diff --git a/migrations/20160430062446-eventlog-add-table.js b/migrations/20160430062446-eventlog-add-table.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7830cc741
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20160430062446-eventlog-add-table.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+var dbm = global.dbm || require('db-migrate');
+var type = dbm.dataType;
+
+exports.up = function(db, callback) {
+    var cmd = "CREATE TABLE eventlog(" +
+            "id VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL," +
+            "creationTime TIMESTAMP," +
+            "action VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL," +
+            "dataJson TEXT," +
+            "PRIMARY KEY (id))";
+
+    db.runSql(cmd, function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
+
+exports.down = function(db, callback) {
+    db.runSql('DROP TABLE eventlog', function (error) {
+        if (error) console.error(error);
+        callback(error);
+    });
+};
diff --git a/migrations/schema.sql b/migrations/schema.sql
index 4e143d39c..73e9fbda2 100644
--- a/migrations/schema.sql
+++ b/migrations/schema.sql
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS appAddonConfigs(
     FOREIGN KEY(appId) REFERENCES apps(id));
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS backups(
-    id VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
+    filename VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
     creationTime TIMESTAMP,
     version VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL, /* app version or box version */
     type VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, /* 'box' or 'app' */
@@ -108,3 +108,11 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS backups(
     state VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,
 
     PRIMARY KEY (filename));
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS eventlog(
+    id VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
+    creationTime TIMESTAMP,
+    action VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
+    dataJson TEXT,
+
+    PRIMARY KEY (id));