diff --git a/beets/dbcore/db.py b/beets/dbcore/db.py
index d13f923f6..613430651 100755
--- a/beets/dbcore/db.py
+++ b/beets/dbcore/db.py
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ import sqlite3
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
-from abc import ABC
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Mapping
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from functools import cached_property
 from sqlite3 import Connection, sqlite_version_info
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, AnyStr, ClassVar, Generic, NamedTuple
@@ -1029,6 +1030,29 @@ class Transaction:
         self.db._connection().executescript(statements)
 
 
+@dataclass
+class Migration(ABC):
+    db: Database
+
+    @cached_classproperty
+    def flag_prefix(cls) -> str:
+        """Class name (except Migration) converted to snake case."""
+        name = cls.__name__.removesuffix("Migration")  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        return re.sub(r"(?<=[a-z])(?=[A-Z])", "_", name).lower()
+
+    def migrate_table(self, table: str) -> None:
+        """Migrate a specific table."""
+        migration_flag = f"{self.flag_prefix}_{table}"
+
+        if not self.db.get_migration_state(migration_flag):
+            self._migrate_data(table)
+            self.db.set_migration_state(migration_flag, True)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def _migrate_data(self, table: str) -> None:
+        """Migrate data for a specific table."""
+
+
 class Database:
     """A container for Model objects that wraps an SQLite database as
     the backend.
@@ -1038,6 +1062,10 @@ class Database:
     """The Model subclasses representing tables in this database.
     """
 
+    _migrations: Sequence[tuple[type[Migration], Sequence[type[Model]]]] = ()
+    """The Model subclasses representing tables in this database.
+    """
+
     supports_extensions = hasattr(sqlite3.Connection, "enable_load_extension")
     """Whether or not the current version of SQLite supports extensions"""
 
@@ -1301,6 +1329,10 @@ class Database:
 
     def _migrate(self) -> None:
         """Perform any necessary migration for the database."""
+        for migration_cls, model_classes in self._migrations:
+            migration = migration_cls(self)
+            for model_cls in model_classes:
+                migration.migrate_table(model_cls._table)
 
     def get_migration_state(self, name: str) -> bool:
         """Return whether a named migration has been marked complete."""