diff --git a/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_schema.sql b/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_schema.sql
index 9755d0b455..1bdfc919c4 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_schema.sql
+++ b/phpBB/install/schemas/mysql_schema.sql
@@ -868,6 +868,7 @@ CREATE TABLE phpbb_users (
    user_allow_viewonline tinyint(1) DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL,
    user_allow_viewemail tinyint(1) DEFAULT '1' NOT NULL,
    user_avatar varchar(100) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
+   user_avatar_type tinyint(2) DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL, 
    user_avatar_width tinyint(4) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
    user_avatar_height tinyint(4) UNSIGNED DEFAULT '0' NOT NULL,
    user_sig text DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,