diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 68d719836..560df2660 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ pipeline:
       - curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | bash
       - apt-get install -y git-lfs
       - (sleep 1200 && (echo 'kill -ABRT $(pidof gitea) $(pidof integrations.sqlite.test)' | sh)) &
+      - make test-sqlite-migration
       - make test-sqlite
     when:
       event: [ push, tag, pull_request ]
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ pipeline:
     commands:
       - curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | bash
       - apt-get install -y git-lfs
+      - make test-mysql-migration
       - make integration-test-coverage
     when:
       event: [ push, pull_request ]
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ pipeline:
       - curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | bash
       - apt-get install -y git-lfs
       - (sleep 1200 && (echo 'kill -ABRT $(pidof gitea) $(pidof integrations.test)' | sh)) &
+      - make test-mysql-migration
       - make test-mysql
     when:
       event: [ tag ]
@@ -172,6 +175,7 @@ pipeline:
       - curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | bash
       - apt-get install -y git-lfs
       - (sleep 1200 && (echo 'kill -ABRT $(pidof gitea) $(pidof integrations.test)' | sh)) &
+      - make test-pgsql-migration
       - make test-pgsql
     when:
       event: [ push, tag, pull_request ]
@@ -186,6 +190,7 @@ pipeline:
     commands:
       - curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/github/git-lfs/script.deb.sh | bash
       - apt-get install -y git-lfs
+      - make test-mssql-migration
       - make test-mssql
     when:
       event: [ push, tag, pull_request ]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b27937b0c..5201e99b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ endif
 
 LDFLAGS := -X "main.Version=$(GITEA_VERSION)" -X "main.Tags=$(TAGS)"
 
-PACKAGES ?= $(filter-out code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations,$(shell $(GO) list ./... | grep -v /vendor/))
+PACKAGES ?= $(filter-out code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations/migration-test,$(filter-out code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations,$(shell $(GO) list ./... | grep -v /vendor/)))
 SOURCES ?= $(shell find . -name "*.go" -type f)
 
 TAGS ?=
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ test-vendor: vendor
 test-sqlite: integrations.sqlite.test
 	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/sqlite.ini ./integrations.sqlite.test
 
+.PHONY: test-sqlite-migration
+test-sqlite-migration:  migrations.sqlite.test
+	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/sqlite.ini ./migrations.sqlite.test
+
 generate-ini:
 	sed -e 's|{{TEST_MYSQL_HOST}}|${TEST_MYSQL_HOST}|g' \
 		-e 's|{{TEST_MYSQL_DBNAME}}|${TEST_MYSQL_DBNAME}|g' \
@@ -218,14 +222,28 @@ generate-ini:
 test-mysql: integrations.test generate-ini
 	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/mysql.ini ./integrations.test
 
+.PHONY: test-mysql-migration
+test-mysql-migration: migrations.test generate-ini
+	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/mysql.ini ./migrations.test
+
 .PHONY: test-pgsql
 test-pgsql: integrations.test generate-ini
 	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/pgsql.ini ./integrations.test
 
+.PHONY: test-pgsql-migration
+test-pgsql-migration: migrations.test generate-ini
+	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/pgsql.ini ./migrations.test
+
+
 .PHONY: test-mssql
 test-mssql: integrations.test generate-ini
 	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/mssql.ini ./integrations.test
 
+.PHONY: test-mssql-migration
+test-mssql-migration: migrations.test generate-ini
+	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/mssql.ini ./migrations.test
+
+
 .PHONY: bench-sqlite
 bench-sqlite: integrations.sqlite.test
 	GITEA_ROOT=${CURDIR} GITEA_CONF=integrations/sqlite.ini ./integrations.sqlite.test -test.cpuprofile=cpu.out -test.run DontRunTests -test.bench .
@@ -252,6 +270,14 @@ integrations.sqlite.test: $(SOURCES)
 integrations.cover.test: $(SOURCES)
 	$(GO) test -c code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations -coverpkg $(shell echo $(PACKAGES) | tr ' ' ',') -o integrations.cover.test
 
+.PHONY: migrations.test
+migrations.test: $(SOURCES)
+	$(GO) test -c code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations/migration-test -o migrations.test
+
+.PHONY: migrations.sqlite.test
+migrations.sqlite.test: $(SOURCES)
+	$(GO) test -c code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations/migration-test -o migrations.sqlite.test -tags 'sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify'
+
 .PHONY: check
 check: test
 
diff --git a/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.5.3.mysql.sql.gz b/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.5.3.mysql.sql.gz
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.5.3.postgres.sql.gz b/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.5.3.postgres.sql.gz
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.5.3.sqlite3.sql.gz b/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.5.3.sqlite3.sql.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f13bc68a4
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diff --git a/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.6.4.mysql.sql.gz b/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.6.4.mysql.sql.gz
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diff --git a/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.6.4.sqlite3.sql.gz b/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.6.4.sqlite3.sql.gz
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.7.0.mysql.sql.gz b/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.7.0.mysql.sql.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0ab10891
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diff --git a/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.7.0.postgres.sql.gz b/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.7.0.postgres.sql.gz
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.7.0.sqlite3.sql.gz b/integrations/migration-test/gitea-v1.7.0.sqlite3.sql.gz
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/integrations/migration-test/migration_test.go b/integrations/migration-test/migration_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6fd7af832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integrations/migration-test/migration_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,245 @@
+// Copyright 2019 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package migrations
+
+import (
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+	"regexp"
+	"sort"
+	"testing"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
+
+	"github.com/go-xorm/xorm"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+var currentEngine *xorm.Engine
+
+func initMigrationTest() {
+	giteaRoot := os.Getenv("GITEA_ROOT")
+	if giteaRoot == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Environment variable $GITEA_ROOT not set")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	setting.AppPath = path.Join(giteaRoot, "gitea")
+	if _, err := os.Stat(setting.AppPath); err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Could not find gitea binary at %s\n", setting.AppPath)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	giteaConf := os.Getenv("GITEA_CONF")
+	if giteaConf == "" {
+		fmt.Println("Environment variable $GITEA_CONF not set")
+		os.Exit(1)
+	} else if !path.IsAbs(giteaConf) {
+		setting.CustomConf = path.Join(giteaRoot, giteaConf)
+	} else {
+		setting.CustomConf = giteaConf
+	}
+
+	setting.NewContext()
+	setting.CheckLFSVersion()
+	models.LoadConfigs()
+}
+
+func getDialect() string {
+	dialect := "sqlite"
+	switch {
+	case setting.UseSQLite3:
+		dialect = "sqlite"
+	case setting.UseMySQL:
+		dialect = "mysql"
+	case setting.UsePostgreSQL:
+		dialect = "pgsql"
+	case setting.UseMSSQL:
+		dialect = "mssql"
+	}
+	return dialect
+}
+
+func availableVersions() ([]string, error) {
+	migrationsDir, err := os.Open("integrations/migration-test")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer migrationsDir.Close()
+	versionRE, err := regexp.Compile("gitea-v(?P<version>.+)\\." + regexp.QuoteMeta(models.DbCfg.Type) + "\\.sql.gz")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	filenames, err := migrationsDir.Readdirnames(-1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	versions := []string{}
+	for _, filename := range filenames {
+		if versionRE.MatchString(filename) {
+			substrings := versionRE.FindStringSubmatch(filename)
+			versions = append(versions, substrings[1])
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Strings(versions)
+	return versions, nil
+}
+
+func readSQLFromFile(version string) (string, error) {
+	filename := fmt.Sprintf("integrations/migration-test/gitea-v%s.%s.sql.gz", version, models.DbCfg.Type)
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filename); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return "", nil
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.Open(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	gr, err := gzip.NewReader(file)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	defer gr.Close()
+
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(gr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return string(bytes), nil
+}
+
+func restoreOldDB(t *testing.T, version string) bool {
+	data, err := readSQLFromFile(version)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		log.Printf("No db found to restore for %s version: %s\n", models.DbCfg.Type, version)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case setting.UseSQLite3:
+		os.Remove(models.DbCfg.Path)
+		err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(models.DbCfg.Path), os.ModePerm)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		db, err := sql.Open("sqlite3", fmt.Sprintf("file:%s?cache=shared&mode=rwc&_busy_timeout=%d", models.DbCfg.Path, models.DbCfg.Timeout))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		defer db.Close()
+
+		_, err = db.Exec(data)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		db.Close()
+
+	case setting.UseMySQL:
+		db, err := sql.Open("mysql", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/",
+			models.DbCfg.User, models.DbCfg.Passwd, models.DbCfg.Host))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		defer db.Close()
+
+		_, err = db.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS %s", models.DbCfg.Name))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		_, err = db.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS %s", models.DbCfg.Name))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		db, err = sql.Open("mysql", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@tcp(%s)/%s?multiStatements=true",
+			models.DbCfg.User, models.DbCfg.Passwd, models.DbCfg.Host, models.DbCfg.Name))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		defer db.Close()
+
+		_, err = db.Exec(data)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		db.Close()
+
+	case setting.UsePostgreSQL:
+		db, err := sql.Open("postgres", fmt.Sprintf("postgres://%s:%s@%s/?sslmode=%s",
+			models.DbCfg.User, models.DbCfg.Passwd, models.DbCfg.Host, models.DbCfg.SSLMode))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		defer db.Close()
+
+		_, err = db.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS %s", models.DbCfg.Name))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		_, err = db.Exec(fmt.Sprintf("CREATE DATABASE %s", models.DbCfg.Name))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		db.Close()
+
+		db, err = sql.Open("postgres", fmt.Sprintf("postgres://%s:%s@%s/%s?sslmode=%s",
+			models.DbCfg.User, models.DbCfg.Passwd, models.DbCfg.Host, models.DbCfg.Name, models.DbCfg.SSLMode))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		defer db.Close()
+
+		_, err = db.Exec(data)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		db.Close()
+
+	case setting.UseMSSQL:
+		host, port := models.ParseMSSQLHostPort(models.DbCfg.Host)
+		db, err := sql.Open("mssql", fmt.Sprintf("server=%s; port=%s; database=%s; user id=%s; password=%s;",
+			host, port, "master", models.DbCfg.User, models.DbCfg.Passwd))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		defer db.Close()
+
+		_, err = db.Exec("DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS gitea")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		_, err = db.Exec("CREATE DATABASE gitea")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		_, err = db.Exec(data)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		db.Close()
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func wrappedMigrate(x *xorm.Engine) error {
+	currentEngine = x
+	return migrations.Migrate(x)
+}
+
+func doMigrationTest(t *testing.T, version string) {
+	log.Printf("Performing migration test for %s version: %s", models.DbCfg.Type, version)
+	if !restoreOldDB(t, version) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	setting.NewXORMLogService(false)
+	err := models.SetEngine()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = models.NewEngine(wrappedMigrate)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	currentEngine.Close()
+}
+
+func TestMigrations(t *testing.T) {
+	initMigrationTest()
+
+	dialect := models.DbCfg.Type
+	versions, err := availableVersions()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	if len(versions) == 0 {
+		log.Printf("No old database versions available to migration test for %s\n", dialect)
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Preparing to test %d migrations for %s\n", len(versions), dialect)
+	for _, version := range versions {
+		doMigrationTest(t, version)
+	}
+}