diff --git a/placement/templates/bin/_db-migrate.sh.tpl b/placement/templates/bin/_db-migrate.sh.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..838e05fcac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/placement/templates/bin/_db-migrate.sh.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+{{/*
+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.
+*/}}
+
+set -ex
+
+# To make this migration idempotent and not break the chart deployment,
+# we will treat a new deployment ($?==4) and migration completed ($?==3)
+# as success so things can proceed.
+function handler {
+  rv=$?
+  if [ $rv -eq 4 ] || [ $rv -eq 3 ]; then
+    exit 0
+  else
+    exit $rv
+  fi
+}
+
+trap handler EXIT
+
+/tmp/mysql-migrate-db.sh --mkconfig /tmp/migrate-db.rc
+
+sed -i \
+  -e "s/NOVA_API_USER=.*/NOVA_API_USER=\"${NOVA_API_USER}\"/g" \
+  -e "s/NOVA_API_PASS=.*/NOVA_API_PASS=\"${NOVA_API_PASS}\"/g" \
+  -e "s/NOVA_API_DB_HOST=.*/NOVA_API_DB_HOST=\"${NOVA_API_DB_HOST}\"/g" \
+  -e "s/PLACEMENT_USER=.*/PLACEMENT_USER=\"${PLACEMENT_USER}\"/g" \
+  -e "s/PLACEMENT_PASS=.*/PLACEMENT_PASS=\"${PLACEMENT_PASS}\"/g" \
+  -e "s/PLACEMENT_DB_HOST=.*/PLACEMENT_DB_HOST=\"${PLACEMENT_DB_HOST}\"/g" \
+  /tmp/migrate-db.rc
+
+/tmp/mysql-migrate-db.sh --migrate /tmp/migrate-db.rc
diff --git a/placement/templates/bin/_mysql-migrate-db.sh.tpl b/placement/templates/bin/_mysql-migrate-db.sh.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24fec1e1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/placement/templates/bin/_mysql-migrate-db.sh.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,321 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+{{/*
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+
+# This script will attempt to migrate your nova-api placement data to
+# a new placement database. Run it with --help for usage, and --mkconfig
+# to write a template config file to use.
+
+# Defaults we can guess
+DEFAULT_MIGRATE_TABLES="allocations placement_aggregates consumers inventories projects "
+DEFAULT_MIGRATE_TABLES+="resource_classes resource_provider_aggregates resource_provider_traits "
+DEFAULT_MIGRATE_TABLES+="resource_providers traits users "
+MIGRATE_TABLES=${MIGRATE_TABLES:-$DEFAULT_MIGRATE_TABLES}
+PLACEMENT_DB_HOST=${PLACEMENT_DB_HOST:-localhost}
+PLACEMENT_DB=${PLACEMENT_DB:-placement}
+NOVA_API_DB_HOST=${NOVA_API_DB_HOST:-localhost}
+NOVA_API_DB=${NOVA_API_DB:-nova_api}
+TMPDIR=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}
+LAST_MYSQL_ERR=${TMPDIR}/migrate-mysql-db.err
+INITIAL_PLACEMENT_DB_VERSION=${INITIAL_DB_VERSION:-b4ed3a175331}
+ME=$(basename "$0")
+
+declare -a ARGS
+declare -a OPTS
+
+function getflag() {
+    # Return true if --$flag is present on the command line
+    # Usage: getflag help -> 0
+    local flag="$1"
+    for opt in ${OPTS[*]}; do
+        if [ "$opt" == "--${flag}" ]; then
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+function parse_argv() {
+    # Parse command line arguments into positional arguments and
+    # option flags. Store each in $ARGS, $OPTS.
+    # Usage: parse_argv $*
+    for item in $*; do
+        if echo $item | grep -q -- '^--'; then
+            OPTS+=($item)
+        else
+            ARGS+=($item)
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+function db_var() {
+    # Return an attribute of database config based on the symbolic
+    # name
+    # Usage: db_var PLACEMENT USER -> $PLACEMENT_USER
+    local db="$1"
+    local var="$2"
+
+    eval echo "\$${db}_${var}"
+}
+
+function mysql_command() {
+    # Run a mysql command with the usual connection information taken
+    # from a symbolic configuration name
+    # Usage: mysql_command PLACEMENT [command] [args..] -> stdout
+    local whichdb="$1"
+    shift
+    local command=mysql
+    if [ "$2" ]; then
+        command=${1:-mysql}
+        shift
+    fi
+    local db=$(db_var $whichdb DB)
+    local host=$(db_var $whichdb DB_HOST)
+    local user=$(db_var $whichdb USER)
+    local pass=$(db_var $whichdb PASS)
+
+    if [ "$command" = "mysql" ]; then
+        command="mysql --skip-column-names"
+    fi
+
+    $command -h$host -u$user -p$pass $db $* 2>$LAST_MYSQL_ERR
+}
+
+function show_error() {
+    # Prints the last error (if present) and removes the temporary
+    # file
+    if [ -f $LAST_MYSQL_ERR ]; then
+        cat $LAST_MYSQL_ERR
+        rm -f $LAST_MYSQL_ERR
+    fi
+}
+
+function check_db() {
+    # Check a DB to see if it's missing, present, filled with data
+    # Returns 0 if it is present with data, 1 if present but no data
+    # or 2 if not present (or unable to connect)
+    # Usage: check_db PLACEMENT -> 0
+    local whichdb="$1"
+
+    local inv
+    local inv_count
+
+    if ! echo "SELECT DATABASE()" | mysql_command $whichdb >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo "Failed to connect to $whichdb database"
+        show_error
+        return 2
+    fi
+
+    inv=$(echo "SELECT COUNT(id) FROM inventories" |
+              mysql_command $whichdb)
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        # No schema
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    inv_count=$(echo $inv | tail -n1)
+    if [ $inv_count -gt 0 ]; then
+        # Data found
+        return 0
+    else
+        # No data found, but schema intact
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+function check_cli() {
+    # Returns 0 if placement cli is installed and configured,
+    # 1 if it is not installed, or 2 if the access to the
+    # placement database fails
+    # Usage: check_cli -> 0
+    placement-manage --version > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        # placement not installed
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    placement-manage db version > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        # DB connection fails
+        return 2
+    fi
+}
+
+function migrate_data() {
+    # Actually migrate data from a source to destination symbolic
+    # database. Returns 1 if failure, 0 otherwise.
+    # Usage: migrate_data NOVA_API PLACEMENT -> 0
+    local source="$1"
+    local dest="$2"
+    local dump_flags="$3"
+    local tmpdir=$(mktemp -d migrate-db.XXXXXXXX)
+    local tmpfile="${tmpdir}/from-nova.sql"
+
+    echo "Dumping from $source to $tmpfile"
+    mysql_command $source mysqldump $dump_flags $MIGRATE_TABLES > $tmpfile || {
+        echo 'Failed to dump source database:'
+        show_error
+        return 1
+    }
+    echo "Loading to $dest from $tmpfile"
+    mysql_command $dest < $tmpfile || {
+        echo 'Failed to load destination database:'
+        show_error
+        return 1
+    }
+}
+
+function sanity_check_env() {
+    # Check that we have everything we need to examine the situation
+    # and potentially do the migration. Loads values from the rcfile,
+    # if present. Returns 1 if a config was not found, 2 if that
+    # config is incomplete or 0 if everything is good.
+    # Usage: sanity_check_env $rcfile -> 0
+
+    RCFILE="${1:-migrate-db.rc}"
+    if [ "$RCFILE" = '-' ]; then
+        # Don't require a file and assume everything is already
+        # set in the environment
+        true
+    elif [ ! -f "$RCFILE" ]; then
+        echo -n 'ERROR: Specify an RC file on the command line or create '
+        echo 'migrate-db.rc in the current directory'
+        echo
+        show_help
+    else
+        source $RCFILE
+    fi
+
+    required="NOVA_API_DB NOVA_API_USER NOVA_API_PASS PLACEMENT_DB PLACEMENT_USER PLACEMENT_PASS"
+    for var in $required; do
+        value=$(eval echo "\$$var")
+        if [ -z "$value" ]; then
+            echo "A value for $var was not provided but is required"
+            return 2
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+function make_config() {
+    # Create or update a config file with defaults we know. Either use
+    # the default migrate-db.rc or the file specified on the command
+    # line.
+    RCFILE="${1:-migrate-db.rc}"
+    if [ -f "$RCFILE" ]; then
+        source $RCFILE
+    fi
+
+    vars="NOVA_API_DB NOVA_API_USER NOVA_API_PASS NOVA_API_DB_HOST "
+    vars+="PLACEMENT_DB PLACEMENT_USER PLACEMENT_PASS PLACEMENT_DB_HOST "
+    vars+="MIGRATE_TABLES"
+
+    (for var in $vars; do
+         val=$(eval echo "\$$var")
+         echo "${var}=\"$val\""
+     done) > $RCFILE
+
+    echo Wrote $(readlink -f $RCFILE)
+}
+
+function show_help() {
+    echo "Usage: $ME [flags] [rcfile]"
+    echo
+    echo "Flags:"
+    echo "    --help: this text"
+    echo "    --migrate: actually do data migration"
+    echo "    --mkconfig: write/update config to \$rcfile"
+    echo "    --skip-locks: don't use table locks for data migration"
+    echo
+    echo "Pass '-' as \$rcfile if all config values are set in"
+    echo "the environment."
+    echo
+    echo "Exit codes:"
+    echo "    0: Success"
+    echo "    1: Usage error"
+    echo "    2: Configuration missing or incomplete"
+    echo "    3: Migration already completed"
+    echo "    4: No data to migrate from nova (new deployment)"
+    echo "    5: Unable to connect to one or both databases"
+    echo "    6: Unable to execute placement's CLI commands"
+    exit 0
+}
+
+parse_argv $*
+
+if getflag help; then
+    show_help
+fi
+
+if getflag mkconfig; then
+    make_config $ARGS
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+#
+# Actual migration logic starts here
+#
+
+# Sanity check that we have what we need or bail
+sanity_check_env $ARGS || exit $?
+
+# Check the state of each database we care about
+check_db NOVA_API
+nova_present=$?
+check_db PLACEMENT
+placement_present=$?
+check_cli
+placement_cli=$?
+
+# Try to come up with a good reason to refuse to migrate
+if [ $nova_present -eq 0 -a $placement_present -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Migration has already completed. The placement database appears to have data."
+    exit 3
+elif [ $nova_present -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "No data present in nova database - nothing to migrate (new deployment?)"
+    exit 4
+elif [ $nova_present -eq 2 ]; then
+    echo "Unable to proceed without connection to nova database"
+    exit 5
+elif [ $placement_present -eq 2 ]; then
+    echo "Unable to proceed without connection to placement database"
+    exit 5
+elif [ $placement_cli -eq 1 ]; then
+    echo "Unable to proceed without placement installed"
+    exit 6
+elif [ $placement_cli -eq 2 ]; then
+    echo "The 'placement-manage db version' command fails"
+    echo "Is placement.conf configured to access the new database?"
+    exit 6
+fi
+
+# If we get here, we expect to be able to migrate. Require them to opt into
+# actual migration before we do anything.
+
+echo Nova database contains data, placement database does not. Okay to proceed with migration
+
+if getflag migrate $*; then
+    if getflag skip-locks $*; then
+        migrate_data NOVA_API PLACEMENT "--skip-lock-tables --skip-add-locks"
+    else
+        migrate_data NOVA_API PLACEMENT
+    fi
+    placement-manage db stamp $INITIAL_PLACEMENT_DB_VERSION
+else
+    echo "To actually migrate, run me with --migrate"
+fi
+
+rm -f $LAST_MYSQL_ERR
diff --git a/placement/templates/configmap-bin.yaml b/placement/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
index 0bc5546cb3..4fc59ce8cc 100644
--- a/placement/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
+++ b/placement/templates/configmap-bin.yaml
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ data:
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.scripts.db_init" . | indent 4 }}
   db-drop.py: |
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.scripts.db_drop" . | indent 4 }}
+  db-migrate.sh: |
+{{ tuple "bin/_db-migrate.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
   ks-service.sh: |
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.scripts.keystone_service" . | indent 4 }}
   ks-endpoints.sh: |
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.scripts.keystone_endpoints" . | indent 4 }}
   ks-user.sh: |
 {{- include "helm-toolkit.scripts.keystone_user" . | indent 4 }}
+  mysql-migrate-db.sh: |
+{{ tuple "bin/_mysql-migrate-db.sh.tpl" . | include "helm-toolkit.utils.template" | indent 4 }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/placement/templates/job-db-migrate.yaml b/placement/templates/job-db-migrate.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b021213663
--- /dev/null
+++ b/placement/templates/job-db-migrate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+{{/*
+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.
+*/}}
+
+{{- if .Values.manifests.job_db_migrate }}
+{{- $envAll := . }}
+{{- $serviceAccountName := "placement-db-migrate" -}}
+{{- $service := "db_migrate" -}}
+{{ tuple $envAll $service $serviceAccountName | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_pod_rbac_serviceaccount" }}
+---
+apiVersion: batch/v1
+kind: Job
+metadata:
+  name: placement-db-migrate
+  annotations:
+    {{ tuple $envAll | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.release_uuid" }}
+spec:
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+{{ tuple $envAll "placement" $service  | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_metadata_labels" | indent 8 }}
+    spec:
+      serviceAccountName: {{ $serviceAccountName }}
+      restartPolicy: OnFailure
+      nodeSelector:
+        {{ .Values.labels.job.node_selector_key }}: {{ .Values.labels.job.node_selector_value }}
+      initContainers:
+{{ tuple $envAll $service list | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_entrypoint_init_container" | indent 8 }}
+      containers:
+        - name: placement-mysql-migration
+{{ tuple $envAll $service | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.image" | indent 10 }}
+{{ tuple $envAll $envAll.Values.pod.resources.jobs.ks_service | include "helm-toolkit.snippets.kubernetes_resources" | indent 10 }}
+          command:
+            - /tmp/db-migrate.sh
+          env:
+{{- with $env := dict "ksUserSecret" $envAll.Values.secrets.identity.admin }}
+{{- include "helm-toolkit.snippets.keystone_openrc_env_vars" $env | indent 12 }}
+{{- end }}
+            - name: NOVA_API_USER
+              value: {{ .Values.endpoints.oslo_db.auth.nova_api.username | quote }}
+            - name: NOVA_API_PASS
+              value: {{ .Values.endpoints.oslo_db.auth.nova_api.password | quote }}
+            - name: NOVA_API_DB_HOST
+              value: {{ tuple "oslo_db" "internal" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_host_lookup" | quote }}
+            - name: PLACEMENT_USER
+              value: {{ .Values.endpoints.oslo_db.auth.placement.username | quote }}
+            - name: PLACEMENT_PASS
+              value: {{ .Values.endpoints.oslo_db.auth.placement.password | quote }}
+            - name: PLACEMENT_DB_HOST
+              value: {{ tuple "oslo_db" "internal" . | include "helm-toolkit.endpoints.endpoint_host_lookup" | quote }}
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: pod-tmp
+              mountPath: /tmp
+            - name: placement-bin
+              mountPath: /tmp/mysql-migrate-db.sh
+              subPath: mysql-migrate-db.sh
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: placement-bin
+              mountPath: /tmp/db-migrate.sh
+              subPath: db-migrate.sh
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: placement-etc
+              mountPath: /etc/placement/placement.conf
+              subPath: placement.conf
+              readOnly: true
+      volumes:
+        - name: pod-tmp
+          emptyDir: {}
+        - name: placement-bin
+          configMap:
+            name: placement-bin
+            defaultMode: 0555
+        - name: placement-etc
+          secret:
+            secretName: placement-etc
+            defaultMode: 0444
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/placement/values.yaml b/placement/values.yaml
index 4b350f1843..83704c3b40 100644
--- a/placement/values.yaml
+++ b/placement/values.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ images:
     ks_endpoints: docker.io/openstackhelm/heat:stein-ubuntu_bionic
     db_init: docker.io/openstackhelm/heat:stein-ubuntu_bionic
     db_drop: docker.io/openstackhelm/heat:stein-ubuntu_bionic
+    db_migrate: quay.io/airshipit/porthole-mysqlclient-utility:latest-ubuntu_bionic
     placement_db_sync: docker.io/openstackhelm/placement:master-ubuntu_bionic
     dep_check: quay.io/airshipit/kubernetes-entrypoint:v1.0.0
     image_repo_sync: docker.io/docker:17.07.0
@@ -233,6 +234,12 @@ endpoints:
       placement:
         username: placement
         password: password
+      # NOTE: This should be the username/password used to access the nova_api
+      # database. This is required only if database migration from nova to
+      # placement is desired.
+      nova_api:
+        username: nova
+        password: password
     hosts:
       default: mariadb
     host_fqdn_override:
@@ -367,6 +374,13 @@ pod:
         limits:
           memory: "1024Mi"
           cpu: "2000m"
+      db_migrate:
+        requests:
+          memory: "128Mi"
+          cpu: "100m"
+        limits:
+          memory: "1024Mi"
+          cpu: "2000m"
       ks_endpoints:
         requests:
           memory: "128Mi"
@@ -440,9 +454,17 @@ dependencies:
       services:
         - endpoint: internal
           service: oslo_db
+    db_migrate:
+      jobs:
+        - placement-db-init
+      services:
+        - endpoint: internal
+          service: oslo_db
     db_sync:
       jobs:
         - placement-db-init
+        # NOTE: This needs to be enabled if placement migration is required.
+        # - placement-db-migrate
       services:
         - endpoint: internal
           service: oslo_db
@@ -455,6 +477,7 @@ manifests:
   job_db_init: true
   job_db_sync: true
   job_db_drop: false
+  job_db_migrate: false
   job_ks_endpoints: true
   job_ks_service: true
   job_ks_user: true
diff --git a/placement/values_overrides/train-ubuntu_bionic.yaml b/placement/values_overrides/train-ubuntu_bionic.yaml
index b751e41164..8b282e11a9 100644
--- a/placement/values_overrides/train-ubuntu_bionic.yaml
+++ b/placement/values_overrides/train-ubuntu_bionic.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ images:
     ks_endpoints: "docker.io/openstackhelm/heat:train-ubuntu_bionic"
     db_init: "docker.io/openstackhelm/heat:train-ubuntu_bionic"
     db_drop: "docker.io/openstackhelm/heat:train-ubuntu_bionic"
+    db_migrate: "quay.io/airshipit/porthole-mysqlclient-utility:latest-ubuntu_bionic"
     placement_db_sync: "docker.io/openstackhelm/placement:train-ubuntu_bionic"
     dep_check: "quay.io/airshipit/kubernetes-entrypoint:v1.0.0"
     image_repo_sync: "docker.io/docker:17.07.0"
+manifests:
+  job_db_migrate: true
+dependencies:
+  static:
+    db_sync:
+      jobs:
+        - placement-db-init
+        - placement-db-migrate