diff --git a/database/updates.inc b/database/updates.inc
index 2ee4acf70fb..c14ca41e710 100644
--- a/database/updates.inc
+++ b/database/updates.inc
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ $sql_updates = array(
   "2005-04-24" => "update_133",
   "2005-04-30" => "update_134",
   "2005-05-06" => "update_135",
-  "2005-05-08" => "update_136"
+  "2005-05-08" => "update_136",
+  "2005-05-09" => "update_137"
 );
 
 function update_32() {
@@ -2456,6 +2457,23 @@ function update_136() {
   return $ret;
 }
 
+ function update_137() {
+  $ret = array();
+
+  if ($GLOBALS['db_type'] == 'mysql') {
+    $ret[] = update_sql("ALTER TABLE {locales_source} CHANGE location location varchar(255) NOT NULL default ''");
+  }
+  elseif ($GLOBALS['db_type'] == 'pgsql') {
+    $ret[] = update_sql("ALTER TABLE {locales_source} RENAME location TO location_old");
+    $ret[] = update_sql("ALTER TABLE {locales_source} ADD location varchar(255)");
+    $ret[] = update_sql("ALTER TABLE {locales_source} ALTER location SET NOT NULL");
+    $ret[] = update_sql("ALTER TABLE {locales_source} ALTER location SET DEFAULT ''");
+    $ret[] = update_sql("UPDATE {locales_source} SET location = location_old");
+    $ret[] = update_sql("ALTER TABLE {locales_source} DROP location_old");
+   }
+   return $ret;
+}
+
 function update_sql($sql) {
   $edit = $_POST["edit"];
   $result = db_query($sql);