diff --git a/srht-migrate b/srht-migrate
index c983751..c036d4f 100755
--- a/srht-migrate
+++ b/srht-migrate
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 import srht.alembic
 import sys
 from srht.database import alembic
-alembic(sys.argv[1], srht.alembic)
+alembic(sys.argv[1], srht.alembic, sys.argv[2:])
diff --git a/srht/database.py b/srht/database.py
index 205c7cd..7552c6b 100644
--- a/srht/database.py
+++ b/srht/database.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class DbSession():
     def create(self):
         Base.metadata.create_all(bind=self.engine)
 
-def alembic(site, alembic_module):
+def alembic(site, alembic_module, argv=None):
     """
     Automatically rigs up the Alembic config and shells out to it.
     """
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ def alembic(site, alembic_module):
         help="Specify -a to check config for automatic migrations and abort if "
             "unset (generally only package post-upgrade scripts will specify "
             "this)")
-    options = cmdline.parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    if argv == None:
+        argv = sys.argv[1:]
+    options = cmdline.parser.parse_args(argv)
     if options.auto:
         if cfg(site, "migrate-on-upgrade", default="no") != "yes":
             print("Skipping automatic database migrations")