diff --git a/core/modules/dblog/dblog.install b/core/modules/dblog/dblog.install
index ee5bd73087c72d0506cfc9f7ff2d02303820e465..a2e014402c96bbed84eaf43d1062426224960b51 100644
--- a/core/modules/dblog/dblog.install
+++ b/core/modules/dblog/dblog.install
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ function dblog_schema() {
     'indexes' => array(
       'type' => array('type'),
       'uid' => array('uid'),
+      'severity' => array('severity'),
     ),
   );