diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2469b8ea..3e3c4c75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,8 +148,14 @@ const umzug = new Umzug({
     // read raw sql etc.
     // See https://github.com/sequelize/umzug/tree/master/test/fixtures
     // for examples.
-    customResolver: function (sqlPath)  {
-        return { up: () => sequelize.query(require('fs').readFileSync(sqlPath, 'utf8')) }
+    customResolver: function (sqlPath) {
+        return { up: () => sequelize.query(require('fs').readFileSync(sqlPath, 'utf8')) };
+    }
+
+    // A function that receives the file path of the migration and returns the name of the 
+    // migration. This can be used to remove file extensions for example.
+    nameFormatter: function (filePath) {
+        return path.parse(filePath).name;
     }
   }
 })
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 42ec76dc..c9e34940 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ module.exports = class Umzug extends EventEmitter {
    * function that specifies how to get a migration object from a path. This
    * should return an object of the form { up: Function, down: Function }.
    * Without this defined, a regular javascript import will be performed.
+   * @param {Migration~nameFormatter} [options.migrations.nameFormatter] - A
+   * function that receives the file path of the migration and returns the name
+   * of the migration. This can be used to remove file extensions for example.
    * @constructs Umzug
    */
   constructor (options = {}) {
@@ -155,7 +158,7 @@ module.exports = class Umzug extends EventEmitter {
    * @returns {Promise.<Migration>}
    */
   executed () {
-    return Bluebird.resolve(this.storage.executed()).bind(this).map((file) => new Migration(file));
+    return Bluebird.resolve(this.storage.executed()).bind(this).map((file) => new Migration(file, this.options));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/migration.js b/src/migration.js
index bff190ed..89ea4d29 100644
--- a/src/migration.js
+++ b/src/migration.js
@@ -29,12 +29,25 @@ module.exports = class Migration {
    * function that specifies how to get a migration object from a path. This
    * should return an object of the form { up: Function, down: Function }.
    * Without this defined, a regular javascript import will be performed.
+   * @param {Migration~nameFormatter} [options.migrations.nameFormatter] - A
+   * function that receives the file path of the migration and returns the name
+   * of the migration. This can be used to remove file extensions for example.
    * @constructs Migration
    */
-  constructor (path, options) {
+  constructor (path, options = {}) {
     this.path = _path.resolve(path);
-    this.file = _path.basename(this.path);
-    this.options = options;
+    this.options = {
+      ...options,
+      migrations: {
+        nameFormatter: (path) => _path.basename(path),
+        ...options.migrations,
+      },
+    };
+
+    this.file = this.options.migrations.nameFormatter(this.path);
+    if (typeof this.file !== 'string') {
+      throw new Error(`Unexpected migration formatter result for '${this.path}': expected string, got ${typeof this.file}`);
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -92,7 +105,8 @@ module.exports = class Migration {
    * @returns {boolean}
    */
   testFileName (needle) {
-    return this.file.indexOf(needle) === 0;
+    const formattedNeedle = this.options.migrations.nameFormatter(needle);
+    return this.file.indexOf(formattedNeedle) === 0;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/fixtures/index.js b/test/fixtures/index.js
index 44349362..d14efa1f 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/index.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
-import { resolve, dirname, join } from 'path';
+import { resolve, dirname, join, parse } from 'path';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import Sequelize from 'sequelize';
 import typescript from 'typescript';
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ describe('custom resolver', () => {
           ],
           pattern: this.pattern,
           customResolver: this.customResolver,
+          nameFormatter: (path) => parse(path).name,
         },
         storage: 'sequelize',
         storageOptions: {
@@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ describe('custom resolver', () => {
 
       expect(tables.sort()).to.deep.equal(['SequelizeMeta', 'thing', 'user']);
     };
+    this.verifyMeta = async () => {
+      const [meta] = await this.sequelize.query('select * from `SequelizeMeta`');
+
+      expect(meta).to.deep.equal([ { name: '1.users' }, { name: '2.things' } ]);
+    };
   });
 
   it('resolves javascript files if no custom resolver is defined', async function () {
@@ -59,6 +65,7 @@ describe('custom resolver', () => {
     await this.umzug().up();
 
     await this.verifyTables();
+    await this.verifyMeta();
   });
 
   it('an array of migrations created manually can be passed in', async function () {
@@ -69,6 +76,7 @@ describe('custom resolver', () => {
           downName: 'down',
           migrations: {
             wrap: fn => () => fn(this.sequelize.getQueryInterface(), this.sequelize.constructor),
+            nameFormatter: (path) => parse(path).name,
           },
         }),
         new Migration(require.resolve('./javascript/2.things'), {
@@ -76,6 +84,7 @@ describe('custom resolver', () => {
           downName: 'down',
           migrations: {
             wrap: fn => () => fn(this.sequelize.getQueryInterface(), this.sequelize.constructor),
+            nameFormatter: (path) => parse(path).name,
           },
         }),
       ],
@@ -89,6 +98,7 @@ describe('custom resolver', () => {
     await umzug.up();
 
     await this.verifyTables();
+    await this.verifyMeta();
   });
 
   it('can resolve sql files', async function () {
@@ -101,6 +111,7 @@ describe('custom resolver', () => {
     await this.umzug().up();
 
     await this.verifyTables();
+    await this.verifyMeta();
   });
 
   it('can resolve typescript files', async function () {
@@ -120,6 +131,7 @@ describe('custom resolver', () => {
     await this.umzug().up();
 
     await this.verifyTables();
+    await this.verifyMeta();
   });
 
   it('can resolve coffeescript files', async function () {
@@ -139,5 +151,6 @@ describe('custom resolver', () => {
     await this.umzug().up();
 
     await this.verifyTables();
+    await this.verifyMeta();
   });
 });