diff --git a/classes/User.php b/classes/User.php
index 82e1002a4d..36111ac0c3 100644
--- a/classes/User.php
+++ b/classes/User.php
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class User extends DB_DataObject
     public $carrier;                         // int(4)  
     public $smsnotify;                       // tinyint(1)  
     public $uri;                             // varchar(255)  unique_key
+    public $autosubscribe;                   // tinyint(1)  
     public $created;                         // datetime()   not_null
     public $modified;                        // timestamp()   not_null default_CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
 
diff --git a/classes/stoica.ini b/classes/stoica.ini
index c79e095dce..955b4d9fcf 100644
--- a/classes/stoica.ini
+++ b/classes/stoica.ini
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ sms = 2
 carrier = 1
 smsnotify = 17
 uri = 2
+autosubscribe = 17
 created = 142
 modified = 384
 
diff --git a/db/laconica.sql b/db/laconica.sql
index a598e44709..3c8478beba 100644
--- a/db/laconica.sql
+++ b/db/laconica.sql
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ create table user (
     carrier integer comment 'foreign key to sms_carrier' references sms_carrier (id),
     smsnotify tinyint default 0 comment 'whether to send notices to SMS',
     uri varchar(255) unique key comment 'universally unique identifier, usually a tag URI',
+    autosubscribe tinyint default 0 comment 'automatically subscribe to users who subscribe to us',
     created datetime not null comment 'date this record was created',
     modified timestamp comment 'date this record was modified'
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM;