diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation.go
index 91a012b0b1e0..2fa3100ac586 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation.go
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ func validateRuleNode(
 		RuleGroup:       groupName,
 		NoDataState:     noDataState,
 		ExecErrState:    errorState,
+		// Recording Rule fields will be implemented in the future.
+		// For now, no rules can be recording rules. So, we force these to be empty.
+		Record: nil,
 	}
 
 	if ruleNode.GrafanaManagedAlert.NotificationSettings != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation_test.go
index f2332211129b..46d6406bb172 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/api_ruler_validation_test.go
@@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ func TestValidateRuleNode_NoUID(t *testing.T) {
 				require.Equal(t, time.Duration(*api.ApiRuleNode.For), alert.For)
 				require.Equal(t, api.ApiRuleNode.Annotations, alert.Annotations)
 				require.Equal(t, api.ApiRuleNode.Labels, alert.Labels)
+				require.Nil(t, alert.Record)
 			},
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/compat.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/compat.go
index 8f671b113416..a0c2390254c7 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/api/compat.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/api/compat.go
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ func AlertRuleFromProvisionedAlertRule(a definitions.ProvisionedAlertRule) (mode
 		Labels:               a.Labels,
 		IsPaused:             a.IsPaused,
 		NotificationSettings: NotificationSettingsFromAlertRuleNotificationSettings(a.NotificationSettings),
+		// Recording Rule fields will be implemented in the future.
+		// For now, no rules can be recording rules. So, we force these to be empty.
+		Record: nil,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
index d28ff8ecb705..50e373afc614 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule.go
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"hash/fnv"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	alertingModels "github.com/grafana/alerting/models"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/data"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/quota"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
@@ -239,7 +242,8 @@ type AlertRule struct {
 	DashboardUID    *string `xorm:"dashboard_uid"`
 	PanelID         *int64  `xorm:"panel_id"`
 	RuleGroup       string
-	RuleGroupIndex  int `xorm:"rule_group_idx"`
+	RuleGroupIndex  int     `xorm:"rule_group_idx"`
+	Record          *Record `xorm:"text null 'record'"`
 	NoDataState     NoDataState
 	ExecErrState    ExecutionErrorState
 	// ideally this field should have been apimodels.ApiDuration
@@ -514,6 +518,10 @@ func (alertRule *AlertRule) ValidateAlertRule(cfg setting.UnifiedAlertingSetting
 		}
 	}
 
+	if alertRule.Record != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%w: storing recording rules is not yet allowed", ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
+	}
+
 	if len(alertRule.NotificationSettings) > 0 {
 		if len(alertRule.NotificationSettings) != 1 {
 			return fmt.Errorf("%w: only one notification settings entry is allowed", ErrAlertRuleFailedValidation)
@@ -561,6 +569,7 @@ type AlertRuleVersion struct {
 	Condition       string
 	Data            []AlertQuery
 	IntervalSeconds int64
+	Record          *Record `xorm:"text null 'record'"`
 	NoDataState     NoDataState
 	ExecErrState    ExecutionErrorState
 	// ideally this field should have been apimodels.ApiDuration
@@ -757,3 +766,26 @@ func GroupByAlertRuleGroupKey(rules []*AlertRule) map[AlertRuleGroupKey]RulesGro
 	}
 	return result
 }
+
+// Record contains mapping information for Recording Rules.
+type Record struct {
+	// Metric indicates a metric name to send results to.
+	Metric string
+	// From contains a query RefID, indicating which expression node is the output of the recording rule.
+	From string
+}
+
+func (r *Record) Fingerprint() data.Fingerprint {
+	h := fnv.New64()
+
+	writeString := func(s string) {
+		// save on extra slice allocation when string is converted to bytes.
+		_, _ = h.Write(unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(s), len(s))) //nolint:gosec
+		// ignore errors returned by Write method because fnv never returns them.
+		_, _ = h.Write([]byte{255}) // use an invalid utf-8 sequence as separator
+	}
+
+	writeString(r.Metric)
+	writeString(r.From)
+	return data.Fingerprint(h.Sum64())
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule_test.go
index 414507582f59..3cfbb07a3924 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/models/alert_rule_test.go
@@ -505,6 +505,13 @@ func TestDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, rule2.RuleGroupIndex, diff[0].Right.Interface())
 			difCnt++
 		}
+		if rule1.Record != rule2.Record {
+			diff := diffs.GetDiffsForField("Record")
+			assert.Len(t, diff, 1)
+			assert.Equal(t, rule1.Record, diff[0].Left.String())
+			assert.Equal(t, rule2.Record, diff[0].Right.String())
+			difCnt++
+		}
 
 		require.Lenf(t, diffs, difCnt, "Got some unexpected diffs. Either add to ignore or add assert to it")
 
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/registry.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/registry.go
index 6a8ec87f19a9..d2214da9aaf5 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/registry.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/registry.go
@@ -311,5 +311,10 @@ func (r ruleWithFolder) Fingerprint() fingerprint {
 	writeInt(int64(rule.RuleGroupIndex))
 	writeString(string(rule.NoDataState))
 	writeString(string(rule.ExecErrState))
+	if rule.Record != nil {
+		binary.LittleEndian.PutUint64(tmp, uint64(rule.Record.Fingerprint()))
+		writeBytes(tmp)
+	}
+
 	return fingerprint(sum.Sum64())
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/registry_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/registry_test.go
index d7628cdd3568..b485d9cc024a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/registry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/schedule/registry_test.go
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ func TestRuleWithFolderFingerprint(t *testing.T) {
 			RuleGroupIndex:  1,
 			NoDataState:     "test-nodata",
 			ExecErrState:    "test-err",
+			Record:          &models.Record{Metric: "my_metric", From: "A"},
 			For:             12,
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				"key-annotation": "value-annotation",
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ func TestRuleWithFolderFingerprint(t *testing.T) {
 			RuleGroupIndex:  22,
 			NoDataState:     "test-nodata2",
 			ExecErrState:    "test-err2",
+			Record:          &models.Record{Metric: "my_metric2", From: "B"},
 			For:             1141,
 			Annotations: map[string]string{
 				"key-annotation2": "value-annotation",
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go
index 09dfc1e0fad4..53a31f18d69b 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule.go
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ func (st DBstore) InsertAlertRules(ctx context.Context, rules []ngmodels.AlertRu
 				For:                  r.For,
 				Annotations:          r.Annotations,
 				Labels:               r.Labels,
+				Record:               r.Record,
 				NotificationSettings: r.NotificationSettings,
 			})
 		}
@@ -238,6 +239,7 @@ func (st DBstore) UpdateAlertRules(ctx context.Context, rules []ngmodels.UpdateR
 				IntervalSeconds:      r.New.IntervalSeconds,
 				NoDataState:          r.New.NoDataState,
 				ExecErrState:         r.New.ExecErrState,
+				Record:               r.New.Record,
 				For:                  r.New.For,
 				Annotations:          r.New.Annotations,
 				Labels:               r.New.Labels,
diff --git a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule_test.go b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule_test.go
index 7722b4039490..bb567809d37a 100644
--- a/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule_test.go
+++ b/pkg/services/ngalert/store/alert_rule_test.go
@@ -643,6 +643,12 @@ func TestIntegrationInsertAlertRules(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Truef(t, found, "Rule with key %#v was not found in database", keyWithID)
 	}
 
+	t.Run("inserted alerting rules should have nil recording rule fields on model", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, rule := range dbRules {
+			require.Nil(t, rule.Record)
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("fail to insert rules with same ID", func(t *testing.T) {
 		_, err = store.InsertAlertRules(context.Background(), []models.AlertRule{deref[0]})
 		require.ErrorIs(t, err, models.ErrAlertRuleConflictBase)
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/migrations.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/migrations.go
index b16c49b9e74e..ae88297da962 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/migrations.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/migrations.go
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ func (oss *OSSMigrations) AddMigration(mg *Migrator) {
 	accesscontrol.AddAlertingScopeRemovalMigration(mg)
 
 	accesscontrol.AddManagedFolderAlertingSilencesActionsMigrator(mg)
+
+	ualert.AddRecordingRuleColumns(mg)
 }
 
 func addStarMigrations(mg *Migrator) {
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/recording_rules_mig.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/recording_rules_mig.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b593836a6929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/ualert/recording_rules_mig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package ualert
+
+import "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrator"
+
+// AddRecordingRuleColumns adds columns to alert_rule to represent recording rules.
+func AddRecordingRuleColumns(mg *migrator.Migrator) {
+	mg.AddMigration("add record column to alert_rule table", migrator.NewAddColumnMigration(migrator.Table{Name: "alert_rule"}, &migrator.Column{
+		Name:     "record",
+		Type:     migrator.DB_Text, // Text, to allow for future growth, as this contains a JSON-ified struct.
+		Nullable: true,
+	}))
+
+	mg.AddMigration("add record column to alert_rule_version table", migrator.NewAddColumnMigration(migrator.Table{Name: "alert_rule_version"}, &migrator.Column{
+		Name:     "record",
+		Type:     migrator.DB_Text,
+		Nullable: true,
+	}))
+}