diff --git a/migrations/20160307172229-backups-add-table.js b/migrations/20160307172229-backups-add-table.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73bc29fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20160307172229-backups-add-table.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+var dbm = global.dbm || require('db-migrate');
+var type = dbm.dataType;
+
+exports.up = function(db, callback) {
+    var cmd = "CREATE TABLE backups(" +
+            "filename VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL," +
+            "creationTime TIMESTAMP," +
+            "version VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL," +
+            "type VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL," +
+            "dependsOn VARCHAR(4096)," +
+            "state VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL," +
+            "PRIMARY KEY (filename))";
+
+    db.runSql(cmd, function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('DROP TABLE backups', function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
diff --git a/migrations/schema.sql b/migrations/schema.sql
index 74c318036..93505729e 100644
--- a/migrations/schema.sql
+++ b/migrations/schema.sql
@@ -98,3 +98,12 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS appAddonConfigs(
     value VARCHAR(512) NOT NULL,
     FOREIGN KEY(appId) REFERENCES apps(id));
 
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS backups(
+    filename VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, /* s3 url */
+    creationTime TIMESTAMP,
+    version VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, /* app version or box version */
+    type VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, /* 'box' or 'app' */
+    dependsOn VARCHAR(4096), /* comma separate list of objects this backup depends on */
+    state VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,
+
+    PRIMARY KEY (filename));