diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index 02b01e25c6..ed66cbb8ac 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1526,6 +1526,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user-contact` (
 	`subhub` boolean COMMENT '',
 	`hub-verify` varchar(255) COMMENT '',
 	`protocol` char(4) COMMENT 'Protocol of the contact',
+	`rating` tinyint COMMENT 'Automatically detected feed poll frequency',
+	`priority` tinyint unsigned COMMENT 'Feed poll priority',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`uid`,`cid`),
 	 INDEX `cid` (`cid`),
 	 UNIQUE INDEX `uri-id_uid` (`uri-id`,`uid`),
diff --git a/doc/database/db_user-contact.md b/doc/database/db_user-contact.md
index 6726ac710d..5dab0c4bd6 100644
--- a/doc/database/db_user-contact.md
+++ b/doc/database/db_user-contact.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Fields
 | subhub                    |                                                              | boolean            | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 | hub-verify                |                                                              | varchar(255)       | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 | protocol                  | Protocol of the contact                                      | char(4)            | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+| rating                    | Automatically detected feed poll frequency                   | tinyint            | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+| priority                  | Feed poll priority                                           | tinyint unsigned   | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 
 Indexes
 ------------
diff --git a/src/Model/Contact/User.php b/src/Model/Contact/User.php
index 85399951c8..eb0b5af096 100644
--- a/src/Model/Contact/User.php
+++ b/src/Model/Contact/User.php
@@ -66,17 +66,7 @@ class User
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$fields = $contact;
-
-		if (isset($fields['readonly'])) {
-			$fields['ignored'] = $fields['readonly'];
-		}
-
-		if (!empty($fields['self'])) {
-			$fields['rel'] = Contact::SELF;
-		}
-
-		$fields = DBStructure::getFieldsForTable('user-contact', $fields);
+		$fields = self::preparedFields($contact);
 		$fields['cid'] = $pcid;
 		$fields['uid'] = $contact['uid'];
 		$fields['uri-id'] = $contact['uri-id'];
@@ -101,19 +91,7 @@ class User
 	{
 		DBA::transaction();
 
-		unset($fields['uid']);
-		unset($fields['cid']);
-		unset($fields['uri-id']);
-
-		if (isset($fields['readonly'])) {
-			$fields['ignored'] = $fields['readonly'];
-		}
-
-		if (!empty($fields['self'])) {
-			$fields['rel'] = Contact::SELF;
-		}
-
-		$update_fields = DBStructure::getFieldsForTable('user-contact', $fields);
+		$update_fields = self::preparedFields($fields);
 		if (!empty($update_fields)) {
 			$contacts = DBA::select('contact', ['uri-id', 'uid'], $condition);
 			while ($row = DBA::fetch($contacts)) {
@@ -129,6 +107,29 @@ class User
 		DBA::commit();	
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Prepare field data for update/insert
+	 *
+	 * @param array $fields
+	 * @return array prepared fields
+	 */
+	private static function preparedFields(array $fields): array
+	{
+		unset($fields['uid']);
+		unset($fields['cid']);
+		unset($fields['uri-id']);
+
+		if (isset($fields['readonly'])) {
+			$fields['ignored'] = $fields['readonly'];
+		}
+
+		if (!empty($fields['self'])) {
+			$fields['rel'] = Contact::SELF;
+		}
+
+		return DBStructure::getFieldsForTable('user-contact', $fields);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Block contact id for user id
 	 *
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index b94df41cea..ef97c54f60 100644
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -1548,6 +1548,8 @@ return [
 			"subhub" => ["type" => "boolean", "comment" => ""],
 			"hub-verify" => ["type" => "varchar(255)", "comment" => ""],
 			"protocol" => ["type" => "char(4)", "comment" => "Protocol of the contact"],
+			"rating" => ["type" => "tinyint", "comment" => "Automatically detected feed poll frequency"],
+			"priority" => ["type" => "tinyint unsigned", "comment" => "Feed poll priority"],
 		],
 		"indexes" => [
 			"PRIMARY" => ["uid", "cid"],