diff --git a/make/common/db/registry.sql b/make/common/db/registry.sql
index 9b764e901..e2d364ea9 100644
--- a/make/common/db/registry.sql
+++ b/make/common/db/registry.sql
@@ -230,4 +230,4 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `alembic_version` (
     `version_num` varchar(32) NOT NULL
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
-insert into alembic_version values ('1.2.0');
+insert into alembic_version values ('1.3.0');
diff --git a/make/common/db/registry_sqlite.sql b/make/common/db/registry_sqlite.sql
index 7ccd6bc12..a846e124a 100644
--- a/make/common/db/registry_sqlite.sql
+++ b/make/common/db/registry_sqlite.sql
@@ -221,4 +221,4 @@ create table alembic_version (
     version_num varchar(32) NOT NULL
 );
 
-insert into alembic_version values ('0.3.0');
+insert into alembic_version values ('1.3.0');
diff --git a/src/common/dao/base.go b/src/common/dao/base.go
index 86f107a1e..1da44e0f2 100644
--- a/src/common/dao/base.go
+++ b/src/common/dao/base.go
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ func InitDatabase(database *models.Database) error {
 	if err := db.Register(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	version, err := GetSchemaVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if version.Version != SchemaVersion {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected database schema version, expected %s, got %s",
+			SchemaVersion, version.Version)
+	}
+
 	log.Info("initialize database completed")
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/src/common/dao/version.go b/src/common/dao/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3dc8fe9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/dao/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package dao
+
+import (
+	"github.com/vmware/harbor/src/common/models"
+)
+
+const (
+	// SchemaVersion is the version of database schema
+	SchemaVersion = "1.3.0"
+)
+
+// GetSchemaVersion return the version of database schema
+func GetSchemaVersion() (*models.SchemaVersion, error) {
+	version := &models.SchemaVersion{}
+	if err := GetOrmer().Raw("select version_num from alembic_version").
+		QueryRow(version); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return version, nil
+}
diff --git a/src/common/dao/version_test.go b/src/common/dao/version_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ee432208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/dao/version_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package dao
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestGetSchemaVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	version, err := GetSchemaVersion()
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, SchemaVersion, version.Version)
+}
diff --git a/src/common/models/version.go b/src/common/models/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fc892799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/models/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 VMware, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package models
+
+// SchemaVersion is the version of database schema
+type SchemaVersion struct {
+	Version string `json:"version" orm:"column(version_num)"`
+}