diff --git a/db/0026-add-ignore-votes-alerts.sql b/db/0026-add-ignore-votes-alerts.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2425dd136f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/0026-add-ignore-votes-alerts.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ALTER TABLE `alerts` ADD `ignore_speaker_votes` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0';
diff --git a/db/schema.sql b/db/schema.sql
index ef43d99edb..c976243153 100644
--- a/db/schema.sql
+++ b/db/schema.sql
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `alerts` (
   `confirmed` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
   `created` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   `postcode` varchar(10) NOT NULL default '',
+  `ignore_speaker_votes` tinyint(1) NOT NULL default '0',
   `lang` varchar(2) NOT NULL default 'en',
   PRIMARY KEY  (`alert_id`),
   KEY `email` (`email`),