diff --git a/glare/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/002_add_acquired_at_column.py b/glare/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/002_add_acquired_at_column.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19cc8d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glare/db/migration/alembic_migrations/versions/002_add_acquired_at_column.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright 2016 OpenStack Foundation.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Add acquired_at column
+
+Revision ID: 002
+Revises: 001
+Create Date: 2016-10-05 16:03:43.207147
+
+"""
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = '002'
+down_revision = '001'
+
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    engine = op.get_bind()
+    if engine.dialect.dialect_description.startswith('sqlite'):
+        op.add_column(
+            'glare_artifact_locks',
+            sa.Column(
+                'acquired_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False,
+                server_default=sa.text('NOW'))
+        )
+    else:
+        op.add_column(
+            'glare_artifact_locks',
+            sa.Column(
+                'acquired_at', sa.DateTime(), nullable=False,
+                server_default=sa.text('NOW()'))
+        )
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    op.drop_column('glare_artifact_locks', 'acquired_at')
diff --git a/glare/db/sqlalchemy/models.py b/glare/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
index b3b8fb9..4069b0c 100644
--- a/glare/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
+++ b/glare/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ class ArtifactLock(BASE, ArtifactBase):
     __table_args__ = (
         {'mysql_engine': 'InnoDB', 'mysql_charset': 'utf8'},)
     id = Column(String(255), primary_key=True, nullable=False)
+    acquired_at = Column(
+        DateTime, nullable=False, default=lambda: timeutils.utcnow())
 
 
 def register_models(engine):
diff --git a/glare/tests/unit/db/migrations/test_migrations.py b/glare/tests/unit/db/migrations/test_migrations.py
index e6c1600..ab0d6f1 100644
--- a/glare/tests/unit/db/migrations/test_migrations.py
+++ b/glare/tests/unit/db/migrations/test_migrations.py
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ class GlareMigrationsCheckers(object):
         self.assertRaises(sqlalchemy.exc.NoSuchTableError,
                           db_utils.get_table, engine,
                           'glare_artifact_blobs')
+        self.assertRaises(sqlalchemy.exc.NoSuchTableError,
+                          db_utils.get_table, engine,
+                          'glare_artifact_locks')
 
     def _check_001(self, engine, data):
         artifacts_indices = [('ix_glare_artifact_name_and_version',
@@ -207,6 +210,12 @@ class GlareMigrationsCheckers(object):
         self.assert_table(engine, 'glare_artifact_locks', locks_indices,
                           locks_columns)
 
+    def _check_002(self, engine, data):
+        locks_indices = []
+        locks_columns = ['id', 'acquired_at']
+        self.assert_table(engine, 'glare_artifact_locks', locks_indices,
+                          locks_columns)
+
 
 class TestMigrationsMySQL(GlareMigrationsCheckers,
                           WalkVersionsMixin,