diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Migration/244_add_mediatype_to_movies.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Migration/244_add_mediatype_to_movies.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d275ba2c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Datastore/Migration/244_add_mediatype_to_movies.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using FluentMigrator;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Datastore.Migration.Framework;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Datastore.Migration
+{
+    [Migration(244)]
+    public class add_mediatype_to_movies : NzbDroneMigrationBase
+    {
+        protected override void MainDbUpgrade()
+        {
+            Alter.Table("Movies").AddColumn("MediaType").AsInt32().WithDefaultValue(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/Movie.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/Movie.cs
index 1ef429fa2c..bdb888e30c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/Movie.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Movies/Movie.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 using NzbDrone.Common.Extensions;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Datastore;
 using NzbDrone.Core.MediaFiles;
+using NzbDrone.Core.MediaTypes;
 using NzbDrone.Core.Profiles.Qualities;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Movies
@@ -14,9 +15,11 @@ public Movie()
         {
             Tags = new HashSet<int>();
             MovieMetadata = new MovieMetadata();
+            MediaType = MediaType.Movie;
         }
 
         public int MovieMetadataId { get; set; }
+        public MediaType MediaType { get; set; }
 
         public bool Monitored { get; set; }
         public MovieStatusType MinimumAvailability { get; set; }