diff --git a/bucket.go b/bucket.go
index 414d260..9c9ee29 100644
--- a/bucket.go
+++ b/bucket.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type Bucket struct {
 // bucket represents the on-file representation of a bucket.
 type bucket struct {
 	root pgid
+	sequence uint64
 }
 
 // Name returns the name of the bucket.
diff --git a/buckets.go b/buckets.go
index bb4b960..6d9f27c 100644
--- a/buckets.go
+++ b/buckets.go
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ func (b *buckets) read(p *page) {
 
 	// Associate keys and items.
 	for index, key := range keys {
-		b.items[key] = &bucket{items[index].root}
+		b.items[key] = &bucket{
+			root: items[index].root,
+			sequence: items[index].sequence,
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index bb9bbf6..a25e41a 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -384,6 +384,25 @@ func (db *DB) DeleteBucket(name string) error {
 	return t.Commit()
 }
 
+// NextSequence returns an autoincrementing integer for the bucket.
+// This function can return an error if the bucket does not exist.
+func (db *DB) NextSequence(name string) (int, error) {
+	t, err := db.RWTransaction()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	seq, err := t.NextSequence(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Rollback()
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	if err := t.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return seq, nil
+}
+
 // Get retrieves the value for a key in a bucket.
 // Returns an error if the key does not exist.
 func (db *DB) Get(name string, key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
diff --git a/rwtransaction.go b/rwtransaction.go
index 92d05a8..568960a 100644
--- a/rwtransaction.go
+++ b/rwtransaction.go
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ func (t *RWTransaction) DeleteBucket(name string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// NextSequence returns an autoincrementing integer for the bucket.
+func (t *RWTransaction) NextSequence(name string) (int, error) {
+	// Check if bucket already exists.
+	b := t.Bucket(name)
+	if b == nil {
+		return 0, BucketNotFoundError
+	}
+
+	// Increment and return the sequence.
+	b.bucket.sequence++
+
+	return int(b.bucket.sequence), nil
+}
+
 // Put sets the value for a key inside of the named bucket.
 // If the key exist then its previous value will be overwritten.
 // Returns an error if the bucket is not found, if the key is blank, if the key is too large, or if the value is too large.
diff --git a/rwtransaction_test.go b/rwtransaction_test.go
index 1ce3f70..fa254d8 100644
--- a/rwtransaction_test.go
+++ b/rwtransaction_test.go
@@ -72,6 +72,32 @@ func TestRWTransactionDeleteBucket(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Skip("pending") // TODO(benbjohnson)
 }
 
+// Ensure that a bucket can return an autoincrementing sequence.
+func TestRWTransactionNextSequence(t *testing.T) {
+	withOpenDB(func(db *DB, path string) {
+		db.CreateBucket("widgets")
+		db.CreateBucket("woojits")
+
+		// Make sure sequence increments.
+		seq, err := db.NextSequence("widgets")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, seq, 1)
+		seq, err = db.NextSequence("widgets")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, seq, 2)
+
+		// Buckets should be separate.
+		seq, err = db.NextSequence("woojits")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, seq, 1)
+
+		// Missing buckets return an error.
+		seq, err = db.NextSequence("no_such_bucket")
+		assert.Equal(t, err, BucketNotFoundError)
+		assert.Equal(t, seq, 0)
+	})
+}
+
 // Ensure that an error is returned when inserting into a bucket that doesn't exist.
 func TestRWTransactionPutBucketNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Skip("pending") // TODO(benbjohnson)