diff --git a/core/dbt/config/project.py b/core/dbt/config/project.py
index e24cfbb23cc..56d5b67e369 100644
--- a/core/dbt/config/project.py
+++ b/core/dbt/config/project.py
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ def __init__(self, project_name, version, project_root, profile_name,
                  source_paths, macro_paths, data_paths, test_paths,
                  analysis_paths, docs_paths, target_path, snapshot_paths,
                  clean_targets, log_path, modules_path, quoting, models,
-                 on_run_start, on_run_end, seeds, dbt_version, packages):
+                 on_run_start, on_run_end, seeds, snapshots, dbt_version,
+                 packages):
         self.project_name = project_name
         self.version = version
         self.project_root = project_root
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ def __init__(self, project_name, version, project_root, profile_name,
         self.on_run_start = on_run_start
         self.on_run_end = on_run_end
         self.seeds = seeds
+        self.snapshots = snapshots
         self.dbt_version = dbt_version
         self.packages = packages
 
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ def _preprocess(project_dict):
             ('on-run-end',): _list_if_none_or_string,
         }
 
-        for k in ('models', 'seeds'):
+        for k in ('models', 'seeds', 'snapshots'):
             handlers[(k,)] = _dict_if_none
             handlers[(k, 'vars')] = _dict_if_none
             handlers[(k, 'pre-hook')] = _list_if_none_or_string
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ def from_project_config(cls, project_dict, packages_dict=None):
         on_run_start = project_dict.get('on-run-start', [])
         on_run_end = project_dict.get('on-run-end', [])
         seeds = project_dict.get('seeds', {})
+        snapshots = project_dict.get('snapshots', {})
         dbt_raw_version = project_dict.get('require-dbt-version', '>=0.0.0')
 
         try:
@@ -285,6 +288,7 @@ def from_project_config(cls, project_dict, packages_dict=None):
             on_run_start=on_run_start,
             on_run_end=on_run_end,
             seeds=seeds,
+            snapshots=snapshots,
             dbt_version=dbt_version,
             packages=packages
         )
@@ -331,6 +335,7 @@ def to_project_config(self, with_packages=False):
             'on-run-start': self.on_run_start,
             'on-run-end': self.on_run_end,
             'seeds': self.seeds,
+            'snapshots': self.snapshots,
             'require-dbt-version': [
                 v.to_version_string() for v in self.dbt_version
             ],
@@ -394,6 +399,7 @@ def get_resource_config_paths(self):
         return {
             'models': _get_config_paths(self.models),
             'seeds': _get_config_paths(self.seeds),
+            'snapshots': _get_config_paths(self.snapshots),
         }
 
     def get_unused_resource_config_paths(self, resource_fqns, disabled):
diff --git a/core/dbt/config/renderer.py b/core/dbt/config/renderer.py
index 7e6deae849d..2ef892f6844 100644
--- a/core/dbt/config/renderer.py
+++ b/core/dbt/config/renderer.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def _is_hook_or_model_vars_path(keypath):
         if first in {'on-run-start', 'on-run-end'}:
             return True
         # models have two things to avoid
-        if first in {'seeds', 'models'}:
+        if first in {'seeds', 'models', 'snapshots'}:
             # model-level hooks
             if 'pre-hook' in keypath or 'post-hook' in keypath:
                 return True
diff --git a/core/dbt/config/runtime.py b/core/dbt/config/runtime.py
index 34de274d0c2..e89b4c3fe95 100644
--- a/core/dbt/config/runtime.py
+++ b/core/dbt/config/runtime.py
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ def __init__(self, project_name, version, project_root, source_paths,
                  macro_paths, data_paths, test_paths, analysis_paths,
                  docs_paths, target_path, snapshot_paths, clean_targets,
                  log_path, modules_path, quoting, models, on_run_start,
-                 on_run_end, seeds, dbt_version, profile_name, target_name,
-                 config, threads, credentials, packages, args):
+                 on_run_end, seeds, snapshots, dbt_version, profile_name,
+                 target_name, config, threads, credentials, packages, args):
         # 'vars'
         self.args = args
         self.cli_vars = parse_cli_vars(getattr(args, 'vars', '{}'))
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def __init__(self, project_name, version, project_root, source_paths,
             on_run_start=on_run_start,
             on_run_end=on_run_end,
             seeds=seeds,
+            snapshots=snapshots,
             dbt_version=dbt_version,
             packages=packages
         )
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ def from_parts(cls, project, profile, args):
             on_run_start=project.on_run_start,
             on_run_end=project.on_run_end,
             seeds=project.seeds,
+            snapshots=project.snapshots,
             dbt_version=project.dbt_version,
             packages=project.packages,
             profile_name=profile.profile_name,
diff --git a/core/dbt/contracts/project.py b/core/dbt/contracts/project.py
index 35f77e3538b..65fa186f84b 100644
--- a/core/dbt/contracts/project.py
+++ b/core/dbt/contracts/project.py
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ class Project(HyphenatedJsonSchemaMixin, Replaceable):
     require_dbt_version: Optional[Union[List[str], str]] = None
     models: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     seeds: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
+    snapshots: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     packages: List[PackageSpec] = field(default_factory=list)
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshot/snapshot.sql b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshot/snapshot.sql
index df5c2a05821..f0b50ae56d4 100644
--- a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshot/snapshot.sql
+++ b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/materializations/snapshot/snapshot.sql
@@ -199,6 +199,11 @@
     {% do exceptions.relation_wrong_type(target_relation, 'table') %}
   {%- endif -%}
 
+
+  {{ run_hooks(pre_hooks, inside_transaction=False) }}
+
+  {{ run_hooks(pre_hooks, inside_transaction=True) }}
+
   {% set strategy_macro = strategy_dispatch(strategy_name) %}
   {% set strategy = strategy_macro(model, "snapshotted_data", "source_data", config, target_relation_exists) %}
 
@@ -251,10 +256,14 @@
 
   {% endif %}
 
+  {{ run_hooks(post_hooks, inside_transaction=True) }}
+
   {{ adapter.commit() }}
 
   {% if staging_table is defined %}
       {% do post_snapshot(staging_table) %}
   {% endif %}
 
+  {{ run_hooks(post_hooks, inside_transaction=False) }}
+
 {% endmaterialization %}
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/snapshots.py b/core/dbt/parser/snapshots.py
index c9aebd99327..56dfa296b30 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/snapshots.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/snapshots.py
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ def transform(self, node: IntermediateSnapshotNode) -> ParsedSnapshotNode:
             parsed_node = ParsedSnapshotNode.from_dict(node.to_dict())
             self.set_snapshot_attributes(parsed_node)
             return parsed_node
-
         except ValidationError as exc:
             raise CompilationException(validator_error_message(exc), node)
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/source_config.py b/core/dbt/source_config.py
index a4d8fb57a63..0f00c7fe6fd 100644
--- a/core/dbt/source_config.py
+++ b/core/dbt/source_config.py
@@ -17,9 +17,17 @@ class SourceConfig:
         'database',
         'severity',
 
-        'incremental_strategy'
+        'incremental_strategy',
+
+        # snapshots
+        'target_database',
+        'target_schema',
+        'strategy',
+        'updated_at',
+        # this is often a list, but it should replace and not append (sometimes
+        # it's 'all')
+        'check_cols',
     }
-
     ConfigKeys = AppendListFields | ExtendDictFields | ClobberFields
 
     def __init__(self, active_project, own_project, fqn, node_type):
@@ -164,7 +172,7 @@ def get_project_config(self, runtime_config):
         if self.node_type == NodeType.Seed:
             model_configs = runtime_config.seeds
         elif self.node_type == NodeType.Snapshot:
-            model_configs = {}
+            model_configs = runtime_config.snapshots
         else:
             model_configs = runtime_config.models
 
diff --git a/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test-check-col-snapshots-noconfig/snapshot.sql b/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test-check-col-snapshots-noconfig/snapshot.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..daf4cf3128b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test-check-col-snapshots-noconfig/snapshot.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{% snapshot snapshot_actual %}
+    select * from {{target.database}}.{{schema}}.seed
+{% endsnapshot %}
+
+{# This should be exactly the same #}
+{% snapshot snapshot_checkall %}
+	{{ config(check_cols='all') }}
+    select * from {{target.database}}.{{schema}}.seed
+{% endsnapshot %}
diff --git a/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test-snapshots-select-noconfig/snapshot.sql b/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test-snapshots-select-noconfig/snapshot.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a62218b2ceb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test-snapshots-select-noconfig/snapshot.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{% snapshot snapshot_actual %}
+
+    {{
+        config(
+            target_database=var('target_database', database),
+            target_schema=var('target_schema', schema),
+        )
+    }}
+    select * from {{target.database}}.{{target.schema}}.seed
+
+{% endsnapshot %}
+
+{% snapshot snapshot_castillo %}
+
+    {{
+        config(
+            target_database=var('target_database', database),
+            updated_at='"1-updated_at"',
+        )
+    }}
+    select id,first_name,last_name,email,gender,ip_address,updated_at as "1-updated_at" from {{target.database}}.{{schema}}.seed where last_name = 'Castillo'
+
+{% endsnapshot %}
+
+{% snapshot snapshot_alvarez %}
+
+    {{
+        config(
+            target_database=var('target_database', database),
+        )
+    }}
+    select * from {{target.database}}.{{schema}}.seed where last_name = 'Alvarez'
+
+{% endsnapshot %}
+
+
+{% snapshot snapshot_kelly %}
+    {# This has no target_database set, which is allowed! #}
+    select * from {{target.database}}.{{schema}}.seed where last_name = 'Kelly'
+
+{% endsnapshot %}
diff --git a/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test_simple_snapshot.py b/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test_simple_snapshot.py
index 24636b8df1b..b148a2ce118 100644
--- a/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test_simple_snapshot.py
+++ b/test/integration/004_simple_snapshot_test/test_simple_snapshot.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def project_config(self):
         return {
             "data-paths": ['data'],
             "snapshot-paths": ['test-snapshots-select',
-                              'test-snapshots-pg'],
+                               'test-snapshots-pg'],
         }
 
     @use_profile('postgres')
@@ -159,6 +159,23 @@ def test__postgres_select_snapshots(self):
         self.assertTableDoesNotExist('snapshot_actual')
 
 
+class TestConfiguredSnapshotFileSelects(TestSimpleSnapshotFileSelects):
+    @property
+    def project_config(self):
+        return {
+            "data-paths": ['data'],
+            "snapshot-paths": ['test-snapshots-select-noconfig'],
+            "snapshots": {
+                "test": {
+                    "target_schema": self.unique_schema(),
+                    "unique_key": "id || '-' || first_name",
+                    'strategy': 'timestamp',
+                    'updated_at': 'updated_at',
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+
 class TestSimpleSnapshotFilesBigquery(DBTIntegrationTest):
     @property
     def schema(self):
@@ -378,6 +395,23 @@ def project_config(self):
         }
 
 
+class TestConfiguredCheckCols(TestCheckCols):
+    @property
+    def project_config(self):
+        return {
+            "data-paths": ['data'],
+            "snapshot-paths": ['test-check-col-snapshots-noconfig'],
+            "snapshots": {
+                "test": {
+                    "target_schema": self.unique_schema(),
+                    "unique_key": "id || '-' || first_name",
+                    "strategy": "check",
+                    "check_cols": ["email"],
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+
 class TestCheckColsBigquery(TestSimpleSnapshotFilesBigquery):
     def _assertTablesEqualSql(self, relation_a, relation_b, columns=None):
         # When building the equality tests, only test columns that don't start
diff --git a/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test-kwargs-snapshots/snapshots.sql b/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test-kwargs-snapshots/snapshots.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91eaea8371e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test-kwargs-snapshots/snapshots.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{% snapshot example_snapshot %}
+{{
+	config(
+		target_schema=schema,
+		unique_key='a',
+		strategy='check',
+		check_cols='all',
+		post_hook='alter table {{ this }} add column new_col int')
+}}
+{{
+	config(post_hook='update {{ this }} set new_col = 1')
+}}
+	select * from {{ ref('example_seed') }}
+{% endsnapshot %}
diff --git a/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test-snapshot-models/schema.yml b/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test-snapshot-models/schema.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e02fd09ca75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test-snapshot-models/schema.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 2
+models:
+- name: example_snapshot
+  columns:
+  - name: new_col
+    tests:
+    - not_null
diff --git a/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test-snapshots/snapshots.sql b/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test-snapshots/snapshots.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16687ca5713
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test-snapshots/snapshots.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% snapshot example_snapshot %}
+{{
+	config(target_schema=schema, unique_key='a', strategy='check', check_cols='all')
+}}
+	select * from {{ ref('example_seed') }}
+{% endsnapshot %}
diff --git a/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test_model_hooks.py b/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test_model_hooks.py
index 935fea30243..a06993861e7 100644
--- a/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test_model_hooks.py
+++ b/test/integration/014_hook_tests/test_model_hooks.py
@@ -183,6 +183,39 @@ def test_postgres_hooks_on_seeds(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(res), 1, 'Expected exactly one item')
 
 
+class TestPrePostModelHooksOnSnapshots(DBTIntegrationTest):
+    @property
+    def schema(self):
+        return "model_hooks_014"
+
+    @property
+    def models(self):
+        return "test-snapshot-models"
+
+    @property
+    def project_config(self):
+        return {
+            'data-paths': ['data'],
+            'snapshot-paths': ['test-snapshots'],
+            'models': {},
+            'snapshots': {
+                'post-hook': [
+                    'alter table {{ this }} add column new_col int',
+                    'update {{ this }} set new_col = 1'
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+
+    @use_profile('postgres')
+    def test_postgres_hooks_on_snapshots(self):
+        res = self.run_dbt(['seed'])
+        self.assertEqual(len(res), 1, 'Expected exactly one item')
+        res = self.run_dbt(['snapshot'])
+        self.assertEqual(len(res), 1, 'Expected exactly one item')
+        res = self.run_dbt(['test'])
+        self.assertEqual(len(res), 1, 'Expected exactly one item')
+
+
 class TestPrePostModelHooksInConfig(BaseTestPrePost):
     @property
     def project_config(self):
@@ -229,13 +262,26 @@ def test_postgres_pre_and_post_model_hooks_model_and_project(self):
         self.check_hooks('start', count=2)
         self.check_hooks('end', count=2)
 
-class TestPrePostModelHooksInConfigKwargs(TestPrePostModelHooksInConfig):
 
+class TestPrePostModelHooksInConfigKwargs(TestPrePostModelHooksInConfig):
     @property
     def models(self):
         return "kwargs-models"
 
 
+class TestPrePostSnapshotHooksInConfigKwargs(TestPrePostModelHooksOnSnapshots):
+    @property
+    def models(self):
+        return "test-snapshot-models"
+
+    @property
+    def project_config(self):
+        return {
+            'data-paths': ['data'],
+            'snapshot-paths': ['test-kwargs-snapshots'],
+            'models': {},
+        }
+
 
 class TestDuplicateHooksInConfigs(DBTIntegrationTest):
     @property