diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index eb8e00cf..90c98477 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ notebooks = [
     "seaborn~=0.12.2",
 ]
 
+[project.scripts]
+transcribee-migrate = "transcribee_backend.db.run_migrations:main"
+
 [tool.uv]
 override-dependencies = [
   "sqlalchemy==1.4.41"
@@ -67,7 +70,7 @@ test = "pytest tests/"
 pyright = "pyright transcribee_backend/"
 
 [tool.setuptools]
-packages = ["transcribee_backend"]
+packages = ["transcribee_backend", "transcribee_backend.db"]
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools", "setuptools-scm"]
diff --git a/backend/transcribee_backend/db/run_migrations.py b/backend/transcribee_backend/db/run_migrations.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..71fb1918
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/transcribee_backend/db/run_migrations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from os import path
+
+from alembic import command
+from alembic.config import Config
+
+
+def main():
+    alembic_cfg = Config()
+    alembic_cfg.set_main_option(
+        "script_location",
+        path.join(path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__)), "migrations"),
+    )
+    command.upgrade(alembic_cfg, "head")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()