diff --git a/openstack/db/v1/databases/requests.go b/openstack/db/v1/databases/requests.go
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+package databases
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/racker/perigee"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/pagination"
+)
+
+type CreateOptsBuilder interface {
+	ToDBCreateMap() (map[string]interface{}, error)
+}
+
+// DatabaseOpts is the struct responsible for configuring a database; often in
+// the context of an instance.
+type CreateOpts struct {
+	// Specifies the name of the database. Optional.
+	Name string
+
+	// Set of symbols and encodings. Optional; the default character set is utf8.
+	CharSet string
+
+	// Set of rules for comparing characters in a character set. Optional; the
+	// default value for collate is utf8_general_ci.
+	Collate string
+}
+
+func (opts CreateOpts) ToMap() (map[string]string, error) {
+	if opts.Name == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Name is a required field")
+	}
+	if len(opts.Name) > 64 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Name must be less than 64 chars long")
+	}
+
+	db := map[string]string{"name": opts.Name}
+
+	if opts.CharSet != "" {
+		db["character_set"] = opts.CharSet
+	}
+	if opts.Collate != "" {
+		db["collate"] = opts.Collate
+	}
+	return db, nil
+}
+
+type BatchCreateOpts []CreateOpts
+
+func (opts BatchCreateOpts) ToDBCreateMap() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	var dbs []map[string]string
+	for _, db := range opts {
+		dbMap, err := db.ToMap()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		dbs = append(dbs, dbMap)
+	}
+	return map[string]interface{}{"databases": dbs}, nil
+}
+
+func Create(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, instanceID string, opts CreateOptsBuilder) CreateResult {
+	var res CreateResult
+
+	reqBody, err := opts.ToDBCreateMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		res.Err = err
+		return res
+	}
+
+	resp, err := perigee.Request("POST", baseURL(client, instanceID), perigee.Options{
+		MoreHeaders: client.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
+		ReqBody:     &reqBody,
+		Results:     &res.Body,
+		OkCodes:     []int{202},
+	})
+
+	res.Header = resp.HttpResponse.Header
+	res.Err = err
+
+	return res
+}
+
+func List(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, instanceID string) pagination.Pager {
+	createPageFn := func(r pagination.PageResult) pagination.Page {
+		return DBPage{pagination.LinkedPageBase{PageResult: r}}
+	}
+
+	return pagination.NewPager(client, baseURL(client, instanceID), createPageFn)
+}
+
+func Delete(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, instanceID, dbName string) DeleteResult {
+	var res DeleteResult
+
+	resp, err := perigee.Request("DELETE", dbURL(client, instanceID, dbName), perigee.Options{
+		MoreHeaders: client.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
+		Results:     &res.Body,
+		OkCodes:     []int{202},
+	})
+
+	res.Header = resp.HttpResponse.Header
+	res.Err = err
+
+	return res
+}