diff --git a/migrate/tests/versioning/test_script.py b/migrate/tests/versioning/test_script.py
index 183eb7e..c26b03b 100644
--- a/migrate/tests/versioning/test_script.py
+++ b/migrate/tests/versioning/test_script.py
@@ -269,5 +269,5 @@ class TestSqlScript(fixture.Pathed, fixture.DB):
 
         # run the change
         sqls = SqlScript(src)
-        sqls.run(self.engine, executemany=False)
+        sqls.run(self.engine)
         tmp_sql_table.metadata.drop_all(self.engine, checkfirst=True)
diff --git a/migrate/versioning/script/sql.py b/migrate/versioning/script/sql.py
index 40d628f..70b49ec 100644
--- a/migrate/versioning/script/sql.py
+++ b/migrate/versioning/script/sql.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import logging
 import shutil
 
+import sqlparse
+
 from migrate.versioning.script import base
 from migrate.versioning.template import Template
 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ class SqlScript(base.BaseScript):
         return cls(path)
 
     # TODO: why is step parameter even here?
-    def run(self, engine, step=None, executemany=True):
+    def run(self, engine, step=None):
         """Runs SQL script through raw dbapi execute call"""
         text = self.source()
         # Don't rely on SA's autocommit here
@@ -34,13 +36,13 @@ class SqlScript(base.BaseScript):
         try:
             trans = conn.begin()
             try:
-                # HACK: SQLite doesn't allow multiple statements through
-                # its execute() method, but it provides executescript() instead
-                dbapi = conn.engine.raw_connection()
-                if executemany and getattr(dbapi, 'executescript', None):
-                    dbapi.executescript(text)
-                else:
-                    conn.execute(text)
+                # NOTE(ihrachys): script may contain multiple statements, and
+                # not all drivers reliably handle multistatement queries or
+                # commands passed to .execute(), so split them and execute one
+                # by one
+                for statement in sqlparse.split(text):
+                    if statement:
+                        conn.execute(statement)
                 trans.commit()
             except Exception as e:
                 log.error("SQL script %s failed: %s", self.path, e)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 17a1932..a3c1d8a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ pbr>=0.5.21,<1.0
 SQLAlchemy>=0.7.8
 decorator
 six>=1.4.1
+sqlparse
 Tempita >= 0.4