diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index f85860a92..7dbccdb9f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Version 1.1.9 work in progress
 - Enh #2604: CArrayDataProvider::keyField can now be set to false to use keys from $rawData array instead of a named keyField (creocoder, Sam Dark)
 - Enh #2637: Related table alias set dynamically in relational query is now available in the scopes of related model (creocoder, Sam Dark)
 - Enh #2654: Enhanced CUrlManager::addRules() by allowing new rules to be inserted in front of the existing rules (Qiang)
+- Enh #2717: Extracted MigrateCommand::createMigrationHistoryTable method from MigrateCommand::getMigrationHistory (Sam Dark)
 - Enh: Documented CModule accessors with @property for better IDE autocomplete (Sam Dark)
 - Enh: Added CWebUser->loginRequiredAjaxResponse - value to be returned for ajax calls in case the user session has expired (mdomba)
 
diff --git a/framework/cli/commands/MigrateCommand.php b/framework/cli/commands/MigrateCommand.php
index 14b5b3ad3..312cb7ed8 100644
--- a/framework/cli/commands/MigrateCommand.php
+++ b/framework/cli/commands/MigrateCommand.php
@@ -425,16 +425,7 @@ class MigrateCommand extends CConsoleCommand
 		$db=$this->getDbConnection();
 		if($db->schema->getTable($this->migrationTable)===null)
 		{
-			echo 'Creating migration history table "'.$this->migrationTable.'"...';
-			$db->createCommand()->createTable($this->migrationTable, array(
-				'version'=>'string NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY',
-				'apply_time'=>'integer',
-			));
-			$db->createCommand()->insert($this->migrationTable, array(
-				'version'=>self::BASE_MIGRATION,
-				'apply_time'=>time(),
-			));
-			echo "done.\n";
+			$this->createMigrationHistoryTable();
 		}
 		return CHtml::listData($db->createCommand()
 			->select('version, apply_time')
@@ -444,6 +435,21 @@ class MigrateCommand extends CConsoleCommand
 			->queryAll(), 'version', 'apply_time');
 	}
 
+	protected function createMigrationHistoryTable()
+	{
+		$db=$this->getDbConnection();
+		echo 'Creating migration history table "'.$this->migrationTable.'"...';
+		$db->createCommand()->createTable($this->migrationTable,array(
+			'version'=>'string NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY',
+			'apply_time'=>'integer',
+		));
+		$db->createCommand()->insert($this->migrationTable,array(
+			'version'=>self::BASE_MIGRATION,
+			'apply_time'=>time(),
+		));
+		echo "done.\n";
+	}
+
 	protected function getNewMigrations()
 	{
 		$applied=array();