diff --git a/cmd/goose/main.go b/cmd/goose/main.go
index 1b9e1fda5..04b07f3f1 100644
--- a/cmd/goose/main.go
+++ b/cmd/goose/main.go
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	flags    = flag.NewFlagSet("goose", flag.ExitOnError)
-	dir      = flags.String("dir", ".", "directory with migration files")
-	table    = flags.String("table", "goose_db_version", "migrations table name")
-	verbose  = flags.Bool("v", false, "enable verbose mode")
-	help     = flags.Bool("h", false, "print help")
-	version  = flags.Bool("version", false, "print version")
-	certfile = flags.String("certfile", "", "file path to root CA's certificates in pem format (only support on mysql)")
+	flags      = flag.NewFlagSet("goose", flag.ExitOnError)
+	dir        = flags.String("dir", ".", "directory with migration files")
+	table      = flags.String("table", "goose_db_version", "migrations table name")
+	verbose    = flags.Bool("v", false, "enable verbose mode")
+	help       = flags.Bool("h", false, "print help")
+	version    = flags.Bool("version", false, "print version")
+	certfile   = flags.String("certfile", "", "file path to root CA's certificates in pem format (only support on mysql)")
+	sequential = flags.Bool("s", false, "use sequential numbering for new migrations")
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ func main() {
 	if *verbose {
 		goose.SetVerbose(true)
 	}
+	if *sequential {
+		goose.SetSequential(true)
+	}
 	goose.SetTableName(*table)
 
 	args := flags.Args()
diff --git a/create.go b/create.go
index 55fe5409a..d361070f1 100644
--- a/create.go
+++ b/create.go
@@ -16,9 +16,38 @@ type tmplVars struct {
 	CamelName string
 }
 
+var (
+	sequential = false
+)
+
+// SetSequential set whether to use sequential versioning instead of timestamp based versioning
+func SetSequential(s bool) {
+	sequential = s
+}
+
 // Create writes a new blank migration file.
 func CreateWithTemplate(db *sql.DB, dir string, tmpl *template.Template, name, migrationType string) error {
-	version := time.Now().Format(timestampFormat)
+	var version string
+	if sequential {
+		migrations, err := CollectMigrations(dir, minVersion, maxVersion)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		vMigrations, err := migrations.versioned()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if last, err := vMigrations.Last(); err == nil {
+			version = fmt.Sprintf(seqVersionTemplate, last.Version+1)
+		} else {
+			version = fmt.Sprintf(seqVersionTemplate, int64(1))
+		}
+	} else {
+		version = time.Now().Format(timestampFormat)
+	}
+
 	filename := fmt.Sprintf("%v_%v.%v", version, snakeCase(name), migrationType)
 
 	if tmpl == nil {
diff --git a/create_test.go b/create_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d243e211a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/create_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package goose
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestSequential(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "tmptest")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)               // clean up
+	defer os.Remove("./bin/create-goose") // clean up
+
+	commands := []string{
+		"go build -o ./bin/create-goose ./cmd/goose",
+		fmt.Sprintf("./bin/create-goose -s -dir=%s create create_table", dir),
+		fmt.Sprintf("./bin/create-goose -s -dir=%s create add_users", dir),
+		fmt.Sprintf("./bin/create-goose -s -dir=%s create add_indices", dir),
+		fmt.Sprintf("./bin/create-goose -s -dir=%s create update_users", dir),
+	}
+
+	for _, cmd := range commands {
+		args := strings.Split(cmd, " ")
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
+		cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+		out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("%s:\n%v\n\n%s", err, cmd, out)
+		}
+	}
+
+	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// check that the files are in order
+	for i, f := range files {
+		expected := fmt.Sprintf("%05v", i+1)
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(f.Name(), expected) {
+			t.Errorf("failed to find %s prefix in %s", expected, f.Name())
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fix.go b/fix.go
index dcd801000..20eaeea20 100644
--- a/fix.go
+++ b/fix.go
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+const seqVersionTemplate = "%05v"
+
 func Fix(dir string) error {
 	migrations, err := CollectMigrations(dir, minVersion, maxVersion)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -32,7 +34,12 @@ func Fix(dir string) error {
 	// fix filenames by replacing timestamps with sequential versions
 	for _, tsm := range tsMigrations {
 		oldPath := tsm.Source
-		newPath := strings.Replace(oldPath, fmt.Sprintf("%d", tsm.Version), fmt.Sprintf("%05v", version), 1)
+		newPath := strings.Replace(
+			oldPath,
+			fmt.Sprintf("%d", tsm.Version),
+			fmt.Sprintf(seqVersionTemplate, version),
+			1,
+		)
 
 		if err := os.Rename(oldPath, newPath); err != nil {
 			return err