diff --git a/mdbx.h b/mdbx.h
index 2af8b66f..ae9e5ca5 100644
--- a/mdbx.h
+++ b/mdbx.h
@@ -1759,6 +1759,9 @@ LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_dbi_open_ex(MDB_txn *txn, const char *name, unsigned flags,
                                  MDB_dbi *dbi, MDB_cmp_func *keycmp,
                                  MDB_cmp_func *datacmp);
 
+LIBMDBX_API int mdbx_dbi_sequence(MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, uint64_t *result,
+                                  uint64_t increment);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/bits.h b/src/bits.h
index 70cfaa48..c57fa8c3 100644
--- a/src/bits.h
+++ b/src/bits.h
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ typedef struct MDB_db {
   uint32_t md_xsize;        /**< also ksize for LEAF2 pages */
   uint16_t md_flags;        /**< @ref mdbx_dbi_open */
   uint16_t md_depth;        /**< depth of this tree */
+  uint64_t md_seq;          /* table sequence counter */
   pgno_t md_branch_pages;   /**< number of internal pages */
   pgno_t md_leaf_pages;     /**< number of leaf pages */
   pgno_t md_overflow_pages; /**< number of overflow pages */
diff --git a/src/mdbx.c b/src/mdbx.c
index eb29d3ab..d48994be 100644
--- a/src/mdbx.c
+++ b/src/mdbx.c
@@ -9073,6 +9073,7 @@ int mdbx_drop(MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, int del) {
     txn->mt_dbs[dbi].md_overflow_pages = 0;
     txn->mt_dbs[dbi].md_entries = 0;
     txn->mt_dbs[dbi].md_root = P_INVALID;
+    txn->mt_dbs[dbi].md_seq = 0;
 
     txn->mt_flags |= MDB_TXN_DIRTY;
   }
@@ -10241,3 +10242,41 @@ int mdbx_dbi_open_ex(MDB_txn *txn, const char *name, unsigned flags,
   }
   return rc;
 }
+
+int mdbx_dbi_sequence(MDB_txn *txn, MDB_dbi dbi, uint64_t *result,
+                      uint64_t increment) {
+  if (unlikely(!txn))
+    return EINVAL;
+
+  if (unlikely(txn->mt_signature != MDBX_MT_SIGNATURE))
+    return MDBX_EBADSIGN;
+
+  if (unlikely(!TXN_DBI_EXIST(txn, dbi, DB_USRVALID)))
+    return EINVAL;
+
+  if (unlikely(TXN_DBI_CHANGED(txn, dbi)))
+    return MDB_BAD_DBI;
+
+  MDB_db *dbs = &txn->mt_dbs[dbi];
+  if (likely(result))
+    *result = dbs->md_seq;
+
+  if (likely(increment > 0)) {
+    if (unlikely(txn->mt_flags & MDB_TXN_BLOCKED))
+      return MDB_BAD_TXN;
+
+    if (unlikely(F_ISSET(txn->mt_flags, MDB_TXN_RDONLY)))
+      return EACCES;
+
+    uint64_t new = dbs->md_seq + increment;
+    if (unlikely(new < increment))
+      return MDBX_RESULT_TRUE;
+
+    assert(new > dbs->md_seq);
+    dbs->md_seq = new;
+    txn->mt_flags |= MDB_TXN_DIRTY;
+    txn->mt_dbflags[dbi] |= DB_DIRTY;
+  }
+
+  return MDB_SUCCESS;
+}