diff --git a/cmd/dump.go b/cmd/dump.go
index 774b1d5d5..93f2f7aac 100644
--- a/cmd/dump.go
+++ b/cmd/dump.go
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ func fatal(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 
 func runDump(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	setting.NewContext()
+	if !setting.InstallLock {
+		log.Error("Is '%s' really the right config path?\n", setting.CustomConf)
+		return fmt.Errorf("gitea is not initialized")
+	}
 	setting.NewServices() // cannot access session settings otherwise
 
 	err := models.SetEngine()
diff --git a/models/models.go b/models/models.go
index 7f12d6260..af5835d59 100644
--- a/models/models.go
+++ b/models/models.go
@@ -264,6 +264,17 @@ func DumpDatabase(filePath string, dbType string) error {
 		}
 		tbs = append(tbs, t)
 	}
+
+	type Version struct {
+		ID      int64 `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
+		Version int64
+	}
+	t, err := x.TableInfo(Version{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	tbs = append(tbs, t)
+
 	if len(dbType) > 0 {
 		return x.DumpTablesToFile(tbs, filePath, schemas.DBType(dbType))
 	}
diff --git a/models/models_test.go b/models/models_test.go
index 37e9a352f..2441ad7fb 100644
--- a/models/models_test.go
+++ b/models/models_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ func TestDumpDatabase(t *testing.T) {
 	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir(os.TempDir(), "dump")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
+	type Version struct {
+		ID      int64 `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
+		Version int64
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, x.Sync2(Version{}))
+
 	for _, dbName := range setting.SupportedDatabases {
 		dbType := setting.GetDBTypeByName(dbName)
 		assert.NoError(t, DumpDatabase(filepath.Join(dir, dbType+".sql"), dbType))