diff --git a/plugins/chat/app/models/chat_message.rb b/plugins/chat/app/models/chat_message.rb
index 79e938b55b0..2c07386bb33 100644
--- a/plugins/chat/app/models/chat_message.rb
+++ b/plugins/chat/app/models/chat_message.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class ChatMessage < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :user
   belongs_to :in_reply_to, class_name: "ChatMessage"
   belongs_to :last_editor, class_name: "User"
+  belongs_to :thread, class_name: "ChatThread"
+
   has_many :replies, class_name: "ChatMessage", foreign_key: "in_reply_to_id", dependent: :nullify
   has_many :revisions, class_name: "ChatMessageRevision", dependent: :destroy
   has_many :reactions, class_name: "ChatMessageReaction", dependent: :destroy
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ end
 #  cooked          :text
 #  cooked_version  :integer
 #  last_editor_id  :integer          not null
+#  thread_id       :integer
 #
 # Indexes
 #
@@ -262,4 +265,5 @@ end
 #  index_chat_messages_on_chat_channel_id_and_created_at  (chat_channel_id,created_at)
 #  index_chat_messages_on_chat_channel_id_and_id          (chat_channel_id,id) WHERE (deleted_at IS NULL)
 #  index_chat_messages_on_last_editor_id                  (last_editor_id)
+#  index_chat_messages_on_thread_id                       (thread_id)
 #
diff --git a/plugins/chat/app/models/chat_thread.rb b/plugins/chat/app/models/chat_thread.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..53d685d98f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/chat/app/models/chat_thread.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class ChatThread < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :channel, foreign_key: "channel_id", class_name: "ChatChannel"
+  belongs_to :original_message_user, foreign_key: "original_message_user_id", class_name: "User"
+  belongs_to :original_message, foreign_key: "original_message_id", class_name: "ChatMessage"
+
+  has_many :chat_messages,
+           -> { order("chat_messages.created_at ASC, chat_messages.id ASC") },
+           foreign_key: :thread_id,
+           primary_key: :id
+
+  enum :status, { open: 0, read_only: 1, closed: 2, archived: 3 }, scopes: false
+
+  def url
+    "#{channel.url}/t/#{self.id}"
+  end
+
+  def relative_url
+    "#{channel.relative_url}/t/#{self.id}"
+  end
+end
+
+# == Schema Information
+#
+# Table name: chat_threads
+#
+#  id                       :bigint           not null, primary key
+#  channel_id               :integer          not null
+#  original_message_id      :integer          not null
+#  original_message_user_id :integer          not null
+#  status                   :integer          default("open"), not null
+#  title                    :string
+#  created_at               :datetime         not null
+#  updated_at               :datetime         not null
+#
+# Indexes
+#
+#  index_chat_threads_on_channel_id                (channel_id)
+#  index_chat_threads_on_channel_id_and_status     (channel_id,status)
+#  index_chat_threads_on_original_message_id       (original_message_id)
+#  index_chat_threads_on_original_message_user_id  (original_message_user_id)
+#  index_chat_threads_on_status                    (status)
+#
diff --git a/plugins/chat/db/migrate/20230201012734_create_chat_threading_models.rb b/plugins/chat/db/migrate/20230201012734_create_chat_threading_models.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a18ad69e92a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/chat/db/migrate/20230201012734_create_chat_threading_models.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class CreateChatThreadingModels < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :chat_threads do |t|
+      t.bigint :channel_id, null: false
+      t.bigint :original_message_id, null: false
+      t.bigint :original_message_user_id, null: false
+      t.integer :status, null: false, default: 0
+      t.string :title, null: true
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+
+    add_index :chat_threads, :channel_id
+    add_index :chat_threads, :original_message_id
+    add_index :chat_threads, :original_message_user_id
+    add_index :chat_threads, :status
+    add_index :chat_threads, %i[channel_id status]
+
+    add_column :chat_messages, :thread_id, :bigint, null: true
+    add_index :chat_messages, :thread_id
+  end
+end
diff --git a/plugins/chat/plugin.rb b/plugins/chat/plugin.rb
index af905b1d727..9edf33895c7 100644
--- a/plugins/chat/plugin.rb
+++ b/plugins/chat/plugin.rb
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ after_initialize do
   load File.expand_path("../app/models/chat_message_reaction.rb", __FILE__)
   load File.expand_path("../app/models/chat_message_revision.rb", __FILE__)
   load File.expand_path("../app/models/chat_mention.rb", __FILE__)
+  load File.expand_path("../app/models/chat_thread.rb", __FILE__)
   load File.expand_path("../app/models/chat_upload.rb", __FILE__)
   load File.expand_path("../app/models/chat_webhook_event.rb", __FILE__)
   load File.expand_path("../app/models/direct_message_channel.rb", __FILE__)