diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/collections_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/collections_controller.rb
index 2c8bf8df05159cf2ca8ac9b82cd2228df33c62af..21fc1f9cc49a57b0d82f7fd1e5387db4a8e07bc4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/collections_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/collections_controller.rb
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class V1::CollectionsController < ApplicationController
 
   # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
   def collection_params
-    params.require(:collection).permit(:name, :description, :owner_id, :owner_type, :privacy, tags: [])
+    params.require(:collection).permit(:name, :curator, :description, :owner_id, :owner_type, :privacy, tags: [])
   end
 
   def extra_params
diff --git a/app/serializers/collection_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/collection_serializer.rb
index 94f6bf6ce48c750ca922f5861f90359671b4ff15..a5f39efb52ecc4dc451d293efb9e9a2f24edfac4 100644
--- a/app/serializers/collection_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/collection_serializer.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class CollectionSerializer < ActiveModel::Serializer
     thumbs
   end
 
-  attributes :id, :name, :created_at, :updated_at, :description, :privacy, :score, :likes_count, :liked, :followed, :reviewed, :complained, :review_average, :thumbnail, :items_thumbnails
+  attributes :id, :name, :curator, :created_at, :updated_at, :description, :privacy, :score, :likes_count, :liked, :followed, :reviewed, :complained, :review_average, :thumbnail, :items_thumbnails
 
   belongs_to :owner
   has_many :tags
diff --git a/db/migrate/20170518120936_add_curator_to_collection.rb b/db/migrate/20170518120936_add_curator_to_collection.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..29f69c17c5c0c588d4eb3cf98152b367cb921a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20170518120936_add_curator_to_collection.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddCuratorToCollection < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :collections, :curator, :string
+  end
+end