diff --git a/doc/source/cli/placement-manage.rst b/doc/source/cli/placement-manage.rst
index b3c104f65..e45f88cc0 100644
--- a/doc/source/cli/placement-manage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/cli/placement-manage.rst
@@ -65,3 +65,8 @@ Placement Database
     connection is determined by ``[placement_database]/connection`` in the
     configuration file used by placement-manage. If the ``connection`` option
     is not set, the command will fail. The defined database must already exist.
+
+``placement-manage db stamp <version>``
+    Stamp the revision table with the given revision; don’t run any migrations.
+    This can be used when the database already exists and you want to bring it
+    under alembic control.
diff --git a/placement/cmd/manage.py b/placement/cmd/manage.py
index d33f3c08a..f2eda60a5 100644
--- a/placement/cmd/manage.py
+++ b/placement/cmd/manage.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import functools
 import six
 import sys
 
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ version_info = pbr.version.VersionInfo('openstack-placement')
 
 
 class DbCommands(object):
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        self.config = config
 
     def db_sync(self):
         # Let exceptions raise for now, they will go to stderr.
@@ -35,9 +38,13 @@ class DbCommands(object):
         print(migration.version())
         return 0
 
+    def db_stamp(self):
+        migration.stamp(self.config.command.version)
+        return 0
 
-def add_db_command_parsers(subparsers):
-    command_object = DbCommands()
+
+def add_db_command_parsers(subparsers, config):
+    command_object = DbCommands(config)
 
     # If we set False here, we avoid having an exit during the parse
     # args part of CONF processing and we can thus print out meaningful
@@ -58,20 +65,27 @@ def add_db_command_parsers(subparsers):
         'version', help=help, description=help)
     version_parser.set_defaults(func=command_object.db_version)
 
+    help = _('Stamp the revision table with the given version.')
+    stamp_parser = db_parser.add_parser('stamp', help=help, description=help)
+    stamp_parser.add_argument('version', help=_('the version to stamp'))
+    stamp_parser.set_defaults(func=command_object.db_stamp)
 
-def setup_commands():
+
+def setup_commands(config):
     # This is a separate method because it facilitates unit testing.
     # Use an additional SubCommandOpt and parser for each new sub command.
+    add_db_cmd_parsers = functools.partial(
+        add_db_command_parsers, config=config)
     command_opt = cfg.SubCommandOpt(
         'db', dest='command', title='Command', help=_('Available DB commands'),
-        handler=add_db_command_parsers)
+        handler=add_db_cmd_parsers)
     return [command_opt]
 
 
 def main():
     config = cfg.ConfigOpts()
     conf.register_opts(config)
-    command_opts = setup_commands()
+    command_opts = setup_commands(config)
     config.register_cli_opts(command_opts)
     config(sys.argv[1:], project='placement',
            version=version_info.version_string(),
diff --git a/placement/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py b/placement/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py
index 79f9c9e1c..26303ac82 100644
--- a/placement/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py
+++ b/placement/db/sqlalchemy/migration.py
@@ -65,3 +65,13 @@ def upgrade(revision, config=None):
     revision = revision or "head"
     config = config or _alembic_config()
     alembic.command.upgrade(config, revision)
+
+
+def stamp(version, config=None):
+    """Used for stamp the database version.
+
+    :param version: Database version to stamp
+    :type version: string
+    """
+    config = config or _alembic_config()
+    alembic.command.stamp(config, version)
diff --git a/placement/tests/unit/cmd/test_manage.py b/placement/tests/unit/cmd/test_manage.py
index ab945c904..0e2d81090 100644
--- a/placement/tests/unit/cmd/test_manage.py
+++ b/placement/tests/unit/cmd/test_manage.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class TestCommandParsers(testtools.TestCase):
         # We don't use a database, but we need to set the opt as
         # it's required for a valid config.
         conf_fixture.config(group="placement_database", connection='sqlite://')
-        command_opts = manage.setup_commands()
+        command_opts = manage.setup_commands(conf_fixture)
         # Command line opts must be registered on the conf_fixture, otherwise
         # they carry over globally.
         conf_fixture.register_cli_opts(command_opts)
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class TestCommandParsers(testtools.TestCase):
         for command, args in [
                 ('db_version', ['db', 'version']),
                 ('db_sync', ['db', 'sync']),
+                ('db_stamp', ['db', 'stamp', 'b4ed3a175331']),
             ]:
             with mock.patch('placement.cmd.manage.DbCommands.'
                     + command) as mock_command:
@@ -100,6 +101,6 @@ class TestCommandParsers(testtools.TestCase):
         self.output.stderr.seek(0)
 
         if six.PY2:
-            self.assertIn('{sync,version}', self.output.stderr.read())
+            self.assertIn('{sync,version,stamp}', self.output.stderr.read())
         else:
-            self.assertIn('{sync,version}', self.output.stdout.read())
+            self.assertIn('{sync,version,stamp}', self.output.stdout.read())