diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f5bf7289a..ec1aa7128 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -249,6 +249,14 @@ list:
 		grep -v Makefile | \
 		sort
 
+sqlc:
+	@$(call print, "Generating sql models and queries in Go")
+	./scripts/gen_sqlc_docker.sh
+
+sqlc-check: sqlc
+	@$(call print, "Verifying sql code generation.")
+	if test -n "$$(git status --porcelain '*.go')"; then echo "SQL models not properly generated!"; git status --porcelain '*.go'; exit 1; fi
+
 rpc:
 	@$(call print, "Compiling protos.")
 	cd ./lnrpc; ./gen_protos_docker.sh
diff --git a/scripts/gen_sqlc_docker.sh b/scripts/gen_sqlc_docker.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9c8e88487
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gen_sqlc_docker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Directory of the script file, independent of where it's called from.
+DIR="$(cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd)"
+# Use the user's cache directories
+GOCACHE=`go env GOCACHE`
+GOMODCACHE=`go env GOMODCACHE`
+
+echo "Generating sql models and queries in go..."
+
+docker run \
+  --rm \
+  --user "$UID:$(id -g)" \
+  -e UID=$UID \
+  -v "$DIR/../:/build" \
+  -w /build \
+  kjconroy/sqlc:1.18.0 generate
diff --git a/sqlc.yaml b/sqlc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2df372db1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+version: "2"
+sql:
+  - engine: "postgresql"
+    schema: "sqldb/sqlc/migrations"
+    queries: "sqldb/sqlc/queries"
+    gen:
+      go:
+        out: sqldb/sqlc
+        package: sqlc
+        emit_interface: true