diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index fbccddcb28..9567b7ac1b 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- ------------------------------------------
 -- Friendica 2021.12-dev (Siberian Iris)
--- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1443
+-- DB_UPDATE_VERSION 1444
 -- ------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user-contact` (
 	`blocked` boolean COMMENT 'Contact is completely blocked for this user',
 	`ignored` boolean COMMENT 'Posts from this contact are ignored',
 	`collapsed` boolean COMMENT 'Posts from this contact are collapsed',
+	`hidden` boolean COMMENT 'This contact is hidden from the others',
 	`pending` boolean COMMENT '',
 	`rel` tinyint unsigned COMMENT 'The kind of the relation between the user and the contact',
 	`info` mediumtext COMMENT '',
diff --git a/doc/database/db_user-contact.md b/doc/database/db_user-contact.md
index 5dab0c4bd6..2cd910bb05 100644
--- a/doc/database/db_user-contact.md
+++ b/doc/database/db_user-contact.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Fields
 | blocked                   | Contact is completely blocked for this user                  | boolean            | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 | ignored                   | Posts from this contact are ignored                          | boolean            | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 | collapsed                 | Posts from this contact are collapsed                        | boolean            | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+| hidden                    | This contact is hidden from the others                       | boolean            | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 | pending                   |                                                              | boolean            | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 | rel                       | The kind of the relation between the user and the contact    | tinyint unsigned   | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
 | info                      |                                                              | mediumtext         | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
diff --git a/static/dbstructure.config.php b/static/dbstructure.config.php
index b52f670648..97cde18bb5 100644
--- a/static/dbstructure.config.php
+++ b/static/dbstructure.config.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
 
 if (!defined('DB_UPDATE_VERSION')) {
-	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1443);
+	define('DB_UPDATE_VERSION', 1444);
 }
 
 return [
@@ -1530,6 +1530,7 @@ return [
 			"blocked" => ["type" => "boolean", "comment" => "Contact is completely blocked for this user"],
 			"ignored" => ["type" => "boolean", "comment" => "Posts from this contact are ignored"],
 			"collapsed" => ["type" => "boolean", "comment" => "Posts from this contact are collapsed"],
+			"hidden" => ["type" => "boolean", "comment" => "This contact is hidden from the others"],
 			"pending" => ["type" => "boolean", "comment" => ""],
 			"rel" => ["type" => "tinyint unsigned", "comment" => "The kind of the relation between the user and the contact"],
 			"info" => ["type" => "mediumtext", "comment" => ""],