diff --git a/src/com/android/providers/telephony/TelephonyProvider.java b/src/com/android/providers/telephony/TelephonyProvider.java
index 40e4d82..60ebb2c 100644
--- a/src/com/android/providers/telephony/TelephonyProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/providers/telephony/TelephonyProvider.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
     private static final boolean DBG = true;
     private static final boolean VDBG = false; // STOPSHIP if true
 
-    private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 46 << 16;
+    private static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 47 << 16;
     private static final int URL_UNKNOWN = 0;
     private static final int URL_TELEPHONY = 1;
     private static final int URL_CURRENT = 2;
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@
                 + Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_UICC_APPLICATIONS_ENABLED + " INTEGER DEFAULT 1,"
                 + Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_ALLOWED_NETWORK_TYPES + " BIGINT DEFAULT -1,"
                 + Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_IMS_RCS_UCE_ENABLED + " INTEGER DEFAULT 0,"
-                + Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_CROSS_SIM_CALLING_ENABLED + " INTEGER DEFAULT 0"
+                + Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_CROSS_SIM_CALLING_ENABLED + " INTEGER DEFAULT 0,"
+                + Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_RCS_CONFIG + " BLOB"
                 + ");";
     }
 
@@ -1500,6 +1501,21 @@
                 oldVersion = 46 << 16 | 6;
             }
 
+            if (oldVersion < (47 << 16 | 6)) {
+                try {
+                    // Try to update the siminfo table. It might not be there.
+                    db.execSQL("ALTER TABLE " + SIMINFO_TABLE + " ADD COLUMN "
+                            + Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_RCS_CONFIG
+                            + " BLOB;");
+                } catch (SQLiteException e) {
+                    if (DBG) {
+                        log("onUpgrade skipping " + SIMINFO_TABLE + " upgrade. " +
+                                "The table will get created in onOpen.");
+                    }
+                }
+                oldVersion = 47 << 16 | 6;
+            }
+
             if (DBG) {
                 log("dbh.onUpgrade:- db=" + db + " oldV=" + oldVersion + " newV=" + newVersion);
             }
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/providers/telephony/TelephonyDatabaseHelperTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/providers/telephony/TelephonyDatabaseHelperTest.java
index 0666169..50be3b3 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/providers/telephony/TelephonyDatabaseHelperTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/providers/telephony/TelephonyDatabaseHelperTest.java
@@ -201,6 +201,22 @@
                 Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_IMS_RCS_UCE_ENABLED));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void databaseHelperOnUpgrade_hasRcsConfigField() {
+        Log.d(TAG, "databaseHelperOnUpgrade_hasRcsConfigField");
+        // (5 << 16 | 6) is the first upgrade trigger in onUpgrade
+        SQLiteDatabase db = mInMemoryDbHelper.getWritableDatabase();
+        mHelper.onUpgrade(db, (4 << 16), TelephonyProvider.getVersion(mContext));
+
+        // the upgraded db must have the Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_RCS_CONFIG field
+        Cursor cursor = db.query("siminfo", null, null, null, null, null, null);
+        String[] upgradedColumns = cursor.getColumnNames();
+        Log.d(TAG, "siminfo columns: " + Arrays.toString(upgradedColumns));
+
+        assertTrue(Arrays.asList(upgradedColumns).contains(
+                Telephony.SimInfo.COLUMN_RCS_CONFIG));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper for an in memory DB used to test the TelephonyProvider#DatabaseHelper.
      *