diff --git a/framework/CHANGELOG.md b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
index dcfd9c755f..c7c948320c 100644
--- a/framework/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/framework/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 Change Log
 - Bug #17828: Fix `yii\web\UploadedFile::saveAs()` failing when error value in `$_FILES` entry is a string (haveyaseen)
 - Bug #17829: `yii\helpers\ArrayHelper::filter` now correctly filters data when passing a filter with more than 2 levels (rhertogh)
 - Enh #7622: Allow `yii\data\ArrayDataProvider` to control the sort flags for `sortModels` through `yii\data\Sort::sortFlags` property (askobara)
+- Bug #17667: Fix `CREATE INDEX` failure on sqlite when specifying schema (santilin, samdark)
 - Enh #16721: Use `Instance::ensure()` to initialize `UrlManager::$cache` (rob006)
 - Bug #17863: `\yii\helpers\BaseInflector::slug()` doesn't work with an empty string as a replacement argument (haruatari)
 - Bug #17881: `yii\db\Query::queryScalar()` wasn’t reverting the `select`, `orderBy`, `limit`, and `offset` params if an exception occurred (brandonkelly)
diff --git a/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilder.php b/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilder.php
index 38e0fa9273..d47a7fe4cc 100644
--- a/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilder.php
+++ b/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilder.php
@@ -545,4 +545,22 @@ class QueryBuilder extends \yii\db\QueryBuilder
 
         return trim($result);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * {@inheritdoc}
+     */
+    public function createIndex($name, $table, $columns, $unique = false)
+    {
+        $tableParts = explode('.', $table);
+
+        $schema = null;
+        if (count($tableParts) === 2) {
+            list ($schema, $table) = $tableParts;
+        }
+
+        return ($unique ? 'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX ' : 'CREATE INDEX ')
+            . $this->db->quoteTableName(($schema ? $schema . '.' : '') . $name) . ' ON '
+            . $this->db->quoteTableName($table)
+            . ' (' . $this->buildColumns($columns) . ')';
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilderTest.php b/tests/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilderTest.php
index e0dd672207..6a4823b9ef 100644
--- a/tests/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/framework/db/sqlite/QueryBuilderTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace yiiunit\framework\db\sqlite;
 
 use yii\db\Query;
 use yii\db\Schema;
+use yii\db\sqlite\QueryBuilder;
 use yiiunit\data\base\TraversableObject;
 
 /**
@@ -65,6 +66,18 @@ class QueryBuilderTest extends \yiiunit\framework\db\QueryBuilderTest
     {
         $result = parent::indexesProvider();
         $result['drop'][0] = 'DROP INDEX [[CN_constraints_2_single]]';
+
+        $indexName = 'myindex';
+        $schemaName = 'myschema';
+        $tableName = 'mytable';
+
+        $result['with schema'] = [
+            "CREATE INDEX {{{$schemaName}}}.[[$indexName]] ON {{{$tableName}}} ([[C_index_1]])",
+            function (QueryBuilder $qb) use ($tableName, $indexName, $schemaName) {
+                return $qb->createIndex($indexName, $schemaName . '.' . $tableName, 'C_index_1');
+            },
+        ];
+
         return $result;
     }