diff --git a/lib/toaster/orm/migrations/0022_recipevariable.py b/lib/toaster/orm/migrations/0022_recipevariable.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..455a8ce23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/toaster/orm/migrations/0022_recipevariable.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.5 on 2026-08-11 00:00
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('orm', '0021_eventlogsimports'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='RecipeVariable',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('variables', models.BinaryField()),
+                ('variable_count', models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)),
+                ('build', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='orm.build')),
+                ('recipe', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='orm.recipe')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'unique_together': {('build', 'recipe')},
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/lib/toaster/orm/models.py b/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
index e2f488ed8..c240836cc 100644
--- a/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
+++ b/lib/toaster/orm/models.py
@@ -1346,6 +1346,16 @@ class Recipe(models.Model):
         unique_together = (("layer_version", "file_path", "pathflags"), )
 
 
+class RecipeVariable(models.Model):
+    build = models.ForeignKey(Build, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    recipe = models.ForeignKey(Recipe, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    variables = models.BinaryField()
+    variable_count = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)
+
+    class Meta:
+        unique_together = (("build", "recipe"), )
+
+
 class Recipe_DependencyManager(models.Manager):
     use_for_related_fields = True