diff --git a/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/MessagingConfig.java b/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/MessagingConfig.java
index ff08267671..de19bbdbbd 100644
--- a/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/MessagingConfig.java
+++ b/data/config-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/configuration/MessagingConfig.java
@@ -78,4 +78,31 @@ private Publisher() {
      * producers to stay under this limit when publishing messages.
      */
     public static final String MAX_ALLOWED_MSG_SIZE = "maxAllowedMessageSize";
+
+    /**
+     * State Manager Configuration for connecting to the underlying persistent storage.
+     */
+    public static final class StateManager {
+        private StateManager() {
+        }
+
+        public static final String STATE_MANAGER = "stateManager";
+        public static final String TYPE = STATE_MANAGER + ".type";
+
+        // Database Values
+        public static final String DB_PROPERTIES = STATE_MANAGER + ".database";
+        public static final String JDBC_USER = DB_PROPERTIES + ".user";
+        public static final String JDBC_PASS = DB_PROPERTIES + ".pass";
+
+        public static final String JDBC_URL = DB_PROPERTIES + ".jdbc.url";
+        public static final String JDBC_DRIVER = DB_PROPERTIES + "jdbc.driver";
+        public static final String JDBC_DRIVER_DIRECTORY = DB_PROPERTIES + ".jdbc.directory";
+        public static final String JDBC_PERSISTENCE_UNIT_NAME = DB_PROPERTIES + ".jdbc.persistenceUnitName";
+        public static final String JDBC_POOL_MAX_SIZE = DB_PROPERTIES + ".pool.maxSize";
+        public static final String JDBC_POOL_MIN_SIZE = DB_PROPERTIES + ".pool.minSize";
+        public static final String JDBC_POOL_IDLE_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = DB_PROPERTIES + ".pool.idleTimeoutSeconds";
+        public static final String JDBC_POOL_MAX_LIFETIME_SECONDS = DB_PROPERTIES + ".pool.maxLifetimeSeconds";
+        public static final String JDBC_POOL_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME_SECONDS = DB_PROPERTIES + ".pool.keepAliveTimeSeconds";
+        public static final String JDBC_POOL_VALIDATION_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = DB_PROPERTIES + ".pool.validationTimeoutSeconds";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/messaging/1.0/corda.messaging.json b/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/messaging/1.0/corda.messaging.json
index 57eaf5e018..72f0be5bb6 100644
--- a/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/messaging/1.0/corda.messaging.json
+++ b/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/messaging/1.0/corda.messaging.json
@@ -109,6 +109,37 @@
       "default": 972800,
       "minimum": 512000,
       "maximum": 8388608
+    },
+    "stateManager": {
+      "description": "Connection details for the underlying persistent storage used by the out of process State Manager.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "type": {
+          "description": "The type of state manager implementation.",
+          "enum": [
+            "DATABASE"
+          ]
+        },
+        "additionalProperties": false
+      },
+      "$comment": "Polymorphic state manager storage connection configuration. The valid section depends on which state manager implementation is in use.",
+      "allOf": [
+        {
+          "if": {
+            "properties": {"type": {"const": "DATABASE"}},
+            "required": ["type"]
+          },
+          "then": {
+            "properties": {
+              "databaseProperties": {
+                "description": "Settings to connect to the state manager database.",
+                "$ref": "state-manager-db-properties.json"
+              }
+            },
+            "required": ["type","databaseProperties"]
+          }
+        }
+      ]
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/messaging/1.0/state-manager-db-properties.json b/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/messaging/1.0/state-manager-db-properties.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9d1bb7617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/config-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/configuration/messaging/1.0/state-manager-db-properties.json
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2019-09/schema",
+  "$id": "https://corda.r3.com/net/corda/schema/configuration/db/1.0/corda.db.json",
+  "title": "State Manager Database Configuration Schema",
+  "description": "Configuration schema for the database section. Note that this configuration cannot be updated dynamically through the REST endpoint.",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "database": {
+      "description": "Database settings.",
+      "type": "object",
+      "default": {},
+      "properties": {
+        "user": {
+          "description": "The database user.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "pass": {
+          "description": "The database password.",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        "jdbc": {
+          "description": "JDBC settings.",
+          "type": "object",
+          "default": {},
+          "properties": {
+            "driver": {
+              "description": "The JDBC driver.",
+              "type": "string",
+              "default": "org.postgresql.Driver"
+            },
+            "directory": {
+              "description": "The directory that contains the JDBC drivers.",
+              "type": "string",
+              "default": "/opt/jdbc-driver"
+            },
+            "url": {
+              "description": "The JDBC URL.",
+              "type": "string",
+              "default": "jdbc:postgresql://state-manager-db:5432/state_manager"
+            },
+            "persistenceUnitName": {
+              "description": "The persistent unit name.",
+              "type": "string",
+              "default": "corda-state-manager"
+            }
+          },
+          "additionalProperties": false
+        },
+        "pool": {
+          "description": "Database pool settings.",
+          "type": "object",
+          "default": {},
+          "properties": {
+            "max_size": {
+              "description": "The maximum database pool size.",
+              "type": "integer",
+              "minimum": 1,
+              "default": 10
+            },
+            "min_size": {
+              "description": "The minimum database pool size. If left null will default to the `max_size` value.",
+              "default": null,
+              "anyOf": [
+                {
+                  "type": "integer",
+                  "minimum": 0
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "null"
+                }
+              ]
+            },
+            "idleTimeoutSeconds": {
+              "description": "The maximum time (in seconds) a connection can stay idle in the pool. A value of 0 means that idle connections are never removed from the pool.",
+              "type": "integer",
+              "minimum": 0,
+              "default": 120
+            },
+            "maxLifetimeSeconds": {
+              "description": "The maximum time (in seconds) a connection can stay in the pool, regardless if it has been idle or has been recently used. If a connection is in-use and has reached \"maxLifetime\" timeout, it will be removed from the pool only when it becomes idle.",
+              "type": "integer",
+              "minimum": 1,
+              "default": 1800
+            },
+            "keepAliveTimeSeconds": {
+              "description": "The interval time (in seconds) in which connections will be tested for aliveness. Connections which are no longer alive are removed from the pool. A value of 0 means this check is disabled.",
+              "type": "integer",
+              "minimum": 0,
+              "default": 0
+            },
+            "validationTimeoutSeconds": {
+              "description": "The maximum time (in seconds) that the pool will wait for a connection to be validated as alive.",
+              "type": "integer",
+              "minimum": 1,
+              "default": 5
+            }
+          },
+          "additionalProperties": false
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false
+    },
+    "default": {}
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
diff --git a/data/db-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/db/schema/DbSchema.java b/data/db-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/db/schema/DbSchema.java
index 782d9b9754..a0956525a2 100644
--- a/data/db-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/db/schema/DbSchema.java
+++ b/data/db-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/db/schema/DbSchema.java
@@ -61,4 +61,6 @@ private DbSchema() {
     public static final String UNIQUENESS_STATE_DETAILS_TABLE = "uniqueness_state_details";
     public static final String UNIQUENESS_TX_DETAILS_TABLE = "uniqueness_tx_details";
     public static final String UNIQUENESS_REJECTED_TX_TABLE = "uniqueness_rejected_txs";
+
+    public static final String STATE_MANAGER_TABLE = "state";
 }
diff --git a/data/db-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/db/schema/statemanager/db.changelog-master.xml b/data/db-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/db/schema/statemanager/db.changelog-master.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..661f940b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/db-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/db/schema/statemanager/db.changelog-master.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.1" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<databaseChangeLog xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
+                   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-3.5.xsd">
+    <include file="net/corda/db/schema/statemanager/migration/state-manager-migration-v5.1.xml"/>
+</databaseChangeLog>
diff --git a/data/db-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/db/schema/statemanager/migration/state-manager-migration-v5.1.xml b/data/db-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/db/schema/statemanager/migration/state-manager-migration-v5.1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77380c0cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/db-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/db/schema/statemanager/migration/state-manager-migration-v5.1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.1" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<databaseChangeLog xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
+                   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                   xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-3.5.xsd">
+
+    <property name="now" value="now()" dbms="postgresql"/>
+    <property name="json.column.type" value="JSONB" dbms="postgresql"/>
+    <property name="state.column.type" value="bytea" dbms="postgresql"/>
+
+    <!-- Please note that HSQLDB schema is supported for integration test purposes only. -->
+    <property name="now" value="now()" dbms="hsqldb"/>
+    <property name="json.column.type" value="CLOB" dbms="hsqldb"/>
+    <property name="state.column.type" value="binary" dbms="hsqldb"/>
+
+    <changeSet author="R3.Corda" id="state-manager-migration-v5.1">
+        <createTable tableName="state">
+            <column name="key" type="varchar(255)">
+                <constraints nullable="false"/>
+            </column>
+            <column name="value" type="${state.column.type}">
+                <constraints nullable="false"/>
+            </column>
+            <column name="version" type="INT">
+                <constraints nullable="false"/>
+            </column>
+            <column name="metadata" type="${json.column.type}">
+                <constraints nullable="false"/>
+            </column>
+            <column name="modified_time" type="TIMESTAMP" defaultValueComputed="CURRENT_TIMESTAMP">
+                <constraints nullable="false"/>
+            </column>
+        </createTable>
+        <addPrimaryKey columnNames="key" constraintName="state_key" tableName="state"/>
+    </changeSet>
+</databaseChangeLog>