diff --git a/internal/dbtest/query_test.go b/internal/dbtest/query_test.go
index 8a3ce3ff4..6921e02b2 100644
--- a/internal/dbtest/query_test.go
+++ b/internal/dbtest/query_test.go
@@ -600,6 +600,12 @@ func TestQuery(t *testing.T) {
 		func(db *bun.DB) schema.QueryAppender {
 			return db.NewInsert().Model(&Model{Str: "hello"}).On("DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE")
 		},
+		func(db *bun.DB) schema.QueryAppender {
+			return db.NewAddColumn().Model(new(Model)).
+				ModelTableExpr("mytable").
+				IfNotExists().
+				ColumnExpr("column_name VARCHAR(123)")
+		},
 	}
 
 	timeRE := regexp.MustCompile(`'\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d+(\+\d{2}:\d{2})?'`)
diff --git a/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-mysql5-98 b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-mysql5-98
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1671bbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-mysql5-98
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE mytable ADD IF NOT EXISTS column_name VARCHAR(123)
diff --git a/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-mysql8-98 b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-mysql8-98
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1671bbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-mysql8-98
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE mytable ADD IF NOT EXISTS column_name VARCHAR(123)
diff --git a/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-pg-98 b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-pg-98
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1671bbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-pg-98
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE mytable ADD IF NOT EXISTS column_name VARCHAR(123)
diff --git a/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-pgx-98 b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-pgx-98
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1671bbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-pgx-98
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE mytable ADD IF NOT EXISTS column_name VARCHAR(123)
diff --git a/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-sqlite-98 b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-sqlite-98
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1671bbcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/dbtest/testdata/snapshots/TestQuery-sqlite-98
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE mytable ADD IF NOT EXISTS column_name VARCHAR(123)
diff --git a/query_column_add.go b/query_column_add.go
index 30d76e610..dff514904 100644
--- a/query_column_add.go
+++ b/query_column_add.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 
 type AddColumnQuery struct {
 	baseQuery
+
+	ifNotExists bool
 }
 
 func NewAddColumnQuery(db *DB) *AddColumnQuery {
@@ -59,6 +61,11 @@ func (q *AddColumnQuery) ColumnExpr(query string, args ...interface{}) *AddColum
 	return q
 }
 
+func (q *AddColumnQuery) IfNotExists() *AddColumnQuery {
+	q.ifNotExists = true
+	return q
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 func (q *AddColumnQuery) Operation() string {
@@ -82,6 +89,10 @@ func (q *AddColumnQuery) AppendQuery(fmter schema.Formatter, b []byte) (_ []byte
 
 	b = append(b, " ADD "...)
 
+	if q.ifNotExists {
+		b = append(b, "IF NOT EXISTS "...)
+	}
+
 	b, err = q.columns[0].AppendQuery(fmter, b)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -99,11 +110,5 @@ func (q *AddColumnQuery) Exec(ctx context.Context, dest ...interface{}) (sql.Res
 	}
 
 	query := internal.String(queryBytes)
-
-	res, err := q.exec(ctx, q, query)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return res, nil
+	return q.exec(ctx, q, query)
 }