diff --git a/migrations/20171027212823-domains-add-table.js b/migrations/20171027212823-domains-add-table.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cca8d1c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20171027212823-domains-add-table.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+'use strict';
+
+exports.up = function(db, callback) {
+    var cmd = "CREATE TABLE domains(" +
+            "domain VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL," +
+            "zoneName VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL," +
+            "configJson TEXT," +
+            "PRIMARY KEY (domain))";
+
+    db.runSql(cmd, function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('DROP TABLE domains', function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
diff --git a/migrations/schema.sql b/migrations/schema.sql
index 18ddbb68e..213680abb 100644
--- a/migrations/schema.sql
+++ b/migrations/schema.sql
@@ -142,3 +142,10 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS mailboxes(
     creationTime TIMESTAMP,
 
     PRIMARY KEY (name));
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS domains(
+    domain VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, /* if this needs to be larger, InnoDB has a limit of 767 bytes for PRIMARY KEY values! */
+    zoneName VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, /* this mostly contains the domain itself again */
+    configJson TEXT, /* JSON containing the dns backend provider config */
+
+    PRIMARY KEY (domain));