diff --git a/db/migrate/20180612042625_add_uuid_to_contacts.rb b/db/migrate/20180612042625_add_uuid_to_contacts.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c80d60e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20180612042625_add_uuid_to_contacts.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddUuidToContacts < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_column :contacts, :uuid, :uuid, default: 'gen_random_uuid()'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index de3c10c61..1332bccfb 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -639,7 +639,8 @@ CREATE TABLE contacts (
     original_id integer,
     ident_updated_at timestamp without time zone,
     upid integer,
-    up_date timestamp without time zone
+    up_date timestamp without time zone,
+    uuid uuid DEFAULT gen_random_uuid()
 );
 
 
@@ -4732,3 +4733,5 @@ INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20180331200125');
 
 INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20180612042234');
 
+INSERT INTO schema_migrations (version) VALUES ('20180612042625');
+