diff --git a/server/api/models/User.js b/server/api/models/User.js
index f1089a77..7aa20e93 100755
--- a/server/api/models/User.js
+++ b/server/api/models/User.js
@@ -204,6 +204,19 @@ module.exports = {
       type: 'ref',
       columnName: 'password_changed_at',
     },
+    apiKeyPrefix: {
+      type: 'string',
+      columnName: 'api_key_prefix',
+      isNotEmptyString: true,
+      allowNull: true,
+      unique: true,
+    },
+    apiKeyHash: {
+      type: 'string',
+      columnName: 'api_key_hash',
+      isNotEmptyString: true,
+      allowNull: true,
+    },
 
     //  ╔═╗╔╦╗╔╗ ╔═╗╔╦╗╔═╗
     //  ║╣ ║║║╠╩╗║╣  ║║╚═╗
diff --git a/server/db/migrations/20250712223423_add_api_key_fields_to_user.js b/server/db/migrations/20250712223423_add_api_key_fields_to_user.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96629b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/db/migrations/20250712223423_add_api_key_fields_to_user.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*!
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 PLANKA Software GmbH
+ * Licensed under the Fair Use License: https://github.com/plankanban/planka/blob/master/LICENSE.md
+ */
+
+exports.up = (knex) => {
+  return knex.schema.alterTable('user_account', (table) => {
+    table.string('api_key_prefix', 255).unique().nullable();
+    table.string('api_key_hash', 255).nullable();
+  });
+};
+
+exports.down = (knex) => {
+  return knex.schema.alterTable('user_account', (table) => {
+    table.dropUnique(['api_key_prefix']);
+    table.dropColumn('api_key_prefix');
+    table.dropColumn('api_key_hash');
+  });
+};