diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 6657dd551..d3e6a457f 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Refactor
 * Sort tag autocompletion by tag name [#6734](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6734)
+* Make account deletions faster by adding an index [#6771](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6771)
 
 ## Bug fixes
 * Fix empty name field when editing aspect names [#6706](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/pull/6706)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160327103605_add_author_id_index_to_participations.rb b/db/migrate/20160327103605_add_author_id_index_to_participations.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a6382aeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160327103605_add_author_id_index_to_participations.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddAuthorIdIndexToParticipations < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_index :participations, :author_id, :using => :btree
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 55e9e9547..f0002b483 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150724152052) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160327103605) do
 
   create_table "account_deletions", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string   "diaspora_handle", limit: 255
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150724152052) do
     t.datetime "updated_at",                            null: false
   end
 
+  add_index "participations", ["author_id"], name: "index_participations_on_author_id", using: :btree
   add_index "participations", ["guid"], name: "index_participations_on_guid", length: {"guid"=>191}, using: :btree
   add_index "participations", ["target_id", "target_type", "author_id"], name: "index_participations_on_target_id_and_target_type_and_author_id", using: :btree