diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/sql/init/SqlInitializationAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/sql/init/SqlInitializationAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 3e5c4d6f8b..6bf4c04bda 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/sql/init/SqlInitializationAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/sql/init/SqlInitializationAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.sql.init;
 
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import io.r2dbc.spi.ConnectionFactory;
@@ -39,7 +36,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.test.context.FilteredClassLoader;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.runner.ApplicationContextRunner;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.init.DatabasePopulator;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -162,8 +158,7 @@ class SqlInitializationAutoConfigurationTests {
 			return new SqlDataSourceScriptDatabaseInitializer(null, new DatabaseInitializationSettings()) {
 
 				@Override
-				protected void runScripts(List<Resource> resources, boolean continueOnError, String separator,
-						Charset encoding) {
+				protected void runScripts(Scripts scripts) {
 					// No-op
 				}
 
@@ -185,8 +180,7 @@ class SqlInitializationAutoConfigurationTests {
 			return new DataSourceScriptDatabaseInitializer(null, new DatabaseInitializationSettings()) {
 
 				@Override
-				protected void runScripts(List<Resource> resources, boolean continueOnError, String separator,
-						Charset encoding) {
+				protected void runScripts(Scripts scripts) {
 					// No-op
 				}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/init/DataSourceScriptDatabaseInitializer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/init/DataSourceScriptDatabaseInitializer.java
index 4ca160c470..d37916cd88 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/init/DataSourceScriptDatabaseInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/jdbc/init/DataSourceScriptDatabaseInitializer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.jdbc.init;
 
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -76,14 +73,14 @@ public class DataSourceScriptDatabaseInitializer extends AbstractScriptDatabaseI
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected void runScripts(List<Resource> resources, boolean continueOnError, String separator, Charset encoding) {
+	protected void runScripts(Scripts scripts) {
 		ResourceDatabasePopulator populator = new ResourceDatabasePopulator();
-		populator.setContinueOnError(continueOnError);
-		populator.setSeparator(separator);
-		if (encoding != null) {
-			populator.setSqlScriptEncoding(encoding.name());
+		populator.setContinueOnError(scripts.isContinueOnError());
+		populator.setSeparator(scripts.getSeparator());
+		if (scripts.getEncoding() != null) {
+			populator.setSqlScriptEncoding(scripts.getEncoding().name());
 		}
-		for (Resource resource : resources) {
+		for (Resource resource : scripts) {
 			populator.addScript(resource);
 		}
 		customize(populator);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/r2dbc/init/R2dbcScriptDatabaseInitializer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/r2dbc/init/R2dbcScriptDatabaseInitializer.java
index 2a0de59324..e7bf48aa70 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/r2dbc/init/R2dbcScriptDatabaseInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/r2dbc/init/R2dbcScriptDatabaseInitializer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.r2dbc.init;
 
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
-import java.util.List;
-
 import io.r2dbc.spi.ConnectionFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
@@ -58,12 +55,12 @@ public class R2dbcScriptDatabaseInitializer extends AbstractScriptDatabaseInitia
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected void runScripts(List<Resource> scripts, boolean continueOnError, String separator, Charset encoding) {
+	protected void runScripts(Scripts scripts) {
 		ResourceDatabasePopulator populator = new ResourceDatabasePopulator();
-		populator.setContinueOnError(continueOnError);
-		populator.setSeparator(separator);
-		if (encoding != null) {
-			populator.setSqlScriptEncoding(encoding.name());
+		populator.setContinueOnError(scripts.isContinueOnError());
+		populator.setSeparator(scripts.getSeparator());
+		if (scripts.getEncoding() != null) {
+			populator.setSqlScriptEncoding(scripts.getEncoding().name());
 		}
 		for (Resource script : scripts) {
 			populator.addScript(script);
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/sql/init/AbstractScriptDatabaseInitializer.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/sql/init/AbstractScriptDatabaseInitializer.java
index 4ab0661905..d35fb21fa7 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/sql/init/AbstractScriptDatabaseInitializer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/sql/init/AbstractScriptDatabaseInitializer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2021 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2022 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
@@ -142,12 +143,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractScriptDatabaseInitializer implements ResourceLoade
 	}
 
 	private void runScripts(List<Resource> resources) {
-		runScripts(resources, this.settings.isContinueOnError(), this.settings.getSeparator(),
-				this.settings.getEncoding());
+		runScripts(new Scripts(resources).continueOnError(this.settings.isContinueOnError())
+				.separator(this.settings.getSeparator()).encoding(this.settings.getEncoding()));
 	}
 
-	protected abstract void runScripts(List<Resource> resources, boolean continueOnError, String separator,
-			Charset encoding);
+	/**
+	 * Initialize the database by running the given {@code scripts}.
+	 * @param scripts the scripts to run
+	 * @since 3.0.0
+	 */
+	protected abstract void runScripts(Scripts scripts);
 
 	private static class ScriptLocationResolver {
 
@@ -173,4 +178,57 @@ public abstract class AbstractScriptDatabaseInitializer implements ResourceLoade
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Scripts to be used to initialize the database.
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.0.0
+	 */
+	public static class Scripts implements Iterable<Resource> {
+
+		private final List<Resource> resources;
+
+		private boolean continueOnError = false;
+
+		private String separator = ";";
+
+		private Charset encoding;
+
+		public Scripts(List<Resource> resources) {
+			this.resources = resources;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Iterator<Resource> iterator() {
+			return this.resources.iterator();
+		}
+
+		public Scripts continueOnError(boolean continueOnError) {
+			this.continueOnError = continueOnError;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		public boolean isContinueOnError() {
+			return this.continueOnError;
+		}
+
+		public Scripts separator(String separator) {
+			this.separator = separator;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		public String getSeparator() {
+			return this.separator;
+		}
+
+		public Scripts encoding(Charset encoding) {
+			this.encoding = encoding;
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		public Charset getEncoding() {
+			return this.encoding;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }