diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8e23a43c7..cad350418 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ echo-database:
 	@echo "$(DATABASE)"
 
 
+lint:
+	golangci-lint run -c .golangci.yml
+
 define external_deps
 	@echo '-- $(1)';  go list -f '{{join .Deps "\n"}}' $(1) | grep -v github.com/$(REPO_OWNER)/migrate | xargs go list -f '{{if not .Standard}}{{.ImportPath}}{{end}}'
 
@@ -113,7 +116,8 @@ endef
 
 .PHONY: build build-docker build-cli clean test-short test test-with-flags html-coverage \
         restore-import-paths rewrite-import-paths list-external-deps release \
-		docs kill-docs open-docs kill-orphaned-docker-containers echo-source echo-database
+		docs kill-docs open-docs kill-orphaned-docker-containers echo-source echo-database \
+		lint
 
 SHELL = /bin/sh
 RAND = $(shell echo $$RANDOM)
diff --git a/database/multistmt/parse.go b/database/multistmt/parse.go
index 9a045767d..b1c2f9093 100644
--- a/database/multistmt/parse.go
+++ b/database/multistmt/parse.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var StartBufSize = 4096
 // from the multi-statement migration should be parsed and handled.
 type Handler func(migration []byte) bool
 
-func splitWithDelimiter(delimiter []byte) func(d []byte, atEOF bool) (int, []byte, error) {
+func splitWithDelimiter(delimiter []byte) bufio.SplitFunc {
 	return func(d []byte, atEOF bool) (int, []byte, error) {
 		// SplitFunc inspired by bufio.ScanLines() implementation
 		if atEOF {
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ func splitWithDelimiter(delimiter []byte) func(d []byte, atEOF bool) (int, []byt
 	}
 }
 
-// Parse parses the given multi-statement migration
-func Parse(reader io.Reader, delimiter []byte, maxMigrationSize int, h Handler) error {
+type scanFuncFactory func(delimiter []byte) bufio.SplitFunc
+
+// parse parses the given multi-statement migration
+func parse(reader io.Reader, delimiter []byte, maxMigrationSize int, h Handler, factory scanFuncFactory) error {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
 	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, 0, StartBufSize), maxMigrationSize)
-	scanner.Split(splitWithDelimiter(delimiter))
+	scanner.Split(factory(delimiter))
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		cont := h(scanner.Bytes())
 		if !cont {
@@ -44,3 +46,8 @@ func Parse(reader io.Reader, delimiter []byte, maxMigrationSize int, h Handler)
 	}
 	return scanner.Err()
 }
+
+// Parse parses the given multi-statement migration
+func Parse(reader io.Reader, delimiter []byte, maxMigrationSize int, h Handler) error {
+	return parse(reader, delimiter, maxMigrationSize, h, splitWithDelimiter)
+}
diff --git a/database/multistmt/parse_postgres.go b/database/multistmt/parse_postgres.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a2990bdca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/multistmt/parse_postgres.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// Package multistmt provides methods for parsing multi-statement database migrations
+package multistmt
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"unicode"
+
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+)
+
+const dollar = '$'
+
+func isValidTagSymbol(r rune) bool {
+	return unicode.IsLetter(r) || unicode.IsDigit(r) || r == '_'
+}
+
+func pgSplitWithDelimiter(delimiter []byte) bufio.SplitFunc {
+	// https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-DOLLAR-QUOTING
+	// inside the dollar-quoted string, single quotes can be used without needing to
+	// be escaped. Indeed, no characters inside a dollar-quoted string are ever
+	// escaped: the string content is always written literally. Backslashes are not
+	// special, and neither are dollar signs, unless they are part of a sequence
+	// matching the opening tag.
+	//
+	// It is possible to nest dollar-quoted string constants by choosing different
+	// tags at each nesting level. This is most commonly used in writing function
+	// definitions
+	return func(d []byte, atEOF bool) (int, []byte, error) {
+		if atEOF {
+			if len(d) == 0 {
+				return 0, nil, nil
+			}
+
+			return len(d), d, nil
+		}
+
+		stack := [][]byte{delimiter}
+		maybeDollarQuoted := false
+		firstDollarPosition := 0
+
+		reader := bufio.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(d))
+		position := 0
+
+		for position < len(d) {
+			currentDelimiter := stack[len(stack)-1]
+
+			if len(d[position:]) >= len(currentDelimiter) {
+				if slices.Equal(d[position:position+len(currentDelimiter)], currentDelimiter) {
+					// pop delimiter from stack and fast-forward cursor and reader
+					stack = stack[:len(stack)-1]
+					position += len(currentDelimiter)
+					_, _ = io.ReadFull(reader, currentDelimiter)
+
+					if len(stack) != 0 {
+						continue
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			if len(stack) == 0 {
+				return position, d[:position], nil
+			}
+
+			r, size, err := reader.ReadRune()
+			if err != nil {
+				return position + size, d[:position+size], err
+			}
+
+			switch {
+			case r == dollar && !maybeDollarQuoted:
+				maybeDollarQuoted = true
+
+				firstDollarPosition = position
+			case r == dollar && maybeDollarQuoted:
+				stack = append(stack, d[firstDollarPosition:position+size])
+				maybeDollarQuoted = false
+			case !isValidTagSymbol(r) && maybeDollarQuoted:
+				maybeDollarQuoted = false
+			}
+
+			position += size
+		}
+
+		return 0, nil, nil
+	}
+}
+
+// PGParse parses the given multi-statement migration for PostgreSQL respecting the dollar-quoted strings
+func PGParse(reader io.Reader, delimiter []byte, maxMigrationSize int, h Handler) error {
+	return parse(reader, delimiter, maxMigrationSize, h, pgSplitWithDelimiter)
+}
diff --git a/database/multistmt/parse_postgres_test.go b/database/multistmt/parse_postgres_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49f920503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/multistmt/parse_postgres_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package multistmt_test
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/database/multistmt"
+)
+
+func TestPGParse(t *testing.T) {
+	createFunctionEmptyTagStmt := `CREATE FUNCTION set_new_id() RETURNS TRIGGER AS
+$$
+BEGIN
+	NEW.new_id := NEW.id;
+	RETURN NEW;
+END
+$$ LANGUAGE PLPGSQL;`
+
+	createFunctionStmt := `CREATE FUNCTION set_new_id() RETURNS TRIGGER AS
+$BODY$
+BEGIN
+	NEW.new_id := NEW.id;
+	RETURN NEW;
+END
+$BODY$ LANGUAGE PLPGSQL;`
+
+	createTriggerStmt := `CREATE TRIGGER set_new_id_trigger BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON mytable
+FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE set_new_id();`
+
+	nestedDollarQuotes := `$function$
+BEGIN
+    RETURN ($1 ~ $q$[\t\r\n\v\\]$q$);
+END;
+$function$;`
+
+	advancedCreateFunction := `CREATE FUNCTION check_password(uname TEXT, pass TEXT)
+RETURNS BOOLEAN AS $$
+DECLARE passed BOOLEAN;
+BEGIN
+        SELECT  (pwd = $2) INTO passed
+        FROM    pwds
+        WHERE   username = $1;
+
+        RETURN passed;
+END;
+$$  LANGUAGE plpgsql
+    SECURITY DEFINER
+    -- Set a secure search_path: trusted schema(s), then 'pg_temp'.
+    SET search_path = admin, pg_temp;`
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name        string
+		multiStmt   string
+		delimiter   string
+		expected    []string
+		expectedErr error
+	}{
+		{name: "single statement, no delimiter", multiStmt: "single statement, no delimiter", delimiter: ";",
+			expected: []string{"single statement, no delimiter"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		{name: "single statement, one delimiter", multiStmt: "single statement, one delimiter;", delimiter: ";",
+			expected: []string{"single statement, one delimiter;"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		{name: "two statements, no trailing delimiter", multiStmt: "statement one; statement two", delimiter: ";",
+			expected: []string{"statement one;", " statement two"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		{name: "two statements, with trailing delimiter", multiStmt: "statement one; statement two;", delimiter: ";",
+			expected: []string{"statement one;", " statement two;"}, expectedErr: nil},
+		{name: "singe statement with nested dollar-quoted string", multiStmt: nestedDollarQuotes, delimiter: ";",
+			expected: []string{nestedDollarQuotes}},
+		{name: "multiple statements with dollar-quoted strings", multiStmt: strings.Join([]string{createFunctionStmt,
+			createFunctionEmptyTagStmt, advancedCreateFunction, createTriggerStmt, nestedDollarQuotes}, ""),
+			delimiter: ";",
+			expected: []string{createFunctionStmt, createFunctionEmptyTagStmt, advancedCreateFunction,
+				createTriggerStmt, nestedDollarQuotes}},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			stmts := make([]string, 0, len(tc.expected))
+			err := multistmt.PGParse(strings.NewReader(tc.multiStmt), []byte(tc.delimiter), maxMigrationSize, func(b []byte) bool {
+				stmts = append(stmts, string(b))
+				return true
+			})
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedErr, err)
+			assert.Equal(t, tc.expected, stmts)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPGParseDiscontinue(t *testing.T) {
+	multiStmt := "statement one; statement two"
+	delimiter := ";"
+	expected := []string{"statement one;"}
+
+	stmts := make([]string, 0, len(expected))
+	err := multistmt.PGParse(strings.NewReader(multiStmt), []byte(delimiter), maxMigrationSize, func(b []byte) bool {
+		stmts = append(stmts, string(b))
+		return false
+	})
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, stmts)
+}
diff --git a/database/pgx/pgx.go b/database/pgx/pgx.go
index 7e42d29c9..9d12a626c 100644
--- a/database/pgx/pgx.go
+++ b/database/pgx/pgx.go
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ func (p *Postgres) releaseTableLock() error {
 func (p *Postgres) Run(migration io.Reader) error {
 	if p.config.MultiStatementEnabled {
 		var err error
-		if e := multistmt.Parse(migration, multiStmtDelimiter, p.config.MultiStatementMaxSize, func(m []byte) bool {
+		if e := multistmt.PGParse(migration, multiStmtDelimiter, p.config.MultiStatementMaxSize, func(m []byte) bool {
 			if err = p.runStatement(m); err != nil {
 				return false
 			}
diff --git a/database/pgx/pgx_test.go b/database/pgx/pgx_test.go
index 53e8e1d86..eb4ff4d1c 100644
--- a/database/pgx/pgx_test.go
+++ b/database/pgx/pgx_test.go
@@ -211,7 +211,13 @@ func TestMultipleStatementsInMultiStatementMode(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Error(err)
 			}
 		}()
-		if err := d.Run(strings.NewReader("CREATE TABLE foo (foo text); CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_foo ON foo (foo);")); err != nil {
+		if err := d.Run(strings.NewReader(`CREATE TABLE foo (foo text);
+CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_foo ON foo (foo);
+CREATE FUNCTION baz() RETURNS integer AS $$
+        BEGIN
+                RETURN 1;
+        END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;`)); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expected err to be nil, got %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -223,6 +229,15 @@ func TestMultipleStatementsInMultiStatementMode(t *testing.T) {
 		if !exists {
 			t.Fatalf("expected table bar to exist")
 		}
+
+		// make sure procedure exists
+		var proc string
+		if err := d.(*Postgres).conn.QueryRowContext(context.Background(), "SELECT 'baz'::regproc;").Scan(&proc); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if proc != "baz" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected procedure baz to exists")
+		}
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/database/pgx/v5/pgx.go b/database/pgx/v5/pgx.go
index 1b5a6ea7a..bd2bae40e 100644
--- a/database/pgx/v5/pgx.go
+++ b/database/pgx/v5/pgx.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (p *Postgres) Unlock() error {
 func (p *Postgres) Run(migration io.Reader) error {
 	if p.config.MultiStatementEnabled {
 		var err error
-		if e := multistmt.Parse(migration, multiStmtDelimiter, p.config.MultiStatementMaxSize, func(m []byte) bool {
+		if e := multistmt.PGParse(migration, multiStmtDelimiter, p.config.MultiStatementMaxSize, func(m []byte) bool {
 			if err = p.runStatement(m); err != nil {
 				return false
 			}
diff --git a/database/pgx/v5/pgx_test.go b/database/pgx/v5/pgx_test.go
index c7339c4fc..d247016d8 100644
--- a/database/pgx/v5/pgx_test.go
+++ b/database/pgx/v5/pgx_test.go
@@ -186,7 +186,13 @@ func TestMultipleStatementsInMultiStatementMode(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Error(err)
 			}
 		}()
-		if err := d.Run(strings.NewReader("CREATE TABLE foo (foo text); CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_foo ON foo (foo);")); err != nil {
+		if err := d.Run(strings.NewReader(`CREATE TABLE foo (foo text);
+CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_foo ON foo (foo);
+CREATE FUNCTION baz() RETURNS integer AS $$
+        BEGIN
+                RETURN 1;
+        END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;`)); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expected err to be nil, got %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -198,6 +204,15 @@ func TestMultipleStatementsInMultiStatementMode(t *testing.T) {
 		if !exists {
 			t.Fatalf("expected table bar to exist")
 		}
+
+		// make sure procedure exists
+		var proc string
+		if err := d.(*Postgres).conn.QueryRowContext(context.Background(), "SELECT 'baz'::regproc;").Scan(&proc); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if proc != "baz" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected procedure baz to exists")
+		}
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/database/postgres/postgres.go b/database/postgres/postgres.go
index 9e6d6277f..0d1f602d5 100644
--- a/database/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/database/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func (p *Postgres) Unlock() error {
 func (p *Postgres) Run(migration io.Reader) error {
 	if p.config.MultiStatementEnabled {
 		var err error
-		if e := multistmt.Parse(migration, multiStmtDelimiter, p.config.MultiStatementMaxSize, func(m []byte) bool {
+		if e := multistmt.PGParse(migration, multiStmtDelimiter, p.config.MultiStatementMaxSize, func(m []byte) bool {
 			if err = p.runStatement(m); err != nil {
 				return false
 			}
diff --git a/database/postgres/postgres_test.go b/database/postgres/postgres_test.go
index 65395cc7e..955ad0455 100644
--- a/database/postgres/postgres_test.go
+++ b/database/postgres/postgres_test.go
@@ -183,7 +183,14 @@ func TestMultipleStatementsInMultiStatementMode(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Error(err)
 			}
 		}()
-		if err := d.Run(strings.NewReader("CREATE TABLE foo (foo text); CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_foo ON foo (foo);")); err != nil {
+		if err := d.Run(strings.NewReader(`CREATE TABLE foo (foo text);
+CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_foo ON foo (foo);
+CREATE FUNCTION baz() RETURNS integer AS $$
+        BEGIN
+                RETURN 1;
+        END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+`)); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("expected err to be nil, got %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -195,6 +202,15 @@ func TestMultipleStatementsInMultiStatementMode(t *testing.T) {
 		if !exists {
 			t.Fatalf("expected table bar to exist")
 		}
+
+		// make sure procedure exists
+		var proc string
+		if err := d.(*Postgres).conn.QueryRowContext(context.Background(), "SELECT 'baz'::regproc;").Scan(&proc); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if proc != "baz" {
+			t.Fatalf("expected procedure baz to exists")
+		}
 	})
 }