diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/ab-unconfirmed-email-index.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/ab-unconfirmed-email-index.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3887cd87e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/ab-unconfirmed-email-index.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Create index for users.unconfirmed_email
+merge_request: 32664
+author:
+type: performance
diff --git a/db/migrate/20190904173203_add_index_on_users_unconfirmed_email.rb b/db/migrate/20190904173203_add_index_on_users_unconfirmed_email.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e78d47f023f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20190904173203_add_index_on_users_unconfirmed_email.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddIndexOnUsersUnconfirmedEmail < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.2]
+  include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def up
+    add_concurrent_index :users, :unconfirmed_email, where: 'unconfirmed_email IS NOT NULL'
+  end
+
+  def down
+    remove_concurrent_index :users, :unconfirmed_email, where: 'unconfirmed_email IS NOT NULL'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index f2d6f70217b..f04fb79ea22 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2019_09_02_160015) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2019_09_04_173203) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "pg_trgm"
@@ -3562,6 +3562,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2019_09_02_160015) do
     t.index ["state"], name: "index_users_on_state"
     t.index ["state"], name: "index_users_on_state_and_internal", where: "(ghost IS NOT TRUE)"
     t.index ["state"], name: "index_users_on_state_and_internal_ee", where: "((ghost IS NOT TRUE) AND (bot_type IS NULL))"
+    t.index ["unconfirmed_email"], name: "index_users_on_unconfirmed_email", where: "(unconfirmed_email IS NOT NULL)"
     t.index ["username"], name: "index_users_on_username"
     t.index ["username"], name: "index_users_on_username_trigram", opclass: :gin_trgm_ops, using: :gin
   end