diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index c8d467515..347f71d04 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica Red');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      trim(file_get_contents('version.inc')) . 'R');
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.23'    );
 define ( 'ZOT_REVISION',               1     ); 
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1000     );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1001     );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ define ( 'PERMS_W_COMMENT',        0x0080);
 define ( 'PERMS_W_MAIL',           0x0100); 
 define ( 'PERMS_W_PHOTOS',         0x0200);
 define ( 'PERMS_W_CHAT',           0x0400); 
+define ( 'PERMS_A_DELEGATE',       0x0800);
 
 
 // General channel permissions
diff --git a/include/permissions.php b/include/permissions.php
index f6d150b58..8e0dec6c2 100644
--- a/include/permissions.php
+++ b/include/permissions.php
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function get_perms() {
 		'post_photos'   => array('channel_w_photos',  intval(PERMS_W_PHOTOS),  false, t('Can post photos to my photo albums'), ''),
 		'tag_deliver'   => array('channel_w_tagwall', intval(PERMS_W_TAGWALL), false, t('Can forward to all my channel contacts via post tags'), t('Advanced - useful for creating group forum channels')),
 		'chat'          => array('channel_w_chat',    intval(PERMS_W_CHAT),    false, t('Can chat with me (when available)'), t('Requires compatible chat plugin')),
+		'delegate'      => array('channel_a_delegate', intval(PERMS_A_DELEGATE),    false, t('Can administer my channel resources'), t('Extremely advanced. Leave this alone unless you know what you are doing')),
 	);
 	return $global_perms;
 }
diff --git a/install/database.sql b/install/database.sql
index 36b1003ae..182d02432 100644
--- a/install/database.sql
+++ b/install/database.sql
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `channel` (
   `channel_w_mail` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '128',
   `channel_w_photos` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '128',
   `channel_w_chat` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '128',
+  `channel_a_delegate` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   PRIMARY KEY (`channel_id`),
   KEY `channel_account_id` (`channel_account_id`),
   KEY `channel_primary` (`channel_primary`),
@@ -184,7 +185,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `channel` (
   KEY `channel_w_chat` (`channel_w_chat`),
   KEY `channel_guid` (`channel_guid`),
   KEY `channel_hash` (`channel_hash`),
-  KEY `channel_expire_days` (`channel_expire_days`)
+  KEY `channel_expire_days` (`channel_expire_days`),
+  KEY `channel_a_delegate` (`channel_a_delegate`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `clients` (
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index cb3396b19..edd4701a1 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1000 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1001 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -35,5 +35,11 @@ define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1000 );
  *
  */
 
-// function update_r1000()
+function update_r1000() {
+	$r = q("ALTER TABLE `channel` ADD `channel_a_delegate` TINYINT( 3 ) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0', ADD INDEX ( `channel_a_delegate` )");
+	if($r)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+}
+