diff --git a/db/zm_create.sql.in b/db/zm_create.sql.in
index 68ffe5395..bfdd6236a 100644
--- a/db/zm_create.sql.in
+++ b/db/zm_create.sql.in
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `Monitors` (
   `Importance`  enum('Normal','Less','Not') NOT NULL default 'Normal',
   `MQTT_Enabled`  BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
   `MQTT_Subscriptions`  varchar(255) default '',
+  `StartupDelay`  INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
   PRIMARY KEY (`Id`)
 ) ENGINE=@ZM_MYSQL_ENGINE@;
 
diff --git a/db/zm_update-1.37.56.sql b/db/zm_update-1.37.56.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6e567289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/zm_update-1.37.56.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--
+-- Update Monitors table to have StartupDelay
+--
+
+SELECT 'Checking for StartupDelay in Monitors';
+SET @s = (SELECT IF(
+  (SELECT COUNT(*)
+  FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
+  WHERE table_name = 'Monitors'
+  AND table_schema = DATABASE()
+  AND column_name = 'StartupDelay'
+  ) > 0,
+"SELECT 'Column StartupDelay already exists on Monitors'",
+"ALTER TABLE Monitors ADD `StartupDelay` INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 AFTER `MQTT_Subscriptions`"
+));
+
+PREPARE stmt FROM @s;
+EXECUTE stmt;