diff --git a/database/schema.go b/database/schema.go
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+package database
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	goErrors "errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// SchemaUpgrade represents a single upgrade step.
+type SchemaUpgrade struct {
+	// Version specifies the target version as in the schema table.
+	Version string
+	// DDL aggregates one or more .sql files' contents.
+	DDL []string
+}
+
+// SchemaData summaries all available DDL for a database type.
+type SchemaData struct {
+	// Schema aggregates one or more .sql files' contents.
+	Schema []string
+	// Upgrades aggregates all available upgrade steps in ascending order.
+	Upgrades []SchemaUpgrade
+}
+
+var ErrDbTypeNotUpgradable = goErrors.New("no schema supplied for given database type")
+
+// AutoUpgradeSchema imports or upgrades the schema in db from schemaData.
+func AutoUpgradeSchema(
+	ctx context.Context, db *DB, dbName, schemaTable, schemaTableVersionColumn, schemaTableTimestampColumn string,
+	schemaData map[string]SchemaData,
+) error {
+	ourSchema, driverSupported := schemaData[db.DriverName()]
+	if !driverSupported {
+		return errors.Wrap(ErrDbTypeNotUpgradable, "can't upgrade schema")
+	}
+
+	err := db.QueryRowContext(
+		ctx, db.Rebind("SELECT 1 FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA=? AND TABLE_NAME=?"),
+		dbName, schemaTable,
+	).Scan(new(int8))
+
+	switch err {
+	case nil:
+		var currentVersion string
+
+		err := db.QueryRowContext(ctx, fmt.Sprintf(
+			"SELECT %s FROM %s ORDER BY %s DESC LIMIT 1",
+			schemaTableVersionColumn, schemaTable, schemaTableTimestampColumn,
+		)).Scan(&currentVersion)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "can't check schema version")
+		}
+
+		// If there's no upgrade step to the current version, it must be the first one, so apply all upgrades.
+		upgrades := ourSchema.Upgrades
+
+		for i, upgrade := range ourSchema.Upgrades {
+			if upgrade.Version == currentVersion {
+				// If there's an upgrade step to the current version, apply all subsequent ones.
+				upgrades = ourSchema.Upgrades[i+1:]
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		for _, upgrade := range upgrades {
+			if err := importSchema(ctx, db, upgrade.DDL); err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrap(err, "can't upgrade schema")
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	case sql.ErrNoRows:
+		return errors.Wrap(importSchema(ctx, db, ourSchema.Schema), "can't import schema")
+	default:
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "can't check schema existence")
+	}
+}
+
+// importSchema imports one or more .sql files' contents from schema into db.
+func importSchema(ctx context.Context, db *DB, schema []string) error {
+	for _, ddls := range schema {
+		for _, ddl := range MysqlSplitStatements(ddls) {
+			if _, err := db.ExecContext(ctx, ddl); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}