diff --git a/tools/Invoke-RemoteInstall.ps1 b/tools/Invoke-RemoteInstall.ps1
index f3d02c0..02cad4b 100644
--- a/tools/Invoke-RemoteInstall.ps1
+++ b/tools/Invoke-RemoteInstall.ps1
@@ -147,7 +147,23 @@ function Get-ComponentRegistrationMode {
 
     if ($absentCount -eq $Components.Count) { return 'Absent' }
     if ($ownedCount -eq $Components.Count) { return 'Owned' }
-    throw 'Component registrations are a mixture of absent and existing entries. Refusing a deployment that could overwrite or delete unrelated registry state.'
+
+    # An upgrade may introduce a component that did not exist in the currently
+    # deployed tree. Accept only that additive case: every existing registration
+    # was proven project-owned above, and every absent registration must also
+    # have no corresponding component file in the old release. An absent
+    # registration for an old file remains a suspicious partial state.
+    foreach ($component in $Components) {
+        $progIdKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\$($component.ProgId)"
+        $clsidKey = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\$($component.ClassId)"
+        if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $progIdKey) -and -not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $clsidKey)) {
+            $oldComponentPath = Join-Path $ExistingProjectPath $component.RelativePath
+            if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $oldComponentPath) {
+                throw "Component registration for existing file '$($component.RelativePath)' is absent. Refusing to repair a partial registration state."
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return 'Owned'
 }
 
 function Restore-SiteState {
@@ -259,6 +275,7 @@ $components = @(
     [PSCustomObject]@{ RelativePath = 'Framework\RequestContext.wsc'; ProgId = 'WscMvc.RequestContext'; ClassId = '{1C36FA55-34DF-4974-94B9-D657389362B2}' },
     [PSCustomObject]@{ RelativePath = 'Framework\Router.wsc'; ProgId = 'WscMvc.Router'; ClassId = '{C92F9338-B478-4EAD-B865-892FFB1E1C51}' },
     [PSCustomObject]@{ RelativePath = 'Framework\ViewRenderer.wsc'; ProgId = 'WscMvc.ViewRenderer'; ClassId = '{4948DF84-5DC6-448A-9F1B-EB596C28842B}' },
+    [PSCustomObject]@{ RelativePath = 'Framework\Database.wsc'; ProgId = 'WscMvc.Database'; ClassId = '{E3F7C1A2-9B4D-4E6F-8C3A-2D5B7A9E1F04}' },
     [PSCustomObject]@{ RelativePath = 'Framework\Application.wsc'; ProgId = 'WscMvc.Application'; ClassId = '{851C7763-1638-42FE-A166-BF3DD3A96A88}' },
     [PSCustomObject]@{ RelativePath = 'Controllers\HomeController.wsc'; ProgId = 'WscMvc.HomeController'; ClassId = '{87488446-60BE-4068-8368-0B709BB68F3F}' },
     [PSCustomObject]@{ RelativePath = 'test-app\Controllers\SelfTestController.wsc'; ProgId = 'WscMvc.SelfTestController'; ClassId = '{D2634944-4646-4C55-956E-4C05E7E10904}' }
@@ -313,6 +330,7 @@ try {
         'public\Default.asp',
         'test-app\public\Default.asp',
         'Framework\ViewRenderer.wsc',
+        'Framework\Database.wsc',
         'tools\Register-Components.ps1',
         'tools\Setup-Site.ps1',
         'tests\Invoke-SelfTest.ps1',