.MySQLPort,
+			"dvds",
+		)
+		err := mysql.GenerateDSN(dsn, genTestDir3)
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assertGeneratedFiles(t)
+	}
+
 	err := os.RemoveAll(genTestDirRoot)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
@@ -51,6 +68,25 @@ func TestCmdGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.RemoveAll(genTestDirRoot)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// check that generation via DSN works
+	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("mysql://%[1]s:%[2]s@tcp(%[3]s:%[4]d)/%[5]s",
+		dbconfig.MySQLUser,
+		dbconfig.MySQLPassword,
+		dbconfig.MySqLHost,
+		dbconfig.MySQLPort,
+		"dvds",
+	)
+	cmd = exec.Command("jet", "-dsn="+dsn, "-path="+genTestDir3)
+
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = os.RemoveAll(genTestDirRoot)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
 func assertGeneratedFiles(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/tests/postgres/generator_test.go b/tests/postgres/generator_test.go
index d1f8a52..b1b733e 100644
--- a/tests/postgres/generator_test.go
+++ b/tests/postgres/generator_test.go
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 package postgres
 
 import (
-	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/postgres"
-	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/testutils"
-	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/tests/dbconfig"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/generator/postgres"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/internal/testutils"
+	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/tests/dbconfig"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
 	"github.com/go-jet/jet/v2/tests/.gentestdata/jetdb/dvds/model"
 )
 
@@ -61,6 +63,26 @@ func TestCmdGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = os.RemoveAll(genTestDir2)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Check that connection via DSN works
+	dsn := fmt.Sprintf("postgresql://%s:%s@%s:%d/%s?sslmode=disable",
+		dbconfig.PgUser,
+		dbconfig.PgPassword,
+		dbconfig.PgHost,
+		dbconfig.PgPort,
+		"jetdb",
+	)
+	cmd = exec.Command("jet", "-dsn="+dsn, "-schema=dvds", "-path="+genTestDir2)
+	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
+
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assertGeneratedFiles(t)
+
+	err = os.RemoveAll(genTestDir2)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestGenerator(t *testing.T) {
@@ -83,6 +105,21 @@ func TestGenerator(t *testing.T) {
 		assertGeneratedFiles(t)
 	}
 
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		dsn := fmt.Sprintf("postgresql://%[1]s:%[2]s@%[3]s:%[4]d/%[5]s?sslmode=disable",
+			dbconfig.PgUser,
+			dbconfig.PgPassword,
+			dbconfig.PgHost,
+			dbconfig.PgPort,
+			dbconfig.PgDBName,
+		)
+		err := postgres.GenerateDSN(dsn, "dvds", genTestDir2)
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assertGeneratedFiles(t)
+	}
+
 	err := os.RemoveAll(genTestDir2)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }