diff --git a/packages/strapi-connector-bookshelf/lib/build-database-schema.js b/packages/strapi-connector-bookshelf/lib/build-database-schema.js
index 31de44eaf3..9f727713ce 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-connector-bookshelf/lib/build-database-schema.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-connector-bookshelf/lib/build-database-schema.js
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ const createOrUpdateTable = async ({ table, attributes, definition, ORM, model }
 
 module.exports = async ({ ORM, loadedModel, definition, connection, model }) => {
   // run migrations
-  await strapi.db.migrations.runMigration(migrateSchemas, {
+  await strapi.db.migrations.run(migrateSchemas, {
     ORM,
     loadedModel,
     definition,
diff --git a/packages/strapi-connector-mongoose/lib/mount-models.js b/packages/strapi-connector-mongoose/lib/mount-models.js
index 2be0cc1ee7..e75dfa6e07 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-connector-mongoose/lib/mount-models.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-connector-mongoose/lib/mount-models.js
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ module.exports = async ({ models, target }, ctx) => {
     const definitionDidChange = await didDefinitionChange(definition, instance);
 
     // run migrations
-    await strapi.db.migrations.runMigration(migrateSchema, {
+    await strapi.db.migrations.run(migrateSchema, {
       definition,
       model: modelInstance,
       ORM: instance,
diff --git a/packages/strapi-database/lib/__tests__/lifecycle-manager.test.js b/packages/strapi-database/lib/__tests__/lifecycle-manager.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a0c3d3291c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi-database/lib/__tests__/lifecycle-manager.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const createLifecycleManager = require('../lifecycle-manager');
+
+describe('Lifecycle Manager', () => {
+  test('Allows registering lifecycles', () => {
+    const manager = createLifecycleManager();
+
+    const lifecycle = {};
+    manager.register(lifecycle);
+
+    expect(manager.lifecycles).toEqual([lifecycle]);
+  });
+
+  test('Will run all the lifecycles if no model specified', async () => {
+    const lifecycleA = {
+      find: jest.fn(),
+    };
+
+    const lifecycleB = {
+      find: jest.fn(),
+    };
+
+    const manager = createLifecycleManager();
+
+    manager.register(lifecycleA).register(lifecycleB);
+
+    await manager.run('find', { uid: 'test-uid' });
+
+    expect(lifecycleA.find).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(lifecycleB.find).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  test('Will match on model if specified', async () => {
+    const lifecycleA = {
+      model: 'test-uid',
+      find: jest.fn(),
+    };
+
+    const lifecycleB = {
+      model: 'other-uid',
+      find: jest.fn(),
+    };
+
+    const manager = createLifecycleManager();
+
+    manager.register(lifecycleA).register(lifecycleB);
+
+    await manager.run('find', { uid: 'test-uid' });
+
+    expect(lifecycleA.find).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(lifecycleB.find).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/strapi-database/lib/database-manager.js b/packages/strapi-database/lib/database-manager.js
index 204c92b0b0..f610c22374 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-database/lib/database-manager.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-database/lib/database-manager.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const createConnectorRegistry = require('./connector-registry');
 const constants = require('./constants');
 const { validateModelSchemas } = require('./validation');
 const createMigrationManager = require('./migration-manager');
+const createLifecycleManager = require('./lifecycle-manager');
 
 class DatabaseManager {
   constructor(strapi) {
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ class DatabaseManager {
     this.models = new Map();
 
     this.migrations = createMigrationManager(this);
+    this.lifecycles = createLifecycleManager();
   }
 
   async initialize() {
diff --git a/packages/strapi-database/lib/lifecycle-manager.js b/packages/strapi-database/lib/lifecycle-manager.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1c7d9540a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strapi-database/lib/lifecycle-manager.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+'use strict';
+const debug = require('debug')('strapi-database:lifecycle');
+const { isFunction, isNil } = require('lodash/fp');
+
+class LifecycleManager {
+  constructor() {
+    debug('Initialize lifecycle manager');
+    this.lifecycles = [];
+  }
+
+  register(lifecycle) {
+    debug('Register lifecycle');
+
+    this.lifecycles.push(lifecycle);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  async run(action, model, ...args) {
+    for (const lifecycle of this.lifecycles) {
+      if (!isNil(lifecycle.model) && lifecycle.model !== model.uid) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (isFunction(lifecycle[action])) {
+        debug(`Run lifecycle ${action} for model ${model.uid}`);
+
+        await lifecycle[action](...args);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = () => new LifecycleManager();
diff --git a/packages/strapi-database/lib/migration-manager.js b/packages/strapi-database/lib/migration-manager.js
index a1d1f49970..8a29cbf39f 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-database/lib/migration-manager.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-database/lib/migration-manager.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class MigrationManager {
     this.migrations.push(migration);
   }
 
-  async runMigration(fn, options, context = {}) {
+  async run(fn, options, context = {}) {
     debug('Run migration');
     await this.runBefore(options, context);
     await fn(options, context);
diff --git a/packages/strapi-database/lib/queries/__tests__/create-query.test.js b/packages/strapi-database/lib/queries/__tests__/create-query.test.js
index 033189021b..0ea7cd5db0 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-database/lib/queries/__tests__/create-query.test.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-database/lib/queries/__tests__/create-query.test.js
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const createQuery = require('../create-query');
 
 describe('Database queries', () => {
+  global.strapi = {
+    db: {
+      lifecycles: {
+        run() {},
+      },
+    },
+  };
+
   describe('Substitute id with primaryKey in parameters', () => {
     test.each(['create', 'update', 'delete', 'find', 'findOne', 'search', 'count', 'countSearch'])(
       'Calling "%s" replaces id by the primaryKey in the params of the model before calling the underlying connector',
diff --git a/packages/strapi-database/lib/utils/lifecycles.js b/packages/strapi-database/lib/utils/lifecycles.js
index 5875fd89f8..155a67711d 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-database/lib/utils/lifecycles.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-database/lib/utils/lifecycles.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 
 const executeLifecycle = async (lifecycle, model, ...args) => {
+  // Run registered lifecycles
+  await strapi.db.lifecycles.run(lifecycle, model, ...args);
+
+  // Run user lifecycles
   if (_.has(model, `lifecycles.${lifecycle}`)) {
     await model.lifecycles[lifecycle](...args);
   }
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/bootstrap.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/bootstrap.js
index 66f273810c..e5e4595a50 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/bootstrap.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/config/functions/bootstrap.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const _ = require('lodash');
 const { capitalize } = require('lodash/fp');
 const { getService } = require('../../utils');
 
@@ -26,23 +25,23 @@ module.exports = async () => {
     await getService('locales').setDefaultLocale(DEFAULT_LOCALE);
   }
 
-  Object.values(strapi.models).forEach(model => {
-    if (getService('content-types').isLocalized(model)) {
-      // TODO: support adding lifecycles programmatically or connecting to a database event handler to avoid conflicts with existing lifecycles fonctions
-
-      _.set(model, 'lifecycles.beforeCreate', async data => {
-        if (!data.locale) {
-          data.locale = await getService('locales').getDefaultLocale();
-        }
+  Object.values(strapi.models)
+    .filter(model => getService('content-types').isLocalized(model))
+    .forEach(model => {
+      strapi.db.lifecycles.register({
+        model: model.uid,
+        async beforeCreate(data) {
+          await getService('localizations').assignDefaultLocale(data);
+        },
+        async afterCreate(entry) {
+          await getService('localizations').addLocalizations(entry, { model });
+        },
+        async afterUpdate(entry) {
+          await getService('localizations').updateNonLocalizedFields(entry, { model });
+        },
+        async afterDelete(entry) {
+          await getService('localizations').removeEntryFromRelatedLocalizations(entry, { model });
+        },
       });
-
-      _.set(model, 'lifecycles.afterCreate', async entry => {
-        await getService('localizations').addLocalizations(entry, { model });
-      });
-
-      _.set(model, 'lifecycles.afterUpdate', async entry => {
-        await getService('localizations').updateNonLocalizedFields(entry, { model });
-      });
-    }
-  });
+    });
 };
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/services/__tests__/localizations.test.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/services/__tests__/localizations.test.js
index 97f119eb1e..7051142fa9 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/services/__tests__/localizations.test.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/services/__tests__/localizations.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const { addLocalizations, updateNonLocalizedFields } = require('../localizations');
+const {
+  assignDefaultLocale,
+  addLocalizations,
+  updateNonLocalizedFields,
+  removeEntryFromRelatedLocalizations,
+} = require('../localizations');
 
 const model = {
   uid: 'test-model',
@@ -20,12 +25,43 @@ const model = {
 };
 
 describe('localizations service', () => {
+  describe('assignDefaultLocale', () => {
+    test('Does not change the input if locale is already defined', async () => {
+      const input = { locale: 'myLocale' };
+      await assignDefaultLocale(input);
+
+      expect(input).toStrictEqual({ locale: 'myLocale' });
+    });
+
+    test('Use default locale to set the locale on the input data', async () => {
+      const getDefaultLocaleMock = jest.fn(() => 'defaultLocale');
+
+      global.strapi = {
+        plugins: {
+          i18n: {
+            services: {
+              locales: {
+                getDefaultLocale: getDefaultLocaleMock,
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      };
+
+      const input = {};
+      await assignDefaultLocale(input);
+
+      expect(input).toStrictEqual({ locale: 'defaultLocale' });
+      expect(getDefaultLocaleMock).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('addLocalizations', () => {
     test('Does nothing if entry already as a localizations array', async () => {
       const entry = { localizations: [] };
       await addLocalizations(entry, { model });
 
-      expect(entry).toEqual({ localizations: [] });
+      expect(entry).toStrictEqual({ localizations: [] });
     });
 
     test('Updates entry in db', async () => {
@@ -58,7 +94,7 @@ describe('localizations service', () => {
 
       await addLocalizations(entry, { model });
 
-      expect(entry).toEqual({
+      expect(entry).toStrictEqual({
         id: entry.id,
         locale: entry.locale,
         localizations: [
@@ -127,4 +163,47 @@ describe('localizations service', () => {
       expect(update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ id: 2 }, { stars: 1 });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('removeEntryFromRelatedLocalizations', () => {
+    test('Does nothing if no localizations set', async () => {
+      const update = jest.fn();
+      global.strapi = {
+        query() {
+          return { update };
+        },
+      };
+
+      const entry = { id: 1, locale: 'test' };
+
+      await removeEntryFromRelatedLocalizations(entry, { model });
+
+      expect(update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    test('Removes entry from localizations', async () => {
+      const update = jest.fn();
+      global.strapi = {
+        query() {
+          return { update };
+        },
+      };
+
+      const entry = {
+        id: 1,
+        locale: 'mainLocale',
+        localizations: [
+          { id: 1, locale: 'mainLocale' },
+          { id: 2, locale: 'otherLocale' },
+        ],
+      };
+
+      await removeEntryFromRelatedLocalizations(entry, { model });
+
+      expect(update).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(update).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        { id: 2 },
+        { localizations: [{ id: 2, locale: 'otherLocale' }] }
+      );
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/services/localizations.js b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/services/localizations.js
index 87d22257a3..052caa0232 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/services/localizations.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-plugin-i18n/services/localizations.js
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const { pick, isNil } = require('lodash/fp');
+
+const { getService } = require('../utils');
 const { getNonLocalizedFields } = require('./content-types');
 
+/**
+ * Adds the default locale to an object if it isn't defined yet
+ * @param {Object} data a data object before being persisted into db
+ */
+const assignDefaultLocale = async data => {
+  if (isNil(data.locale)) {
+    data.locale = await getService('locales').getDefaultLocale();
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Create default localizations for an entry if it isn't defined yet
+ * @param {Object} entry entry to update
+ * @param {Object} options
+ * @param {Object} options.model corresponding model
+ */
 const addLocalizations = async (entry, { model }) => {
   if (isNil(entry.localizations)) {
     const localizations = [{ locale: entry.locale, id: entry.id }];
@@ -12,10 +30,16 @@ const addLocalizations = async (entry, { model }) => {
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Update non localized fields of all the related localizations of an entry with the entry values
+ * @param {Object} entry entry to update
+ * @param {Object} options
+ * @param {Object} options.model corresponding model
+ */
 const updateNonLocalizedFields = async (entry, { model }) => {
-  const fieldsToUpdate = pick(getNonLocalizedFields(model), entry);
-
   if (Array.isArray(entry.localizations)) {
+    const fieldsToUpdate = pick(getNonLocalizedFields(model), entry);
+
     const updateQueries = entry.localizations
       .filter(({ id }) => id != entry.id)
       .map(({ id }) => strapi.query(model.uid).update({ id }, fieldsToUpdate));
@@ -24,8 +48,28 @@ const updateNonLocalizedFields = async (entry, { model }) => {
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Remove entry from localizations & udpate related localizations
+ * This method should be used only after an entry is deleted
+ * @param {Object} entry entry to remove from localizations
+ * @param {Object} options
+ * @param {Object} options.model corresponding model
+ */
+const removeEntryFromRelatedLocalizations = async (entry, { model }) => {
+  if (Array.isArray(entry.localizations)) {
+    const newLocalizations = entry.localizations.filter(({ id }) => id != entry.id);
+
+    const updateQueries = newLocalizations.map(({ id }) => {
+      return strapi.query(model.uid).update({ id }, { localizations: newLocalizations });
+    });
+
+    await Promise.all(updateQueries);
+  }
+};
+
 module.exports = {
+  assignDefaultLocale,
   addLocalizations,
   updateNonLocalizedFields,
-  getNonLocalizedFields,
+  removeEntryFromRelatedLocalizations,
 };