diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/schema.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/schema.py
index b86e0857bb..946f39d586 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/schema.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/schema.py
@@ -2,4 +2,57 @@ from django.db.backends.schema import BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor
 
 
 class DatabaseSchemaEditor(BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor):
-    pass
+
+    sql_create_sequence = "CREATE SEQUENCE %(sequence)s"
+    sql_delete_sequence = "DROP SEQUENCE IF EXISTS %(sequence)s CASCADE"
+    sql_set_sequence_max = "SELECT setval('%(sequence)s', MAX(%(column)s)) FROM %(table)s"
+
+    def _alter_column_type_sql(self, table, column, type):
+        """
+        Makes ALTER TYPE with SERIAL make sense.
+        """
+        if type.lower() == "serial":
+            sequence_name = "%s_%s_seq" % (table, column)
+            return (
+                (
+                    self.sql_alter_column_type % {
+                        "column": self.quote_name(column),
+                        "type": "integer",
+                    },
+                    [],
+                ),
+                [
+                    (
+                        self.sql_delete_sequence % {
+                            "sequence": sequence_name,
+                        },
+                        [],
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        self.sql_create_sequence % {
+                            "sequence": sequence_name,
+                        },
+                        [],
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        self.sql_alter_column % {
+                            "table": table,
+                            "changes": self.sql_alter_column_default % {
+                                "column": column,
+                                "default": "nextval('%s')" % sequence_name,
+                            }
+                        },
+                        [],
+                    ),
+                    (
+                        self.sql_set_sequence_max % {
+                            "table": table,
+                            "column": column,
+                            "sequence": sequence_name,
+                        },
+                        [],
+                    ),
+                ],
+            )
+        else:
+            return super(DatabaseSchemaEditor, self)._alter_column_type_sql(table, column, type)
diff --git a/django/db/backends/schema.py b/django/db/backends/schema.py
index 5e3ad4dd80..e33956763c 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/schema.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/schema.py
@@ -498,6 +498,18 @@ class BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor(object):
                         "name": fk_name,
                     }
                 )
+        # Drop incoming FK constraints if we're a primary key and things are going
+        # to change.
+        if old_field.primary_key and new_field.primary_key and old_type != new_type:
+            for rel in new_field.model._meta.get_all_related_objects():
+                rel_fk_names = self._constraint_names(rel.model, [rel.field.column], foreign_key=True)
+                for fk_name in rel_fk_names:
+                    self.execute(
+                        self.sql_delete_fk % {
+                            "table": self.quote_name(rel.model._meta.db_table),
+                            "name": fk_name,
+                        }
+                    )
         # Change check constraints?
         if old_db_params['check'] != new_db_params['check'] and old_db_params['check']:
             constraint_names = self._constraint_names(model, [old_field.column], check=True)
@@ -524,15 +536,12 @@ class BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor(object):
             })
         # Next, start accumulating actions to do
         actions = []
+        post_actions = []
         # Type change?
         if old_type != new_type:
-            actions.append((
-                self.sql_alter_column_type % {
-                    "column": self.quote_name(new_field.column),
-                    "type": new_type,
-                },
-                [],
-            ))
+            fragment, other_actions = self._alter_column_type_sql(model._meta.db_table, new_field.column, new_type)
+            actions.append(fragment)
+            post_actions.extend(other_actions)
         # Default change?
         old_default = self.effective_default(old_field)
         new_default = self.effective_default(new_field)
@@ -596,6 +605,9 @@ class BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor(object):
                     },
                     params,
                 )
+        if post_actions:
+            for sql, params in post_actions:
+                self.execute(sql, params)
         # Added a unique?
         if not old_field.unique and new_field.unique:
             self.execute(
@@ -619,7 +631,7 @@ class BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor(object):
         # referring to us.
         rels_to_update = []
         if old_field.primary_key and new_field.primary_key and old_type != new_type:
-            rels_to_update.extend(model._meta.get_all_related_objects())
+            rels_to_update.extend(new_field.model._meta.get_all_related_objects())
         # Changed to become primary key?
         # Note that we don't detect unsetting of a PK, as we assume another field
         # will always come along and replace it.
@@ -647,8 +659,8 @@ class BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor(object):
                 }
             )
             # Update all referencing columns
-            rels_to_update.extend(model._meta.get_all_related_objects())
-        # Handle out type alters on the other end of rels from the PK stuff above
+            rels_to_update.extend(new_field.model._meta.get_all_related_objects())
+        # Handle our type alters on the other end of rels from the PK stuff above
         for rel in rels_to_update:
             rel_db_params = rel.field.db_parameters(connection=self.connection)
             rel_type = rel_db_params['type']
@@ -672,6 +684,18 @@ class BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor(object):
                     "to_column": self.quote_name(new_field.rel.get_related_field().column),
                 }
             )
+        # Rebuild FKs that pointed to us if we previously had to drop them
+        if old_field.primary_key and new_field.primary_key and old_type != new_type:
+            for rel in new_field.model._meta.get_all_related_objects():
+                self.execute(
+                    self.sql_create_fk % {
+                        "table": self.quote_name(rel.model._meta.db_table),
+                        "name": self._create_index_name(rel.model, [rel.field.column], suffix="_fk"),
+                        "column": self.quote_name(rel.field.column),
+                        "to_table": self.quote_name(model._meta.db_table),
+                        "to_column": self.quote_name(new_field.column),
+                    }
+                )
         # Does it have check constraints we need to add?
         if old_db_params['check'] != new_db_params['check'] and new_db_params['check']:
             self.execute(
@@ -686,6 +710,27 @@ class BaseDatabaseSchemaEditor(object):
         if self.connection.features.connection_persists_old_columns:
             self.connection.close()
 
+    def _alter_column_type_sql(self, table, column, type):
+        """
+        Hook to specialise column type alteration for different backends,
+        for cases when a creation type is different to an alteration type
+        (e.g. SERIAL in PostgreSQL, PostGIS fields).
+
+        Should return two things; an SQL fragment of (sql, params) to insert
+        into an ALTER TABLE statement, and a list of extra (sql, params) tuples
+        to run once the field is altered.
+        """
+        return (
+            (
+                self.sql_alter_column_type % {
+                    "column": self.quote_name(column),
+                    "type": type,
+                },
+                [],
+            ),
+            [],
+        )
+
     def _alter_many_to_many(self, model, old_field, new_field, strict):
         """
         Alters M2Ms to repoint their to= endpoints.
diff --git a/django/db/migrations/operations/fields.py b/django/db/migrations/operations/fields.py
index 73efef4691..c5f0bd1e2b 100644
--- a/django/db/migrations/operations/fields.py
+++ b/django/db/migrations/operations/fields.py
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ class AddField(Operation):
         state.models[app_label, self.model_name.lower()].fields.append((self.name, field))
 
     def database_forwards(self, app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state):
+        from_model = from_state.render().get_model(app_label, self.model_name)
         to_model = to_state.render().get_model(app_label, self.model_name)
         if router.allow_migrate(schema_editor.connection.alias, to_model):
-            schema_editor.add_field(to_model, to_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.name)[0])
+            schema_editor.add_field(from_model, to_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.name)[0])
 
     def database_backwards(self, app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state):
         from_model = from_state.render().get_model(app_label, self.model_name)
@@ -73,9 +74,10 @@ class RemoveField(Operation):
             schema_editor.remove_field(from_model, from_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.name)[0])
 
     def database_backwards(self, app_label, schema_editor, from_state, to_state):
+        from_model = from_state.render().get_model(app_label, self.model_name)
         to_model = to_state.render().get_model(app_label, self.model_name)
         if router.allow_migrate(schema_editor.connection.alias, to_model):
-            schema_editor.add_field(to_model, to_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.name)[0])
+            schema_editor.add_field(from_model, to_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.name)[0])
 
     def describe(self):
         return "Remove field %s from %s" % (self.name, self.model_name)
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ class AlterField(Operation):
         to_model = to_state.render().get_model(app_label, self.model_name)
         if router.allow_migrate(schema_editor.connection.alias, to_model):
             schema_editor.alter_field(
-                to_model,
+                from_model,
                 from_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.name)[0],
                 to_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.name)[0],
             )
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ class RenameField(Operation):
         to_model = to_state.render().get_model(app_label, self.model_name)
         if router.allow_migrate(schema_editor.connection.alias, to_model):
             schema_editor.alter_field(
-                to_model,
+                from_model,
                 from_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.old_name)[0],
                 to_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.new_name)[0],
             )
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ class RenameField(Operation):
         to_model = to_state.render().get_model(app_label, self.model_name)
         if router.allow_migrate(schema_editor.connection.alias, to_model):
             schema_editor.alter_field(
-                to_model,
+                from_model,
                 from_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.new_name)[0],
                 to_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.old_name)[0],
             )
diff --git a/tests/migrations/test_operations.py b/tests/migrations/test_operations.py
index 93f0842bcd..20aff59de2 100644
--- a/tests/migrations/test_operations.py
+++ b/tests/migrations/test_operations.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import unittest
 from django.db import connection, models, migrations, router
 from django.db.models.fields import NOT_PROVIDED
 from django.db.transaction import atomic
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ class OperationTests(MigrationTestBase):
     both forwards and backwards.
     """
 
-    def set_up_test_model(self, app_label, second_model=False):
+    def set_up_test_model(self, app_label, second_model=False, related_model=False):
         """
         Creates a test model state and database table.
         """
@@ -38,6 +39,14 @@ class OperationTests(MigrationTestBase):
         )]
         if second_model:
             operations.append(migrations.CreateModel("Stable", [("id", models.AutoField(primary_key=True))]))
+        if related_model:
+            operations.append(migrations.CreateModel(
+                "Rider",
+                [
+                    ("id", models.AutoField(primary_key=True)),
+                    ("pony", models.ForeignKey("Pony")),
+                ],
+            ))
         project_state = ProjectState()
         for operation in operations:
             operation.state_forwards(app_label, project_state)
@@ -269,6 +278,52 @@ class OperationTests(MigrationTestBase):
             operation.database_backwards("test_alfl", editor, new_state, project_state)
         self.assertColumnNotNull("test_alfl_pony", "pink")
 
+    def test_alter_field_pk(self):
+        """
+        Tests the AlterField operation on primary keys (for things like PostgreSQL's SERIAL weirdness)
+        """
+        project_state = self.set_up_test_model("test_alflpk")
+        # Test the state alteration
+        operation = migrations.AlterField("Pony", "id", models.IntegerField(primary_key=True))
+        new_state = project_state.clone()
+        operation.state_forwards("test_alflpk", new_state)
+        self.assertIsInstance(project_state.models["test_alflpk", "pony"].get_field_by_name("id"), models.AutoField)
+        self.assertIsInstance(new_state.models["test_alflpk", "pony"].get_field_by_name("id"), models.IntegerField)
+        # Test the database alteration
+        with connection.schema_editor() as editor:
+            operation.database_forwards("test_alflpk", editor, project_state, new_state)
+        # And test reversal
+        with connection.schema_editor() as editor:
+            operation.database_backwards("test_alflpk", editor, new_state, project_state)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(connection.features.supports_foreign_keys, "No FK support")
+    def test_alter_field_pk_fk(self):
+        """
+        Tests the AlterField operation on primary keys changes any FKs pointing to it.
+        """
+        project_state = self.set_up_test_model("test_alflpkfk", related_model=True)
+        # Test the state alteration
+        operation = migrations.AlterField("Pony", "id", models.FloatField(primary_key=True))
+        new_state = project_state.clone()
+        operation.state_forwards("test_alflpkfk", new_state)
+        self.assertIsInstance(project_state.models["test_alflpkfk", "pony"].get_field_by_name("id"), models.AutoField)
+        self.assertIsInstance(new_state.models["test_alflpkfk", "pony"].get_field_by_name("id"), models.FloatField)
+        # Test the database alteration
+        id_type = [c.type_code for c in connection.introspection.get_table_description(connection.cursor(), "test_alflpkfk_pony") if c.name == "id"][0]
+        fk_type = [c.type_code for c in connection.introspection.get_table_description(connection.cursor(), "test_alflpkfk_rider") if c.name == "pony_id"][0]
+        self.assertEqual(id_type, fk_type)
+        with connection.schema_editor() as editor:
+            operation.database_forwards("test_alflpkfk", editor, project_state, new_state)
+        id_type = [c.type_code for c in connection.introspection.get_table_description(connection.cursor(), "test_alflpkfk_pony") if c.name == "id"][0]
+        fk_type = [c.type_code for c in connection.introspection.get_table_description(connection.cursor(), "test_alflpkfk_rider") if c.name == "pony_id"][0]
+        self.assertEqual(id_type, fk_type)
+        # And test reversal
+        with connection.schema_editor() as editor:
+            operation.database_backwards("test_alflpkfk", editor, new_state, project_state)
+        id_type = [c.type_code for c in connection.introspection.get_table_description(connection.cursor(), "test_alflpkfk_pony") if c.name == "id"][0]
+        fk_type = [c.type_code for c in connection.introspection.get_table_description(connection.cursor(), "test_alflpkfk_rider") if c.name == "pony_id"][0]
+        self.assertEqual(id_type, fk_type)
+
     def test_rename_field(self):
         """
         Tests the RenameField operation.
diff --git a/tests/schema/tests.py b/tests/schema/tests.py
index d69e5387f1..66450956ef 100644
--- a/tests/schema/tests.py
+++ b/tests/schema/tests.py
@@ -636,6 +636,7 @@ class SchemaTests(TransactionTestCase):
         # Alter to change the PK
         new_field = SlugField(primary_key=True)
         new_field.set_attributes_from_name("slug")
+        new_field.model = Tag
         with connection.schema_editor() as editor:
             editor.remove_field(Tag, Tag._meta.get_field_by_name("id")[0])
             editor.alter_field(