diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8116969..b242799 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Add STUN/TURN & SIP support
 - Add libgd for image manupilation
 - Upgrade alpine to 3.10
+- Keep SQL init scripts in database volume
 
 # Version 19.05
 
diff --git a/ecs/Dockerfile b/ecs/Dockerfile
index 7e5debe..cec1bac 100644
--- a/ecs/Dockerfile
+++ b/ecs/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ RUN mkdir runtime \
  && echo 'beam_lib:strip_files(filelib:wildcard("lib/*/ebin/*beam")), init:stop().' | erts*/bin/erl -boot start_clean >/dev/null \
  && mv erts*/bin/* bin \
  && rm -rf releases erts* bin/*src bin/dialyzer bin/typer \
- && rm bin/ejabberd bin/ejabberd.bat
+ && rm bin/ejabberd bin/ejabberd.bat \
+ && cp -r /ejabberd/sql lib/ejabberd-*/priv
 
 # Runtime container
 FROM alpine:3.10
diff --git a/ecs/bin/ejabberdctl b/ecs/bin/ejabberdctl
index a13c6a2..cb9a24f 100755
--- a/ecs/bin/ejabberdctl
+++ b/ecs/bin/ejabberdctl
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ stop_epmd()
 
 # make sure node not already running and node name unregistered
 # if all ok, ensure runtime directory exists and make it current directory
+# then (docker case) make .sql files available on database volume
 check_start()
 {
     "$EPMD" -names 2>/dev/null | grep -q " ${ERLANG_NODE%@*} " && {
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ check_start()
         }
         "$EPMD" -kill >/dev/null
     }
+    cp "$HOME_DIR/lib/ejabberd-*/priv/sql/*" "$HOME_DIR/database/"
 }
 
 # allow sync calls