diff --git a/migrations/2022-08-17-073805_explicit-name/down.sql b/migrations/2022-08-17-073805_explicit-name/down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d3e5f3c142
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/2022-08-17-073805_explicit-name/down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE dependencies
+    DROP COLUMN explicit_name;
diff --git a/migrations/2022-08-17-073805_explicit-name/up.sql b/migrations/2022-08-17-073805_explicit-name/up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14806a33e7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/2022-08-17-073805_explicit-name/up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE dependencies
+    ADD COLUMN explicit_name VARCHAR NULL;
diff --git a/src/controllers/krate/publish.rs b/src/controllers/krate/publish.rs
index be5f3ac9fdb..a4b2c797d1a 100644
--- a/src/controllers/krate/publish.rs
+++ b/src/controllers/krate/publish.rs
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ pub fn add_dependencies(
                     default_features.eq(dep.default_features),
                     features.eq(&dep.features),
                     target.eq(dep.target.as_deref()),
+                    explicit_name.eq(dep.explicit_name_in_toml.as_deref())
                 ),
             ))
         })
diff --git a/src/models/dependency.rs b/src/models/dependency.rs
index bd226a0a5ce..b841031ba70 100644
--- a/src/models/dependency.rs
+++ b/src/models/dependency.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub struct Dependency {
     pub features: Vec<String>,
     pub target: Option<String>,
     pub kind: DependencyKind,
+    pub explicit_name: Option<String>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, QueryableByName)]
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
index 3b3dc2fba53..38f59b598f8 100644
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -473,6 +473,12 @@ table! {
         ///
         /// (Automatically generated by Diesel.)
         kind -> Int4,
+        /// The `explicit_name` column of the `dependencies` table.
+        ///
+        /// Its SQL type is `Nullable<Varchar>`.
+        ///
+        /// (Automatically generated by Diesel.)
+        explicit_name -> Nullable<Varchar>,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/worker/dump_db/dump-db.toml b/src/worker/dump_db/dump-db.toml
index e32c321f8e6..b20cdeb0df1 100644
--- a/src/worker/dump_db/dump-db.toml
+++ b/src/worker/dump_db/dump-db.toml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ default_features = "public"
 features = "public"
 target = "public"
 kind = "public"
+explicit_name = "public"
 
 [__diesel_schema_migrations.columns]
 version = "private"