diff --git a/db/0025-increase-personinfo-size.sql b/db/0025-increase-personinfo-size.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff58be2dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/0025-increase-personinfo-size.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ALTER TABLE `personinfo`
+MODIFY COLUMN `data_value`
+mediumtext NOT NULL;
diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
index 605b2d70a7..709fe160af 100644
--- a/db/schema.sql
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `moffice` (
 CREATE TABLE `personinfo` (
   `person_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
   `data_key` varchar(100) NOT NULL default '',
-  `data_value` text NOT NULL,
+  `data_value` mediumtext NOT NULL,
   `lastupdate` timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
   UNIQUE KEY `personinfo_person_id_data_key` (`person_id`,`data_key`),
   KEY `person_id` (`person_id`)