diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 242d0f978..f5efc0295 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class Field(object):
 
     def __init__(self, read_only=False, write_only=False,
                  required=None, default=empty, initial=empty, source=None,
-                 label=None, help_text=None, style=None,
+                 label=None, help_text=None, schema=None, style=None,
                  error_messages=None, validators=None, allow_null=False):
         self._creation_counter = Field._creation_counter
         Field._creation_counter += 1
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ class Field(object):
         if validators is not None:
             self.validators = validators[:]
 
+        if schema is not None:
+            self.schema = schema
+
         # These are set up by `.bind()` when the field is added to a serializer.
         self.field_name = None
         self.parent = None
diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index 4d3bdba1d..9a4b291b3 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class PKOnlyObject(object):
 # rather than the parent serializer.
 MANY_RELATION_KWARGS = (
     'read_only', 'write_only', 'required', 'default', 'initial', 'source',
-    'label', 'help_text', 'style', 'error_messages', 'allow_empty',
+    'label', 'help_text', 'schema', 'style', 'error_messages', 'allow_empty',
     'html_cutoff', 'html_cutoff_text'
 )
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/schemas.py b/rest_framework/schemas.py
index 437413355..4ab059cd4 100644
--- a/rest_framework/schemas.py
+++ b/rest_framework/schemas.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ header_regex = re.compile('^[a-zA-Z][0-9A-Za-z_]*:')
 
 
 def field_to_schema(field):
+    if hasattr(field, 'schema'):
+        return field.schema
+
     title = force_text(field.label) if field.label else ''
     description = force_text(field.help_text) if field.help_text else ''
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index a4b51ae9d..04818b204 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ from rest_framework.relations import Hyperlink, PKOnlyObject  # NOQA # isort:ski
 # rather than the parent serializer.
 LIST_SERIALIZER_KWARGS = (
     'read_only', 'write_only', 'required', 'default', 'initial', 'source',
-    'label', 'help_text', 'style', 'error_messages', 'allow_empty',
+    'label', 'help_text', 'schema', 'style', 'error_messages', 'allow_empty',
     'instance', 'data', 'partial', 'context', 'allow_null'
 )
 
@@ -1174,7 +1174,7 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
             valid_kwargs = set((
                 'read_only', 'write_only',
                 'required', 'default', 'initial', 'source',
-                'label', 'help_text', 'style',
+                'label', 'help_text', 'schema', 'style',
                 'error_messages', 'validators', 'allow_null', 'allow_blank',
                 'choices'
             ))