diff --git a/ax/storage/sqa_store/sqa_classes.py b/ax/storage/sqa_store/sqa_classes.py
index a983d63790d..227c223a2bb 100644
--- a/ax/storage/sqa_store/sqa_classes.py
+++ b/ax/storage/sqa_store/sqa_classes.py
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ class SQATrial(Base):
     time_run_started: Optional[datetime] = Column(IntTimestamp)
     trial_type: Optional[str] = Column(String(NAME_OR_TYPE_FIELD_LENGTH))
     generation_step_index: Optional[int] = Column(Integer)
+    properties: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = Column(JSONEncodedTextDict, default={})
 
     # relationships
     # Trials and experiments are mutable, so the children relationships need
diff --git a/ax/storage/sqa_store/tests/utils.py b/ax/storage/sqa_store/tests/utils.py
index 4eef2a647e4..e09d73f6896 100644
--- a/ax/storage/sqa_store/tests/utils.py
+++ b/ax/storage/sqa_store/tests/utils.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
             "num_arms_created": "num_arms_created",
         },
         python_only=["experiment", "status_quo", "status_quo_weight_override"],
-        encoded_only=["is_batch", "status_quo_name", "deployed_name"],
+        encoded_only=["is_batch", "status_quo_name", "deployed_name", "properties"],
     ),
     "BraninObjective": EncodeDecodeFieldsMap(
         python_only=["metric"],
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@
             "status_quo_name",
             "deployed_name",
             "optimize_for_power",
+            "properties",
         ],
     ),
 }