diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/skeleton.perl b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/skeleton.perl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e265bf623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/atomicupdate/skeleton.perl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+use C4::Installer;
+my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
+$DBversion = '16.06.00.XXX';
+if (C4::Context->preference("Version") < TransformToNum($DBversion)) {
+    unless( column_exists( 'biblio', 'biblionumber' ) ) { # or constraint_exists( $table_name, $key_name )
+        warn "There is something wrong";
+    }
+    SetVersion ($DBversion);
+    print "Upgrade to $DBversion done (Bug XXXXX - description)\n";
+}
diff --git a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
index 7666dbc8ec..929dce5cf4 100755
--- a/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
+++ b/installer/data/mysql/updatedatabase.pl
@@ -13585,6 +13585,7 @@ my $update_dir = C4::Context->config('intranetdir') . '/installer/data/mysql/ato
 opendir( my $dirh, $update_dir );
 foreach my $file ( sort readdir $dirh ) {
     next if $file !~ /\.(sql|perl)$/;  #skip other files
+    next if $file eq 'skeleton.perl'; # skip the skeleton file
     print "DEV atomic update: $file\n";
     if ( $file =~ /\.sql$/ ) {
         my $installer = C4::Installer->new();