diff --git a/db/migrate/20170123061730_add_notified_of_own_activity_to_users.rb b/db/migrate/20170123061730_add_notified_of_own_activity_to_users.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f90637e1e35757b8a29928dbb1df2a52fcf46aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20170123061730_add_notified_of_own_activity_to_users.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class AddNotifiedOfOwnActivityToUsers < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  def up
+    add_column_with_default :users, :notified_of_own_activity, :boolean, default: false
+  end
+
+  def down
+    remove_column :users, :notified_of_own_activity
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 5efb4f6595c44e3797a8487b4241ffc7307f36e7..4ef8d4bbe10e2b57b7feb7b592d57d6c88b95d15 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20170130204620) do
     t.string "organization"
     t.string "incoming_email_token"
     t.boolean "authorized_projects_populated"
+    t.boolean "notified_of_own_activity", default: false, null: false
   end
 
   add_index "users", ["admin"], name: "index_users_on_admin", using: :btree