storage/sqlite/sqlite-storage-cli/main.go | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 storage/sqlite/sqlite-storage.go          |  4 ++--

diff --git a/storage/sqlite/sqlite-storage-cli/main.go b/storage/sqlite/sqlite-storage-cli/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5f315743d70a8e51b3fb87649464d92c0f3952e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/sqlite/sqlite-storage-cli/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"crawshaw.io/sqlite"
+	"github.com/alexflint/go-arg"
+	sqliteStorage "github.com/anacrolix/torrent/storage/sqlite"
+)
+
+type InitCommand struct {
+	Path string `arg:"positional"`
+}
+
+func main() {
+	err := mainErr()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("error in main: %v", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func mainErr() error {
+	var args struct {
+		Init *InitCommand `arg:"subcommand"`
+	}
+	p := arg.MustParse(&args)
+	switch {
+	case args.Init != nil:
+		conn, err := sqlite.OpenConn(args.Init.Path, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("opening sqlite conn: %w", err)
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+		return sqliteStorage.InitSchema(conn, 1<<14, true)
+	default:
+		p.Fail("expected subcommand")
+		panic("unreachable")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/storage/sqlite/sqlite-storage.go b/storage/sqlite/sqlite-storage.go
index cb2ab1b973533764a6f79a85b8f9d1915ef15e8a..8ec4d5a6d42e6f3e48790bd5f317f5a12ff5e550 100644
--- a/storage/sqlite/sqlite-storage.go
+++ b/storage/sqlite/sqlite-storage.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
-func initSchema(conn conn, pageSize int, triggers bool) error {
+func InitSchema(conn conn, pageSize int, triggers bool) error {
 	if pageSize != 0 {
 		err := sqlitex.ExecScript(conn, fmt.Sprintf("pragma page_size=%d", pageSize))
 		if err != nil {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ 	if !opts.DontInitSchema {
 		if opts.PageSize == 0 {
 			opts.PageSize = 1 << 14
 		}
-		err = initSchema(conn, opts.PageSize, true)
+		err = InitSchema(conn, opts.PageSize, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}