diff --git a/kvdb-rocksdb/CHANGELOG.md b/kvdb-rocksdb/CHANGELOG.md
index 148f0815d..a1594f876 100644
--- a/kvdb-rocksdb/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/kvdb-rocksdb/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog].
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.13.0] - 2021-08-04
+### Breaking
+- `DatabaseConfig` is now `#[non_exhaustive]`. [#576](https://github.com/paritytech/parity-common/pull/576)
+- Added `create_if_missing` to `DatabaseConfig`. [#576](https://github.com/paritytech/parity-common/pull/576)
+
 ## [0.12.1] - 2021-07-30
 - Bumped `rocksdb` to 0.17. [#573](https://github.com/paritytech/parity-common/pull/573)
 
diff --git a/kvdb-rocksdb/Cargo.toml b/kvdb-rocksdb/Cargo.toml
index 400ae7f52..c4c7588ca 100644
--- a/kvdb-rocksdb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kvdb-rocksdb/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "kvdb-rocksdb"
-version = "0.12.1"
+version = "0.13.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 repository = "https://github.com/paritytech/parity-common"
 description = "kvdb implementation backed by RocksDB"
diff --git a/kvdb-rocksdb/src/lib.rs b/kvdb-rocksdb/src/lib.rs
index 03a4eafe5..9089d4cf0 100644
--- a/kvdb-rocksdb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kvdb-rocksdb/src/lib.rs
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ impl CompactionProfile {
 
 /// Database configuration
 #[derive(Clone)]
+#[non_exhaustive]
 pub struct DatabaseConfig {
 	/// Max number of open files.
 	pub max_open_files: i32,
@@ -180,6 +181,9 @@ pub struct DatabaseConfig {
 	/// Limit the size (in bytes) of write ahead logs
 	/// More info: https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Write-Ahead-Log
 	pub max_total_wal_size: Option<u64>,
+	/// Creates a new database if no database exists.
+	/// Set to `true` by default for backwards compatibility.
+	pub create_if_missing: bool,
 }
 
 impl DatabaseConfig {
@@ -233,6 +237,7 @@ impl Default for DatabaseConfig {
 			enable_statistics: false,
 			secondary: None,
 			max_total_wal_size: None,
+			create_if_missing: true,
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -325,7 +330,7 @@ fn generate_options(config: &DatabaseConfig) -> Options {
 		opts.enable_statistics();
 	}
 	opts.set_use_fsync(false);
-	opts.create_if_missing(true);
+	opts.create_if_missing(config.create_if_missing);
 	if config.secondary.is_some() {
 		opts.set_max_open_files(-1)
 	} else {
@@ -376,7 +381,7 @@ fn generate_block_based_options(config: &DatabaseConfig) -> io::Result<BlockBase
 impl Database {
 	const CORRUPTION_FILE_NAME: &'static str = "CORRUPTED";
 
-	/// Open database file. Creates if it does not exist.
+	/// Open database file.
 	///
 	/// # Safety
 	///
@@ -921,6 +926,7 @@ mod tests {
 			enable_statistics: false,
 			secondary: None,
 			max_total_wal_size: None,
+			create_if_missing: true,
 		};
 
 		let db = Database::open(&config, tempdir.path().to_str().unwrap()).unwrap();