diff --git a/alembic/versions/b5efae6bb23_add_merge_status_to_the_pull_requests_.py b/alembic/versions/b5efae6bb23_add_merge_status_to_the_pull_requests_.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa12d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alembic/versions/b5efae6bb23_add_merge_status_to_the_pull_requests_.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+"""Add merge status to the pull_requests table
+
+Revision ID: b5efae6bb23
+Revises: None
+Create Date: 2015-06-02 16:30:06.199128
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'b5efae6bb23'
+down_revision = None
+
+from alembic import op
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import ENUM
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+# Sources for the code: https://bitbucket.org/zzzeek/alembic/issue/67
+
+def upgrade():
+    ''' Add the column merge_status to the table pull_requests.
+    '''
+    enum = ENUM('NO_CHANGE', 'FFORWARD', 'CONFLICTS', 'MERGE',
+                name='merge_status_enum', create_type=False)
+    enum.create(op.get_bind(), checkfirst=False)
+    op.add_column(
+        'pull_requests',
+        sa.Column('merge_status', enum, nullable=True)
+    )
+
+def downgrade():
+    ''' Remove the column merge_status from the table pull_requests.
+    '''
+    ENUM(name="merge_status_enum").drop(op.get_bind(), checkfirst=False)
+    op.drop_column('pull_requests', 'merge_status')
diff --git a/pagure/lib/model.py b/pagure/lib/model.py
index 44b9fa3..536c698 100644
--- a/pagure/lib/model.py
+++ b/pagure/lib/model.py
@@ -663,6 +663,11 @@ class PullRequest(BASE):
         sa.ForeignKey('users.id', onupdate='CASCADE'),
         nullable=True,
         index=True)
+    merge_status = sa.Column(
+        sa.Enum(
+            'NO_CHANGE', 'FFORWARD', 'CONFLICTS', 'MERGE',
+            name='merge_status_enum'),
+        nullable=True)
 
     status = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, nullable=False, default=True)