diff --git a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py
index e609ba5f5..3058c2856 100644
--- a/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py
+++ b/dbt/adapters/snowflake/impl.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 from dbt.utils import filter_null_values
 
 
+SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE_MACRO_NAME = 'snowflake_warehouse'
+
+
 @dataclass
 class SnowflakeConfig(AdapterConfig):
     transient: Optional[bool] = None
@@ -82,6 +85,13 @@ def _get_warehouse(self) -> str:
 
     def _use_warehouse(self, warehouse: str):
         """Use the given warehouse. Quotes are never applied."""
+        kwargs = {
+            'warehouse': warehouse
+        }
+        warehouse = self.execute_macro(
+            SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE_MACRO_NAME,
+            kwargs=kwargs
+        )
         self.execute('use warehouse {}'.format(warehouse))
 
     def pre_model_hook(self, config: Mapping[str, Any]) -> Optional[str]:
diff --git a/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/etc.sql b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/etc.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f77925599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/snowflake/macros/etc.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{% macro snowflake_warehouse(warehouse) -%}
+  {{ return(warehouse) }}
+{%- endmacro %}