diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e67609499..bdc35dda8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,6 @@ www/cache/*
 # huh?
 workflow*
 
+# include db migrations
+!db/migrate/*.sql
+
diff --git a/db/migrate/000101_restaurant_open_for_business.sql b/db/migrate/000101_restaurant_open_for_business.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9269e2537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/000101_restaurant_open_for_business.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE  `restaurant` ADD  `open_for_business` TINYINT( 1 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT  '1' AFTER  `active`
+