diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceAutoConfiguration.java
index a917306a099..5224b70f506 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/jdbc/DataSourceAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ public class DataSourceAutoConfiguration implements EnvironmentAware {
 				populator.setContinueOnError(continueOnError);
 			}
 		}
+		populator.setSeparator(this.datasourceProperties.getProperty("separator", ";"));
 
 		if (exists) {
 			DatabasePopulatorUtils.execute(populator, this.dataSource);
diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
index 23fde8aab6e..1dedd17de1a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/appendix-application-properties.adoc
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ content into your application; rather pick only the properties that you need.
 	spring.datasource.schema= # a schema resource reference
 	spring.datasource.platform= # the platform to use in the schema resource (schema-${platform}.sql)
 	spring.datasource.continueOnError=false # continue even if can't be initialized
+	spring.datasource.separator=; # statement separator in SQL initialization scripts
 	spring.datasource.driverClassName= # JDBC Settings...
 	spring.datasource.url=
 	spring.datasource.username=