diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 07a4ca5b267..573c29096a4 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -2295,6 +2295,7 @@ end
 # Indexes
 #
 #  idx_users_admin                    (id) WHERE admin
+#  idx_users_ip_address               (ip_address)
 #  idx_users_moderator                (id) WHERE moderator
 #  index_users_on_last_posted_at      (last_posted_at)
 #  index_users_on_last_seen_at        (last_seen_at)
diff --git a/db/migrate/20241115143259_add_index_to_users_ip_address.rb b/db/migrate/20241115143259_add_index_to_users_ip_address.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3731df66b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20241115143259_add_index_to_users_ip_address.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class AddIndexToUsersIpAddress < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.1]
+  disable_ddl_transaction!
+
+  def change
+    add_index :users, :ip_address, algorithm: :concurrently, name: "idx_users_ip_address"
+  end
+end