diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/postgresql-upgrade-database.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/postgresql-upgrade-database.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..50421460d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/postgresql-upgrade-database.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+# typed: false
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "cli/parser"
+require "formula"
+
+module Homebrew
+  module_function
+
+  sig { returns(CLI::Parser) }
+  def postgresql_upgrade_database_args
+    Homebrew::CLI::Parser.new do
+      description <<~EOS
+        Upgrades the database for the `postgresql` formula.
+      EOS
+
+      named_args :none
+    end
+  end
+
+  sig { void }
+  def postgresql_upgrade_database
+    postgresql_upgrade_database_args.parse
+
+    name = "postgresql"
+    pg = Formula[name]
+    bin = pg.bin
+    var = pg.var
+    version = pg.version
+    pg_version_file = var/"postgres/PG_VERSION"
+
+    pg_version_installed = version.to_s[/^\d+/]
+    pg_version_data = pg_version_file.read.chomp
+    if pg_version_installed == pg_version_data
+      odie <<~EOS
+        #{name} data already upgraded!
+      EOS
+    end
+
+    datadir = var/"postgres"
+    old_datadir = var/"postgres.old"
+    if old_datadir.exist?
+      odie <<~EOS
+        #{old_datadir} already exists!
+        Remove it if you want to upgrade data automatically.
+      EOS
+    end
+
+    old_pg_name = "#{name}@#{pg_version_data}"
+    old_pg_glob = "#{HOMEBREW_CELLAR}/#{old_pg_name}/#{pg_version_data}.*/bin"
+    old_bin = Pathname.glob(old_pg_glob).first
+    old_bin ||= begin
+      Formula[old_pg_name]
+      ohai "brew install #{old_pg_name}"
+      system "brew", "install", old_pg_name
+      Pathname.glob(old_pg_glob).first
+    rescue FormulaUnavailableError
+      nil
+    end
+
+    odie "No #{name} #{pg_version_data}.* version installed!" unless old_bin
+
+    server_stopped = false
+    moved_data = false
+    initdb_run = false
+    upgraded = false
+
+    begin
+      # Following instructions from:
+      # https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/pgupgrade.html
+      ohai "Upgrading #{name} data from #{pg_version_data} to #{pg_version_installed}..."
+      services_json_output = Utils.popen_read("brew", "services", "info", "--all", "--json")
+      services_json = JSON.parse(services_json_output)
+      loaded_service_names = services_json.select { |sj| sj[:loaded] }.map { |sj| sj[:name] }
+      if loaded_service_names.include?(name)
+        system "brew", "services", "stop", name
+        service_stopped = true
+      elsif quiet_system "#{bin}/pg_ctl", "-D", datadir, "status"
+        system "#{bin}/pg_ctl", "-D", datadir, "stop"
+        server_stopped = true
+      end
+
+      # Shut down old server if it is up via brew services
+      system "brew", "services", "stop", old_pg_name if loaded_service_names.include?(old_pg_name)
+
+      # get 'lc_collate' from old DB"
+      unless quiet_system "#{old_bin}/pg_ctl", "-w", "-D", datadir, "status"
+        system "#{old_bin}/pg_ctl", "-w", "-D", datadir, "start"
+      end
+
+      initdb_args = []
+      locale_settings = %w[
+        lc_collate
+        lc_ctype
+        lc_messages
+        lc_monetary
+        lc_numeric
+        lc_time
+        server_encoding
+      ]
+      locale_settings.each do |setting|
+        sql = "SELECT setting FROM pg_settings WHERE name LIKE '#{setting}';"
+        value = Utils.popen_read("#{old_bin}/psql", "postgres", "-qtAX", "-U", ENV.fetch("USER"), "-c", sql).strip
+
+        next if value.empty?
+
+        initdb_args += if setting == "server_encoding"
+          ["-E #{value}"]
+        else
+          ["--#{setting.tr("_", "-")}=#{value}"]
+        end
+      end
+
+      if quiet_system "#{old_bin}/pg_ctl", "-w", "-D", datadir, "status"
+        system "#{old_bin}/pg_ctl", "-w", "-D", datadir, "stop"
+      end
+
+      ohai "Moving #{name} data from #{datadir} to #{old_datadir}..."
+      FileUtils.mv datadir, old_datadir
+      moved_data = true
+
+      (var/"postgres").mkpath
+      ohai "Creating database..."
+      safe_system "#{bin}/initdb", *initdb_args, "#{var}/postgres"
+      initdb_run = true
+
+      ohai "Migrating and upgrading data..."
+      (var/"log").cd do
+        safe_system "#{bin}/pg_upgrade",
+                    "-r",
+                    "-b", old_bin,
+                    "-B", bin,
+                    "-d", old_datadir,
+                    "-D", datadir,
+                    "-j", Hardware::CPU.cores.to_s
+      end
+      upgraded = true
+
+      ohai "Upgraded #{name} data from #{pg_version_data} to #{pg_version_installed}!"
+      ohai "Your #{name} #{pg_version_data} data remains at #{old_datadir}"
+    ensure
+      if upgraded
+        if server_stopped
+          safe_system "#{bin}/pg_ctl", "-D", datadir, "start"
+        elsif service_stopped
+          safe_system "brew", "services", "start", name
+        end
+      else
+        onoe "Upgrading #{name} data from #{pg_version_data} to #{pg_version_installed} failed!"
+        if initdb_run
+          ohai "Removing empty #{name} initdb database..."
+          FileUtils.rm_r datadir
+        end
+        if moved_data
+          ohai "Moving #{name} data back from #{old_datadir} to #{datadir}..."
+          FileUtils.mv old_datadir, datadir
+        end
+        if server_stopped
+          system "#{bin}/pg_ctl", "-D", datadir, "start"
+        elsif service_stopped
+          system "brew", "services", "start", name
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end