diff --git a/.changelog/3947.txt b/.changelog/3947.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d64a33b58d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3947.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:enhancement
+spanner: Added schema update/update ddl support for `google_spanner_database`
+```
diff --git a/google/resource_spanner_database.go b/google/resource_spanner_database.go
index d6b131bee09..d9be83d38ee 100644
--- a/google/resource_spanner_database.go
+++ b/google/resource_spanner_database.go
@@ -18,15 +18,49 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"reflect"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema"
 )
 
+// customizeDiff func for additional checks on google_spanner_database properties:
+func resourceSpannerDBDdlCustomDiffFunc(diff TerraformResourceDiff) error {
+	old, new := diff.GetChange("ddl")
+	oldDdls := old.([]interface{})
+	newDdls := new.([]interface{})
+	var err error
+
+	if len(newDdls) < len(oldDdls) {
+		err = diff.ForceNew("ddl")
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("ForceNew failed for ddl, old - %v and new - %v", oldDdls, newDdls)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for i := range oldDdls {
+		if newDdls[i].(string) != oldDdls[i].(string) {
+			err = diff.ForceNew("ddl")
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("ForceNew failed for ddl, old - %v and new - %v", oldDdls, newDdls)
+			}
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func resourceSpannerDBDdlCustomDiff(diff *schema.ResourceDiff, meta interface{}) error {
+	// separate func to allow unit testing
+	return resourceSpannerDBDdlCustomDiffFunc(diff)
+}
+
 func resourceSpannerDatabase() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Create: resourceSpannerDatabaseCreate,
 		Read:   resourceSpannerDatabaseRead,
+		Update: resourceSpannerDatabaseUpdate,
 		Delete: resourceSpannerDatabaseDelete,
 
 		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
@@ -35,9 +69,12 @@ func resourceSpannerDatabase() *schema.Resource {
 
 		Timeouts: &schema.ResourceTimeout{
 			Create: schema.DefaultTimeout(4 * time.Minute),
+			Update: schema.DefaultTimeout(4 * time.Minute),
 			Delete: schema.DefaultTimeout(4 * time.Minute),
 		},
 
+		CustomizeDiff: resourceSpannerDBDdlCustomDiff,
+
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"instance": {
 				Type:             schema.TypeString,
@@ -57,7 +94,6 @@ the instance is created. Values are of the form [a-z][-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9].`,
 			"ddl": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
 				Optional: true,
-				ForceNew: true,
 				Description: `An optional list of DDL statements to run inside the newly created
 database. Statements can create tables, indexes, etc. These statements
 execute atomically with the creation of the database: if there is an
@@ -231,6 +267,66 @@ func resourceSpannerDatabaseRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+func resourceSpannerDatabaseUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	config := meta.(*Config)
+
+	billingProject := ""
+
+	project, err := getProject(d, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	billingProject = project
+
+	d.Partial(true)
+
+	if d.HasChange("ddl") {
+		obj := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+		extraStatementsProp, err := expandSpannerDatabaseDdl(d.Get("ddl"), d, config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		} else if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("ddl"); !isEmptyValue(reflect.ValueOf(v)) && (ok || !reflect.DeepEqual(v, extraStatementsProp)) {
+			obj["extraStatements"] = extraStatementsProp
+		}
+
+		obj, err = resourceSpannerDatabaseUpdateEncoder(d, meta, obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		url, err := replaceVars(d, config, "{{SpannerBasePath}}projects/{{project}}/instances/{{instance}}/databases/{{name}}/ddl")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// err == nil indicates that the billing_project value was found
+		if bp, err := getBillingProject(d, config); err == nil {
+			billingProject = bp
+		}
+
+		res, err := sendRequestWithTimeout(config, "PATCH", billingProject, url, obj, d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutUpdate))
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Error updating Database %q: %s", d.Id(), err)
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("[DEBUG] Finished updating Database %q: %#v", d.Id(), res)
+		}
+
+		err = spannerOperationWaitTime(
+			config, res, project, "Updating Database",
+			d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutUpdate))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		d.SetPartial("ddl")
+	}
+
+	d.Partial(false)
+
+	return resourceSpannerDatabaseRead(d, meta)
+}
+
 func resourceSpannerDatabaseDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 
@@ -260,6 +356,14 @@ func resourceSpannerDatabaseDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) err
 		return handleNotFoundError(err, d, "Database")
 	}
 
+	err = spannerOperationWaitTime(
+		config, res, project, "Deleting Database",
+		d.Timeout(schema.TimeoutDelete))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	log.Printf("[DEBUG] Finished deleting Database %q: %#v", d.Id(), res)
 	return nil
 }
@@ -326,6 +430,24 @@ func resourceSpannerDatabaseEncoder(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}, ob
 	return obj, nil
 }
 
+func resourceSpannerDatabaseUpdateEncoder(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}, obj map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	old, new := d.GetChange("ddl")
+	oldDdls := old.([]interface{})
+	newDdls := new.([]interface{})
+	updateDdls := []string{}
+
+	//Only new ddl statments to be add to update call
+	for i := len(oldDdls); i < len(newDdls); i++ {
+		updateDdls = append(updateDdls, newDdls[i].(string))
+	}
+
+	obj["statements"] = strings.Join(updateDdls, ",")
+	delete(obj, "name")
+	delete(obj, "instance")
+	delete(obj, "extraStatements")
+	return obj, nil
+}
+
 func resourceSpannerDatabaseDecoder(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}, res map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
 	config := meta.(*Config)
 	d.SetId(res["name"].(string))
diff --git a/google/resource_spanner_database_test.go b/google/resource_spanner_database_test.go
index c8d237c75f1..54ba9f1efce 100644
--- a/google/resource_spanner_database_test.go
+++ b/google/resource_spanner_database_test.go
@@ -28,27 +28,44 @@ func TestAccSpannerDatabase_basic(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			{
 				// Test import with default Terraform ID
-				ResourceName:      "google_spanner_database.basic",
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_spanner_database.basic",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"ddl"},
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_spanner_database.basic",
-				ImportStateId:     fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/instances/%s/databases/%s", project, instanceName, databaseName),
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				Config: testAccSpannerDatabase_basicUpdate(instanceName, databaseName),
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttrSet("google_spanner_database.basic", "state"),
+				),
+			},
+			{
+				// Test import with default Terraform ID
+				ResourceName:            "google_spanner_database.basic",
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"ddl"},
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_spanner_database.basic",
-				ImportStateId:     fmt.Sprintf("instances/%s/databases/%s", instanceName, databaseName),
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_spanner_database.basic",
+				ImportStateId:           fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/instances/%s/databases/%s", project, instanceName, databaseName),
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"ddl"},
 			},
 			{
-				ResourceName:      "google_spanner_database.basic",
-				ImportStateId:     fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", instanceName, databaseName),
-				ImportState:       true,
-				ImportStateVerify: true,
+				ResourceName:            "google_spanner_database.basic",
+				ImportStateId:           fmt.Sprintf("instances/%s/databases/%s", instanceName, databaseName),
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"ddl"},
+			},
+			{
+				ResourceName:            "google_spanner_database.basic",
+				ImportStateId:           fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", instanceName, databaseName),
+				ImportState:             true,
+				ImportStateVerify:       true,
+				ImportStateVerifyIgnore: []string{"ddl"},
 			},
 		},
 	})
@@ -66,6 +83,31 @@ resource "google_spanner_instance" "basic" {
 resource "google_spanner_database" "basic" {
   instance = google_spanner_instance.basic.name
   name     = "%s"
+  ddl = [
+	"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)",
+	"CREATE TABLE t2 (t2 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t2)",
+  ]
+}
+`, instanceName, instanceName, databaseName)
+}
+
+func testAccSpannerDatabase_basicUpdate(instanceName, databaseName string) string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`
+resource "google_spanner_instance" "basic" {
+  name         = "%s"
+  config       = "regional-us-central1"
+  display_name = "display-%s"
+  num_nodes    = 1
+}
+
+resource "google_spanner_database" "basic" {
+  instance = google_spanner_instance.basic.name
+  name     = "%s"
+  ddl = [
+	"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)",
+	"CREATE TABLE t2 (t2 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t2)",
+	"CREATE TABLE t3 (t3 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t3)",
+  ]
 }
 `, instanceName, instanceName, databaseName)
 }
@@ -81,3 +123,81 @@ func TestDatabaseNameForApi(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := "projects/project123/instances/instance456/databases/db789"
 	expectEquals(t, expected, actual)
 }
+
+// Unit Tests for ForceNew when the change in ddl
+func TestSpannerDatabase_resourceSpannerDBDdlCustomDiffFuncForceNew(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		before   interface{}
+		after    interface{}
+		forcenew bool
+	}{
+		"remove_old_statements": {
+			before: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)"},
+			after: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t2 (t2 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t2)"},
+			forcenew: true,
+		},
+		"append_new_statements": {
+			before: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)"},
+			after: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)",
+				"CREATE TABLE t2 (t2 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t2)",
+			},
+			forcenew: false,
+		},
+		"no_change": {
+			before: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)"},
+			after: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)"},
+			forcenew: false,
+		},
+		"order_of_statments_change": {
+			before: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)",
+				"CREATE TABLE t2 (t2 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t2)",
+				"CREATE TABLE t3 (t3 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t3)",
+			},
+			after: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)",
+				"CREATE TABLE t3 (t3 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t3)",
+				"CREATE TABLE t2 (t2 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t2)",
+			},
+			forcenew: true,
+		},
+		"missing_an_old_statement": {
+			before: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)",
+				"CREATE TABLE t2 (t2 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t2)",
+				"CREATE TABLE t3 (t3 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t3)",
+			},
+			after: []interface{}{
+				"CREATE TABLE t1 (t1 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t1)",
+				"CREATE TABLE t2 (t2 INT64 NOT NULL,) PRIMARY KEY(t2)",
+			},
+			forcenew: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for tn, tc := range cases {
+		d := &ResourceDiffMock{
+			Before: map[string]interface{}{
+				"ddl": tc.before,
+			},
+			After: map[string]interface{}{
+				"ddl": tc.after,
+			},
+		}
+		err := resourceSpannerDBDdlCustomDiffFunc(d)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed, expected no error but received - %s for the condition %s", err, tn)
+		}
+		if d.IsForceNew != tc.forcenew {
+			t.Errorf("ForceNew not setup correctly for the condition-'%s', expected:%v;actual:%v", tn, tc.forcenew, d.IsForceNew)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/google/test_utils.go b/google/test_utils.go
index 3ad7b46b23d..f43e067327d 100644
--- a/google/test_utils.go
+++ b/google/test_utils.go
@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ func (d *ResourceDataMock) Id() string {
 }
 
 type ResourceDiffMock struct {
-	Before  map[string]interface{}
-	After   map[string]interface{}
-	Cleared map[string]struct{}
+	Before     map[string]interface{}
+	After      map[string]interface{}
+	Cleared    map[string]struct{}
+	IsForceNew bool
 }
 
 func (d *ResourceDiffMock) GetChange(key string) (interface{}, interface{}) {
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ func (d *ResourceDiffMock) Clear(key string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *ResourceDiffMock) ForceNew(key string) error {
+	d.IsForceNew = true
+	return nil
+}
+
 func checkDataSourceStateMatchesResourceState(dataSourceName, resourceName string) func(*terraform.State) error {
 	return checkDataSourceStateMatchesResourceStateWithIgnores(dataSourceName, resourceName, map[string]struct{}{})
 }
diff --git a/google/utils.go b/google/utils.go
index d5b3cdc8e9b..dddef1c8db7 100644
--- a/google/utils.go
+++ b/google/utils.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type TerraformResourceDiff interface {
 	GetChange(string) (interface{}, interface{})
 	Get(string) interface{}
 	Clear(string) error
+	ForceNew(string) error
 }
 
 // getRegionFromZone returns the region from a zone for Google cloud.
diff --git a/website/docs/r/spanner_database.html.markdown b/website/docs/r/spanner_database.html.markdown
index e0b6b6981e8..fcbb8681fd1 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/spanner_database.html.markdown
+++ b/website/docs/r/spanner_database.html.markdown
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ This resource provides the following
 [Timeouts](/docs/configuration/resources.html#timeouts) configuration options:
 
 - `create` - Default is 4 minutes.
+- `update` - Default is 4 minutes.
 - `delete` - Default is 4 minutes.
 
 ## Import