diff --git a/debian/docs/koha-mysqlcheck.xml b/debian/docs/koha-mysqlcheck.xml
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+<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
+<title>koha-mysqlcheck</title>
+<info>
+<productname>Koha</productname> is the first free software library automation package.
+<author>
+  <orgname>The Koha Community</orgname>
+  <uri>http://koha-community.org/</uri>
+</author>
+</info>
+
+<refentry xml:id="koha-mysqlcheck">
+
+  <refmeta>
+    <refentrytitle>koha-mysqlcheck</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv>
+    <refname>koha-mysqlcheck</refname>
+    <refpurpose>Run <command>mysqlcheck</command> on the database of the specified Koha instance.</refpurpose>
+    <refclass>UNIX/Linux</refclass>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <refsynopsisdiv>
+    <cmdsynopsis>
+      <command>koha-mysqlcheck</command> <arg><option>...</option></arg> <arg choice="req" rep="norepeat"><replaceable>instancename</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
+  <para>Run <command>mysqlcheck</command> on the database of the specified Koha instance.</para>
+  <para>Any arguments provided before the name of the instance are passed directly to <command>mysqlcheck</command>. This means that all the operations of <command>mysqlcheck</command> are available through this script.</para>
+  </refsect1>
+
+  <refsect1><title>See also</title>
+  <simplelist type="inline">
+    <member><command>mysqlcheck(1)</command></member>
+    <member><command>koha-mysql(8)</command></member>
+  </simplelist>
+  </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>
+
+</article>
diff --git a/debian/scripts/koha-mysqlcheck b/debian/scripts/koha-mysqlcheck
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# koha-mysqlcheck: run mysqlcheck on the database of the specified Koha instance.
+# Copyright 2013 Magnus Enger Librioech
+# Based on koha-mysql, which is Copyright 2011  Catalyst IT, Ltd
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set -e
+
+umask 0077
+
+die() {
+    echo "$@" 1>&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# Parse command line.
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+    die "Usage: $0 [options] instancename"
+fi
+
+# Separate any arguments from the instance name
+array=($@)
+len=${#array[@]}
+name=${array[$len-1]}
+args=${array[@]:0:$len-1}
+
+kohaconfig="/etc/koha/sites/$name/koha-conf.xml"
+
+mysqlhost="$( xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'yazgfs/config/hostname' $kohaconfig )"
+mysqldb="$(   xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'yazgfs/config/database' $kohaconfig )"
+mysqluser="$( xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'yazgfs/config/user'     $kohaconfig )"
+mysqlpass="$( xmlstarlet sel -t -v 'yazgfs/config/pass'     $kohaconfig )"
+
+mysqlcheck --host="$mysqlhost" --user="$mysqluser" --password="$mysqlpass" \
+    $args "$mysqldb"