diff --git a/heat/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/080_resource_attrs_data.py b/heat/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/080_resource_attrs_data.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4636d1e76e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/heat/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/080_resource_attrs_data.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+#    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.
+
+from migrate.changeset import constraint
+import sqlalchemy
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    meta = sqlalchemy.MetaData(bind=migrate_engine)
+
+    resource = sqlalchemy.Table('resource', meta, autoload=True)
+    resource_properties_data = sqlalchemy.Table('resource_properties_data',
+                                                meta, autoload=True)
+    attr_data_id = sqlalchemy.Column('attr_data_id',
+                                     sqlalchemy.Integer)
+    attr_data_id.create(resource)
+    res_fkey = constraint.ForeignKeyConstraint(
+        columns=[resource.c.attr_data_id],
+        refcolumns=[resource_properties_data.c.id],
+        name='rsrc_attr_data_ref')
+    res_fkey.create()
diff --git a/heat/db/sqlalchemy/models.py b/heat/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
index a9a5fd126f..6a6c7a6c71 100644
--- a/heat/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
+++ b/heat/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -278,7 +278,12 @@ class Resource(BASE, HeatBase, StateAware):
                                           sqlalchemy.ForeignKey(
                                               'resource_properties_data.id'))
     rsrc_prop_data = relationship(ResourcePropertiesData,
-                                  backref=backref('resource'))
+                                  foreign_keys=[rsrc_prop_data_id])
+    attr_data_id = sqlalchemy.Column(sqlalchemy.Integer,
+                                     sqlalchemy.ForeignKey(
+                                         'resource_properties_data.id'))
+    attr_data = relationship(ResourcePropertiesData,
+                             foreign_keys=[attr_data_id])
 
     # Override timestamp column to store the correct value: it should be the
     # time the create/update call was issued, not the time the DB entry is
diff --git a/heat/objects/resource.py b/heat/objects/resource.py
index c1a365c2f9..f5dee285fe 100644
--- a/heat/objects/resource.py
+++ b/heat/objects/resource.py
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ class Resource(
         'status': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
         'status_reason': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
         'action': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
+        'attr_data': fields.ObjectField(
+            rpd.ResourcePropertiesData, nullable=True),
+        'attr_data_id': fields.IntegerField(nullable=True),
         'rsrc_metadata': heat_fields.JsonField(nullable=True),
         'data': fields.ListOfObjectsField(
             resource_data.ResourceData,
@@ -133,6 +136,12 @@ class Resource(
         else:
             resource._properties_data = {}
 
+        if db_resource['attr_data'] is not None:
+            resource['attr_data'] = \
+                rpd.ResourcePropertiesData._from_db_object(
+                    rpd.ResourcePropertiesData(context), context,
+                    db_resource['attr_data'])
+
         resource._context = context
         resource.obj_reset_changes()
         return resource
diff --git a/heat/tests/db/test_migrations.py b/heat/tests/db/test_migrations.py
index d90c85d203..e61fa3341f 100644
--- a/heat/tests/db/test_migrations.py
+++ b/heat/tests/db/test_migrations.py
@@ -733,6 +733,10 @@ class HeatMigrationsCheckers(test_migrations.WalkVersionsMixin,
                                             'resource_properties_data',
                                             column[0])
 
+    def _check_080(self, engine, data):
+        self.assertColumnExists(engine, 'resource',
+                                'attr_data_id')
+
 
 class TestHeatMigrationsMySQL(HeatMigrationsCheckers,
                               test_base.MySQLOpportunisticTestCase):