diff --git a/system/Database/Seeder.php b/system/Database/Seeder.php
index 682b7cec859e..f024b3c0a740 100644
--- a/system/Database/Seeder.php
+++ b/system/Database/Seeder.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 use CodeIgniter\CLI\CLI;
 use CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig;
+use CodeIgniter\Database\Forge;
 
 /**
  * Class Seeder
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ public function __construct(BaseConfig $config, BaseConnection $db = null)
 		}
 
 		$this->db = & $db;
+
+		$this->forge = \Config\Database::forge($this->DBGroup);
 	}
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------