diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb
index 4e770c37da3ddf63a37b8512887f989422066994..730b1c74256574b6906204e02e51d75fc1841b3c 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/schema_statements.rb
@@ -422,9 +422,17 @@ def dump_schema_information #:nodoc:
       def initialize_schema_migrations_table
         sm_table = ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name
 
-        unless table_exists?(sm_table)
+        if table_exists?(sm_table)
+          cols = columns(sm_table).collect { |col| col.name }
+          unless cols.include?("migrated_at")
+            add_column sm_table, :migrated_at, :datetime
+            update "UPDATE #{quote_table_name(sm_table)} SET migrated_at = '#{quoted_date(Time.now)}' WHERE migrated_at IS NULL"
+            change_column sm_table, :migrated_at, :datetime, :null => false
+          end
+        else
           create_table(sm_table, :id => false) do |schema_migrations_table|
             schema_migrations_table.column :version, :string, :null => false
+            schema_migrations_table.column :migrated_at, :datetime, :null => false
           end
           add_index sm_table, :version, :unique => true,
             :name => "#{Base.table_name_prefix}unique_schema_migrations#{Base.table_name_suffix}"
diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
index 3037d73a1b121a25dc2ffcc163c9f00cde97f6c4..55a24a94f34d1aa8d3099a4b3a52b3fa137c2f65 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/migration_test.rb
@@ -27,22 +27,46 @@ def puts(text="")
   end
 
   class MigrationTableAndIndexTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
-    def test_add_schema_info_respects_prefix_and_suffix
-      conn = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
+    def setup
+      @conn = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
+      @conn.drop_table(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name) if @conn.table_exists?(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name)
+    end
 
-      conn.drop_table(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name) if conn.table_exists?(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name)
+    def test_add_schema_migrations_respects_prefix_and_suffix
       # Use shorter prefix and suffix as in Oracle database identifier cannot be larger than 30 characters
       ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_prefix = 'p_'
       ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_suffix = '_s'
-      conn.drop_table(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name) if conn.table_exists?(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name)
+      @conn.drop_table(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name) if @conn.table_exists?(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name)
 
-      conn.initialize_schema_migrations_table
+      @conn.initialize_schema_migrations_table
 
-      assert_equal "p_unique_schema_migrations_s", conn.indexes(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name)[0][:name]
+      assert_equal "p_unique_schema_migrations_s", @conn.indexes(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name)[0][:name]
     ensure
       ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_prefix = ""
       ActiveRecord::Base.table_name_suffix = ""
     end
+
+    def test_schema_migrations_columns
+      @conn.initialize_schema_migrations_table
+
+      columns =  @conn.columns(ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name).collect(&:name)
+      %w[version migrated_at].each { |col| assert columns.include?(col) }
+    end
+
+    def test_add_migrated_at_to_exisiting_schema_migrations
+      sm_table = ActiveRecord::Migrator.schema_migrations_table_name
+      @conn.create_table(sm_table, :id => false) do |schema_migrations_table|
+              schema_migrations_table.column :version, :string, :null => false
+            end
+      @conn.insert "INSERT INTO #{@conn.quote_table_name(sm_table)} (version) VALUES (100)"
+      @conn.insert "INSERT INTO #{@conn.quote_table_name(sm_table)} (version) VALUES (200)"
+
+      @conn.initialize_schema_migrations_table
+
+      m_ats = @conn.select_values("SELECT migrated_at FROM #{@conn.quote_table_name(sm_table)}")
+      assert_equal 2, m_ats.length
+      assert_equal 2, m_ats.compact.length
+    end
   end
 
   class MigrationTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase