diff --git a/phpBB/config/console.yml b/phpBB/config/console.yml
index a4aae75e40..3d57c257dd 100644
--- a/phpBB/config/console.yml
+++ b/phpBB/config/console.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ services:
         tags:
             - { name: console.command }
 
+    console.command.db.migrate:
+        class: phpbb\console\command\db\migrate
+        arguments:
+            - @migrator
+            - @ext.manager
+            - @config
+            - @cache
+            - @log
+            - @user
+        tags:
+            - { name: console.command }
+
     console.command.extension.disable:
         class: phpbb\console\command\extension\disable
         arguments:
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/console/command/db/migrate.php b/phpBB/phpbb/console/command/db/migrate.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79a803e8fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/console/command/db/migrate.php
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package phpBB3
+* @copyright (c) 2014 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+namespace phpbb\console\command\db;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class migrate extends \phpbb\console\command\command
+{
+	/** @var \phpbb\db\migrator */
+	protected $migrator;
+
+	/** @var \phpbb\extension\manager */
+	protected $extension_manager;
+
+	/** @var \phpbb\config\config */
+	protected $config;
+
+	/** @var \phpbb\cache\service */
+	protected $cache;
+
+	/** @var \phpbb\log\log */
+	protected $log;
+
+	/** @var \phpbb\user */
+	protected $user;
+
+	function __construct(\phpbb\db\migrator $migrator, \phpbb\extension\manager $extension_manager, \phpbb\config\config $config, \phpbb\cache\service $cache, \phpbb\log\log $log, \phpbb\user $user)
+	{
+		$this->migrator = $migrator;
+		$this->extension_manager = $extension_manager;
+		$this->config = $config;
+		$this->cache = $cache;
+		$this->log = $log;
+		$this->user = $user;
+		$this->user->add_lang(array('common', 'acp/common', 'install', 'migrator'));
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	protected function configure()
+	{
+		$this
+			->setName('db:migrate')
+			->setDescription('Updates the database by applying migrations.')
+		;
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+	{
+		$this->load_migrations();
+		$orig_version = $this->config['version'];
+		while (!$this->migrator->finished())
+		{
+			$migration_start_time = microtime(true);
+
+			try
+			{
+				$this->migrator->update();
+			}
+			catch (\phpbb\db\migration\exception $e)
+			{
+				$output->writeln($e->getLocalisedMessage($this->user));
+				$this->finalise_update();
+				return 1;
+			}
+
+			$migration_stop_time = microtime(true) - $migration_start_time;
+
+			$state = array_merge(
+				array(
+					'migration_schema_done' => false,
+					'migration_data_done'	=> false,
+				),
+				$this->migrator->last_run_migration['state']
+			);
+
+			if (!empty($this->migrator->last_run_migration['effectively_installed']))
+			{
+				$msg = $this->user->lang('MIGRATION_EFFECTIVELY_INSTALLED', $this->migrator->last_run_migration['name']);
+				$output->writeln("<comment>$msg</comment>");
+			}
+			else if ($this->migrator->last_run_migration['task'] == 'process_data_step' && $state['migration_data_done'])
+			{
+				$msg = $this->user->lang('MIGRATION_DATA_DONE', $this->migrator->last_run_migration['name'], $migration_stop_time);
+				$output->writeln("<info>$msg</info>");
+			}
+			else if ($this->migrator->last_run_migration['task'] == 'process_data_step')
+			{
+				$output->writeln($this->user->lang('MIGRATION_DATA_IN_PROGRESS', $this->migrator->last_run_migration['name'], $migration_stop_time));
+			}
+			else if ($state['migration_schema_done'])
+			{
+				$msg = $this->user->lang('MIGRATION_SCHEMA_DONE', $this->migrator->last_run_migration['name'], $migration_stop_time);
+				$output->writeln("<info>$msg</info>");
+			}
+		}
+
+		if ($orig_version != $this->config['version'])
+		{
+			$log->add('admin', 'LOG_UPDATE_DATABASE', $orig_version, $this->config['version']);
+		}
+
+		$this->finalise_update();
+		$output->writeln($this->user->lang['DATABASE_UPDATE_COMPLETE']);
+	}
+
+	protected function load_migrations()
+	{
+		$migrations = $this->extension_manager
+			->get_finder()
+			->core_path('phpbb/db/migration/data/')
+			->get_classes();
+		$this->migrator->set_migrations($migrations);
+	}
+
+	protected function finalise_update()
+	{
+		$this->cache->purge();
+		$this->config->increment('assets_version', 1);
+	}
+}