diff --git a/app/models/repository.rb b/app/models/repository.rb
index c2a15965d..47471ca92 100644
--- a/app/models/repository.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class Repository < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :changesets, :order => "#{Changeset.table_name}.committed_on DESC, #{Changeset.table_name}.id DESC"
   has_many :changes, :through => :changesets
 
+  serialize :extra_info
+
   # Raw SQL to delete changesets and changes in the database
   # has_many :changesets, :dependent => :destroy is too slow for big repositories
   before_destroy :clear_changesets
diff --git a/db/migrate/20110511000000_add_repositories_extra_info.rb b/db/migrate/20110511000000_add_repositories_extra_info.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5280dc57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20110511000000_add_repositories_extra_info.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddRepositoriesExtraInfo < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :repositories, :extra_info, :text
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :repositories, :extra_info
+  end
+end