diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/UserDto.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/UserDto.cs
index 41620cccaf..6090fbd174 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/UserDto.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Rdbms/UserDto.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Models.Rdbms
         [Column("userPassword")]
         [Length(500)]
         public string Password { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This will represent a JSON structure of how the password has been created (i.e hash algorithm, iterations)
+        /// </summary>
+        [Column("passwordConfig")]
+        [Length(500)]
+        public string PasswordConfig { get; set; }
 
         [Column("userEmail")]
         public string Email { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Migrations/Upgrades/TargetVersionSevenSevenZero/UpdateUserTables.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Migrations/Upgrades/TargetVersionSevenSevenZero/UpdateUserTables.cs
index 74238de4ca..3374e4a53f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Migrations/Upgrades/TargetVersionSevenSevenZero/UpdateUserTables.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Persistence/Migrations/Upgrades/TargetVersionSevenSevenZero/UpdateUserTables.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Web.Security;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.DatabaseModelDefinitions;
 using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax;
+using Umbraco.Core.Security;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Migrations.Upgrades.TargetVersionSevenSevenZero
 {
@@ -28,6 +31,19 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Migrations.Upgrades.TargetVersionSevenSevenZe
 
             if (columns.Any(x => x.TableName.InvariantEquals("umbracoUser") && x.ColumnName.InvariantEquals("invitedDate")) == false)
                 Create.Column("invitedDate").OnTable("umbracoUser").AsDateTime().Nullable();
+
+            if (columns.Any(x => x.TableName.InvariantEquals("umbracoUser") && x.ColumnName.InvariantEquals("passwordConfig")) == false)
+            {
+                Create.Column("passwordConfig").OnTable("umbracoUser").AsString(500).Nullable();
+                //Check if we have a known config, we only want to store config for hashing
+                var membershipProvider = MembershipProviderExtensions.GetUsersMembershipProvider();
+                if (membershipProvider.PasswordFormat == MembershipPasswordFormat.Hashed)
+                {
+                    var json = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(new { hashAlgorithm = Membership.HashAlgorithmType });
+                    Execute.Sql("UPDATE umbracoUser SET passwordConfig = '" + json + "'");
+                }
+            }
+                
         }
 
         public override void Down()