diff --git a/InvenTree/stock/migrations/0026_stockitem_uid.py b/InvenTree/stock/migrations/0026_stockitem_uid.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c00e858815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/stock/migrations/0026_stockitem_uid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2.10 on 2020-04-14 12:53
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('stock', '0025_auto_20200405_2243'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='stockitem',
+            name='uid',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, help_text='Unique identifier field', max_length=128),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/InvenTree/stock/models.py b/InvenTree/stock/models.py
index f7d1c0b147..51b61ff3fd 100644
--- a/InvenTree/stock/models.py
+++ b/InvenTree/stock/models.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class StockItem(MPTTModel):
     
     Attributes:
         parent: Link to another StockItem from which this StockItem was created
+        uid: Field containing a unique-id which is mapped to a third-party identifier (e.g. a barcode)
         part: Link to the master abstract part that this StockItem is an instance of
         supplier_part: Link to a specific SupplierPart (optional)
         location: Where this StockItem is located
@@ -295,6 +296,8 @@ class StockItem(MPTTModel):
             }
         )
 
+    uid = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=128, help_text=("Unique identifier field"))
+
     parent = TreeForeignKey('self',
                             on_delete=models.DO_NOTHING,
                             blank=True, null=True,