diff --git a/phpBB/config/services.yml b/phpBB/config/services.yml
index 7b2a24b2b3..b9c71844dc 100644
--- a/phpBB/config/services.yml
+++ b/phpBB/config/services.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ services:
             - @cache.driver
             - %tables.config%
 
+    config_text:
+        class: phpbb_config_db_text
+        arguments:
+            - @dbal.conn
+            - %tables.config_text%
+
     controller.helper:
         class: phpbb_controller_helper
         arguments:
diff --git a/phpBB/config/tables.yml b/phpBB/config/tables.yml
index b3093abf0c..1191fd0ae1 100644
--- a/phpBB/config/tables.yml
+++ b/phpBB/config/tables.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 parameters:
     tables.config: %core.table_prefix%config
+    tables.config_text: %core.table_prefix%config_text
     tables.ext: %core.table_prefix%ext
     tables.log: %core.table_prefix%log
     tables.notification_types: %core.table_prefix%notification_types
diff --git a/phpBB/develop/create_schema_files.php b/phpBB/develop/create_schema_files.php
index a9caee2e25..b454fb2c16 100644
--- a/phpBB/develop/create_schema_files.php
+++ b/phpBB/develop/create_schema_files.php
@@ -998,6 +998,14 @@ function get_schema_struct()
 		),
 	);
 
+	$schema_data['phpbb_config_text'] = array(
+		'COLUMNS'		=> array(
+			'config_name'		=> array('VCHAR', ''),
+			'config_value'		=> array('MTEXT', ''),
+		),
+		'PRIMARY_KEY'	=> 'config_name',
+	);
+
 	$schema_data['phpbb_confirm'] = array(
 		'COLUMNS'		=> array(
 			'confirm_id'		=> array('CHAR:32', ''),
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/config/db_text.php b/phpBB/includes/config/db_text.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b365cb5c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpBB/includes/config/db_text.php
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package phpBB3
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+* @ignore
+*/
+if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
+{
+	exit;
+}
+
+/**
+* Manages configuration options with an arbitrary length value stored in a TEXT
+* column. In constrast to class phpbb_config_db, values are never cached and
+* prefetched, but every get operation sends a query to the database.
+*
+* @package phpBB3
+*/
+class phpbb_config_db_text
+{
+	/**
+	* Database connection
+	* @var phpbb_db_driver
+	*/
+	protected $db;
+
+	/**
+	* Name of the database table used.
+	* @var string
+	*/
+	protected $table;
+
+	/**
+	* @param phpbb_db_driver $db        Database connection
+	* @param string          $table     Table name
+	*/
+	public function __construct(phpbb_db_driver $db, $table)
+	{
+		$this->db = $db;
+		$this->table = $this->db->sql_escape($table);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Sets the configuration option with the name $key to $value.
+	*
+	* @param string $key       The configuration option's name
+	* @param string $value     New configuration value
+	*
+	* @return null
+	*/
+	public function set($key, $value)
+	{
+		$this->set_array(array($key => $value));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Gets the configuration value for the name $key.
+	*
+	* @param string $key       The configuration option's name
+	*
+	* @return string|null      String result on success
+	*                          null if there is no such option
+	*/
+	public function get($key)
+	{
+		$map = $this->get_array(array($key));
+
+		return isset($map[$key]) ? $map[$key] : null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Removes the configuration option with the name $key.
+	*
+	* @param string $key       The configuration option's name
+	*
+	* @return null
+	*/
+	public function delete($key)
+	{
+		$this->delete_array(array($key));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Mass set configuration options: Receives an associative array,
+	* treats array keys as configuration option names and associated
+	* array values as their configuration option values.
+	*
+	* @param array $map        Map from configuration names to values
+	*
+	* @return null
+	*/
+	public function set_array(array $map)
+	{
+		$this->db->sql_transaction('begin');
+
+		foreach ($map as $key => $value)
+		{
+			$sql = 'UPDATE ' . $this->table . "
+				SET config_value = '" . $this->db->sql_escape($value) . "'
+				WHERE config_name = '" . $this->db->sql_escape($key) . "'";
+			$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql);
+
+			if (!$this->db->sql_affectedrows($result))
+			{
+				$sql = 'INSERT INTO ' . $this->table . ' ' . $this->db->sql_build_array('INSERT', array(
+					'config_name'	=> $key,
+					'config_value'	=> $value,
+				));
+				$this->db->sql_query($sql);
+			}
+		}
+
+		$this->db->sql_transaction('commit');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Mass get configuration options: Receives a set of configuration
+	* option names and returns the result as a key => value map where
+	* array keys are configuration option names and array values are
+	* associated config option values.
+	*
+	* @param array $keys       Set of configuration option names
+	*
+	* @return array            Map from configuration names to values
+	*/
+	public function get_array(array $keys)
+	{
+		$sql = 'SELECT *
+			FROM ' . $this->table . '
+			WHERE ' . $this->db->sql_in_set('config_name', $keys, false, true);
+		$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql);
+
+		$map = array();
+		while ($row = $this->db->sql_fetchrow($result))
+		{
+			$map[$row['config_name']] = $row['config_value'];
+		}
+		$this->db->sql_freeresult($result);
+
+		return $map;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	* Mass delete configuration options.
+	*
+	* @param array $keys       Set of configuration option names
+	*
+	* @return null
+	*/
+	public function delete_array(array $keys)
+	{
+		$sql = 'DELETE
+			FROM ' . $this->table . '
+			WHERE ' . $this->db->sql_in_set('config_name', $keys, false, true);
+		$result = $this->db->sql_query($sql);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/migration/data/310/config_db_text.php b/phpBB/includes/db/migration/data/310/config_db_text.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89f211adda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/migration/data/310/config_db_text.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package migration
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+class phpbb_db_migration_data_310_config_db_text extends phpbb_db_migration
+{
+	public function effectively_installed()
+	{
+		return $this->db_tools->sql_table_exists($this->table_prefix . 'config_text');
+	}
+
+	static public function depends_on()
+	{
+		return array('phpbb_db_migration_data_30x_3_0_11');
+	}
+
+	public function update_schema()
+	{
+		return array(
+			'add_tables' => array(
+				$this->table_prefix . 'config_text' => array(
+					'COLUMNS' => array(
+						'config_name'	=> array('VCHAR', ''),
+						'config_value'	=> array('MTEXT', ''),
+					),
+					'PRIMARY_KEY' => 'config_name',
+				),
+			),
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function revert_schema()
+	{
+		return array(
+			'drop_tables' => array(
+				$this->table_prefix . 'config_text',
+			),
+		);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/firebird_schema.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/firebird_schema.sql
index 3f813ef9b9..18ca184c65 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/firebird_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/firebird_schema.sql
@@ -222,6 +222,15 @@ ALTER TABLE phpbb_config ADD PRIMARY KEY (config_name);;
 
 CREATE INDEX phpbb_config_is_dynamic ON phpbb_config(is_dynamic);;
 
+# Table: 'phpbb_config_text'
+CREATE TABLE phpbb_config_text (
+	config_name VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET NONE DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+	config_value BLOB SUB_TYPE TEXT CHARACTER SET NONE DEFAULT '' NOT NULL
+);;
+
+ALTER TABLE phpbb_config_text ADD PRIMARY KEY (config_name);;
+
+
 # Table: 'phpbb_confirm'
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_confirm (
 	confirm_id CHAR(32) CHARACTER SET NONE DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/mssql_schema.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/mssql_schema.sql
index 30e95954d4..3530f9cd25 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/mssql_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/mssql_schema.sql
@@ -293,6 +293,23 @@ CREATE  INDEX [is_dynamic] ON [phpbb_config]([is_dynamic]) ON [PRIMARY]
 GO
 
 
+/*
+	Table: 'phpbb_config_text'
+*/
+CREATE TABLE [phpbb_config_text] (
+	[config_name] [varchar] (255) DEFAULT ('') NOT NULL ,
+	[config_value] [text] DEFAULT ('') NOT NULL 
+) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
+GO
+
+ALTER TABLE [phpbb_config_text] WITH NOCHECK ADD 
+	CONSTRAINT [PK_phpbb_config_text] PRIMARY KEY  CLUSTERED 
+	(
+		[config_name]
+	)  ON [PRIMARY] 
+GO
+
+
 /*
 	Table: 'phpbb_confirm'
 */
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_40_schema.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_40_schema.sql
index 3bf8c22488..8c405677a8 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_40_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_40_schema.sql
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ CREATE TABLE phpbb_config (
 );
 
 
+# Table: 'phpbb_config_text'
+CREATE TABLE phpbb_config_text (
+	config_name varbinary(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+	config_value mediumblob NOT NULL,
+	PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
+);
+
+
 # Table: 'phpbb_confirm'
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_confirm (
 	confirm_id binary(32) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_41_schema.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_41_schema.sql
index 93348b2015..cb259aa57d 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_41_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_41_schema.sql
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ CREATE TABLE phpbb_config (
 ) CHARACTER SET `utf8` COLLATE `utf8_bin`;
 
 
+# Table: 'phpbb_config_text'
+CREATE TABLE phpbb_config_text (
+	config_name varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+	config_value mediumtext NOT NULL,
+	PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
+) CHARACTER SET `utf8` COLLATE `utf8_bin`;
+
+
 # Table: 'phpbb_confirm'
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_confirm (
 	confirm_id char(32) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/oracle_schema.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/oracle_schema.sql
index 4dd151e54b..35f05e34cd 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/oracle_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/oracle_schema.sql
@@ -331,6 +331,17 @@ CREATE TABLE phpbb_config (
 CREATE INDEX phpbb_config_is_dynamic ON phpbb_config (is_dynamic)
 /
 
+/*
+	Table: 'phpbb_config_text'
+*/
+CREATE TABLE phpbb_config_text (
+	config_name varchar2(255) DEFAULT '' ,
+	config_value clob DEFAULT '' ,
+	CONSTRAINT pk_phpbb_config_text PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
+)
+/
+
+
 /*
 	Table: 'phpbb_confirm'
 */
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/postgres_schema.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/postgres_schema.sql
index 77481add59..6dc507b46d 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/postgres_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/postgres_schema.sql
@@ -269,6 +269,16 @@ CREATE TABLE phpbb_config (
 
 CREATE INDEX phpbb_config_is_dynamic ON phpbb_config (is_dynamic);
 
+/*
+	Table: 'phpbb_config_text'
+*/
+CREATE TABLE phpbb_config_text (
+	config_name varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+	config_value TEXT DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+	PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
+);
+
+
 /*
 	Table: 'phpbb_confirm'
 */
diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/sqlite_schema.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/sqlite_schema.sql
index 7dd1fe70f6..ccb67ad46f 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/sqlite_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/sqlite_schema.sql
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ CREATE TABLE phpbb_config (
 
 CREATE INDEX phpbb_config_is_dynamic ON phpbb_config (is_dynamic);
 
+# Table: 'phpbb_config_text'
+CREATE TABLE phpbb_config_text (
+	config_name varchar(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+	config_value mediumtext(16777215) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+	PRIMARY KEY (config_name)
+);
+
+
 # Table: 'phpbb_confirm'
 CREATE TABLE phpbb_confirm (
 	confirm_id char(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
diff --git a/tests/config/db_text_test.php b/tests/config/db_text_test.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4818bba8c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/config/db_text_test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package testing
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+class phpbb_config_db_text_test extends phpbb_database_test_case
+{
+	private $db;
+	private $config_text;
+
+	public function getDataSet()
+	{
+		return $this->createXMLDataSet(dirname(__FILE__) . '/fixtures/config_text.xml');
+	}
+
+	public function setUp()
+	{
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		$this->db = $this->new_dbal();
+		$this->config_text = new phpbb_config_db_text($this->db, 'phpbb_config_text');
+	}
+
+	public function test_get()
+	{
+		$this->assertSame('23', $this->config_text->get('foo'));
+		$this->assertSame('string-de-ding', $this->config_text->get('meh'));
+	}
+
+	public function test_get_nonexisting()
+	{
+		$this->assertNull($this->config_text->get('noooooo'));
+	}
+
+	public function test_set_new_get()
+	{
+		$this->config_text->set('barz', 'phpbb');
+		$this->assertSame('phpbb', $this->config_text->get('barz'));
+	}
+
+	public function test_set_replace_get()
+	{
+		$this->config_text->set('foo', '24');
+		$this->assertSame('24', $this->config_text->get('foo'));
+	}
+
+	public function test_set_get_long_string()
+	{
+		$expected = str_repeat('ABC', 10000);
+		$this->config_text->set('long', $expected);
+		$this->assertSame($expected, $this->config_text->get('long'));
+	}
+
+	public function test_delete_get()
+	{
+		$this->config_text->delete('foo');
+		$this->assertNull($this->config_text->get('foo'));
+
+		$this->assertSame('42', $this->config_text->get('bar'));
+		$this->assertSame('string-de-ding', $this->config_text->get('meh'));
+	}
+
+	public function test_get_array_empty()
+	{
+		$this->assertEmpty($this->config_text->get_array(array('key1', 'key2')));
+	}
+
+	public function test_get_array_subset()
+	{
+		$expected = array(
+			'bar' => '42',
+			'foo' => '23',
+		);
+
+		$actual = $this->config_text->get_array(array_keys($expected));
+		ksort($actual);
+
+		$this->assertSame($expected, $actual);
+	}
+
+	public function test_set_array_get_array_subset()
+	{
+		$set_array_param = array(
+			// New entry
+			'baby' => 'phpBB',
+			// Entry update
+			'bar' => '64',
+		);
+
+		$this->config_text->set_array($set_array_param);
+
+		$expected = array_merge($set_array_param, array(
+			'foo' => '23',
+		));
+
+		$actual = $this->config_text->get_array(array_keys($expected));
+		ksort($actual);
+
+		$this->assertSame($expected, $actual);
+	}
+
+	public function test_delete_array_get_remaining()
+	{
+		$this->config_text->delete_array(array('foo', 'bar'));
+
+		$this->assertNull($this->config_text->get('bar'));
+		$this->assertNull($this->config_text->get('foo'));
+
+		$this->assertSame('string-de-ding', $this->config_text->get('meh'));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/config/fixtures/config_text.xml b/tests/config/fixtures/config_text.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5acac13ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/config/fixtures/config_text.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<dataset>
+	<table name="phpbb_config_text">
+		<column>config_name</column>
+		<column>config_value</column>
+		<row>
+			<value>foo</value>
+			<value>23</value>
+		</row>
+		<row>
+			<value>bar</value>
+			<value>42</value>
+		</row>
+		<row>
+			<value>meh</value>
+			<value>string-de-ding</value>
+		</row>
+	</table>
+</dataset>