diff --git a/classes/Queue_item.php b/classes/Queue_item.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74e17ee0fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/Queue_item.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Table Definition for queue_item
+ */
+require_once 'DB/DataObject.php';
+
+class Queue_item extends DB_DataObject 
+{
+    ###START_AUTOCODE
+    /* the code below is auto generated do not remove the above tag */
+
+    public $__table = 'queue_item';                      // table name
+    public $notice_id;                       // int(4)  primary_key not_null
+    public $created;                         // datetime()   not_null
+    public $claimed;                         // datetime()  
+
+    /* Static get */
+    function staticGet($k,$v=NULL) { return DB_DataObject::staticGet('Queue_item',$k,$v); }
+
+    /* the code above is auto generated do not remove the tag below */
+    ###END_AUTOCODE
+}
diff --git a/classes/stoica.ini b/classes/stoica.ini
index 97f1a8bb60..3d59be8ee7 100644
--- a/classes/stoica.ini
+++ b/classes/stoica.ini
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ modified = 384
 [profile__keys]
 id = N
 
+[queue_item]
+notice_id = 129
+created = 142
+claimed = 14
+
+[queue_item__keys]
+notice_id = K
+
 [remember_me]
 code = 130
 user_id = 129
diff --git a/db/laconica.sql b/db/laconica.sql
index 46424ecceb..66d9a97814 100644
--- a/db/laconica.sql
+++ b/db/laconica.sql
@@ -173,3 +173,14 @@ create table remember_me (
     user_id integer not null comment 'user who is logged in' references user (id),
     modified timestamp comment 'date this record was modified'
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+
+create table queue_item (
+
+    notice_id integer not null primary key comment 'notice queued' references notice (id),
+    created datetime not null comment 'date this record was created',
+    claimed datetime comment 'date this item was claimed',
+
+    index queue_item_created_idx (created)
+    
+) ENGINE=InnoDB;
+