diff --git a/capsul/dataset.py b/capsul/dataset.py
index 9e7695c61..76a4af2e0 100644
--- a/capsul/dataset.py
+++ b/capsul/dataset.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
 import sys
+import importlib
 
 from capsul.pipeline.pipeline import Process, Pipeline
 from capsul.pipeline.process_iteration import ProcessIteration
@@ -63,7 +64,15 @@ def __init__(self, path=None, metadata_schema=None):
 
     @classmethod
     def find_schema(cls, metadata_schema):
-        return cls.schemas.get(metadata_schema)
+        schema = cls.schemas.get(metadata_schema)
+        if schema is None:
+            try:
+                # try to import the schema from capsul.schemas
+                importlib.import_module(f'capsul.schemas.{metadata_schema}')
+            except ImportError:
+                pass  # oh well...
+            schema = cls.schemas.get(metadata_schema)
+        return schema
 
     @classmethod
     def find_schema_mapping(cls, source_schema, target_schema):
diff --git a/capsul/schemas/brainvisa_shared.py b/capsul/schemas/brainvisa_shared.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b0c87b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/capsul/schemas/brainvisa_shared.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# this module just aims to register the brainvisa_share schema when imported
+# by Dataset.find_schema()
+
+from . import brainvisa