diff --git a/chatterbot/conversation.py b/chatterbot/conversation.py
index 35501ee96..6da758b15 100644
--- a/chatterbot/conversation.py
+++ b/chatterbot/conversation.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def serialize(self):
         return {
             'id': self.id,
             'text': self.text,
+            'stemmed_text': self.stemmed_text,
             'created_at': self.created_at.isoformat().split('+', 1)[0],
             'conversation': self.conversation,
             'in_response_to': self.in_response_to,
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.id = kwargs.get('id')
 
         self.text = text
+        self.stemmed_text = kwargs.get('stemmed_text', '')
 
         self.conversation = kwargs.get('conversation', '')
 
diff --git a/chatterbot/ext/django_chatterbot/abstract_models.py b/chatterbot/ext/django_chatterbot/abstract_models.py
index 67519ee6a..ed5b9eda5 100644
--- a/chatterbot/ext/django_chatterbot/abstract_models.py
+++ b/chatterbot/ext/django_chatterbot/abstract_models.py
@@ -31,9 +31,12 @@ class AbstractBaseStatement(models.Model, StatementMixin):
     """
 
     text = models.CharField(
+        max_length=constants.STATEMENT_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH
+    )
+
+    stemmed_text = models.CharField(
         max_length=constants.STATEMENT_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH,
-        blank=False,
-        null=False
+        blank=True
     )
 
     conversation = models.CharField(
diff --git a/chatterbot/ext/django_chatterbot/migrations/0016_statement_stemmed_text.py b/chatterbot/ext/django_chatterbot/migrations/0016_statement_stemmed_text.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7206b36e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chatterbot/ext/django_chatterbot/migrations/0016_statement_stemmed_text.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('django_chatterbot', '0015_statement_persona'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='statement',
+            name='stemmed_text',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=400),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/chatterbot/ext/sqlalchemy_app/models.py b/chatterbot/ext/sqlalchemy_app/models.py
index ecea5e01f..e7f0fdbab 100644
--- a/chatterbot/ext/sqlalchemy_app/models.py
+++ b/chatterbot/ext/sqlalchemy_app/models.py
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ class Statement(Base, StatementMixin):
         String(constants.STATEMENT_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH)
     )
 
+    stemmed_text = Column(
+        String(constants.STATEMENT_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH),
+        nullable=False,
+        server_default=''
+    )
+
     conversation = Column(
         String(constants.CONVERSATION_LABEL_MAX_LENGTH),
         nullable=False,