diff --git a/app/models/project_services/jira_service.rb b/app/models/project_services/jira_service.rb
index 7ba5f1d01f9..c3f9d834685 100644
--- a/app/models/project_services/jira_service.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_services/jira_service.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class JiraService < IssueTrackerService
 
   # TODO: we can probably just delegate as part of
   # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/29404
-  data_field :username, :password, :url, :api_url, :jira_issue_transition_id, :project_key
+  data_field :username, :password, :url, :api_url, :jira_issue_transition_id, :project_key, :issues_enabled
 
   before_update :reset_password
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/225706-add-issues-enabled-to-jira-tracker-data.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/225706-add-issues-enabled-to-jira-tracker-data.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54161c0982c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/225706-add-issues-enabled-to-jira-tracker-data.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Add issues_enabled column to jira_tracker_data table
+merge_request: 35987
+author:
+type: other
diff --git a/db/migrate/20200703154822_add_issues_enabled_to_jira_tracker_data.rb b/db/migrate/20200703154822_add_issues_enabled_to_jira_tracker_data.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e56f6f6ee11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20200703154822_add_issues_enabled_to_jira_tracker_data.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddIssuesEnabledToJiraTrackerData < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.0]
+  DOWNTIME = false
+
+  def change
+    add_column :jira_tracker_data, :issues_enabled, :boolean, default: false, null: false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/structure.sql b/db/structure.sql
index 68a318fcf69..47de909bb47 100644
--- a/db/structure.sql
+++ b/db/structure.sql
@@ -12404,6 +12404,7 @@ CREATE TABLE public.jira_tracker_data (
     encrypted_password_iv character varying,
     jira_issue_transition_id character varying,
     project_key text,
+    issues_enabled boolean DEFAULT false NOT NULL,
     CONSTRAINT check_214cf6a48b CHECK ((char_length(project_key) <= 255))
 );
 
@@ -23539,5 +23540,6 @@ COPY "schema_migrations" (version) FROM STDIN;
 20200626060151
 20200626130220
 20200702123805
+20200703154822
 \.