diff --git a/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/FlowTimeout.avsc b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/FlowTimeout.avsc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e11c023042
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/avro-schema/src/main/resources/avro/net/corda/data/flow/FlowTimeout.avsc
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "type": "record",
+  "name": "FlowTimeout",
+  "namespace": "net.corda.data.flow",
+  "doc": "Represents of a flow timeout instruction.",
+  "fields": [
+      {
+        "name": "checkpointStateKey",
+        "type": "string",
+        "doc": "Key for the state record that is storing the checkpoint."
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "timeoutDateTime",
+        "type": {
+            "type": "long",
+            "logicalType": "timestamp-millis"
+          }
+      }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/data/topic-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/Schemas.java b/data/topic-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/Schemas.java
index bf3608479d..6c80b8beab 100644
--- a/data/topic-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/Schemas.java
+++ b/data/topic-schema/src/main/java/net/corda/schema/Schemas.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ private Flow() {
         public static final String FLOW_MAPPER_EVENT_STATE_TOPIC = getStateAndEventStateTopic(FLOW_MAPPER_EVENT_TOPIC);
         public static final String FLOW_MAPPER_EVENT_DLQ_TOPIC = getDLQTopic(FLOW_MAPPER_EVENT_TOPIC);
         public static final String FLOW_MAPPER_CLEANUP_TOPIC = "flow.mapper.cleanup";
+        public static final String FLOW_TIMEOUT_TOPIC = "flow.timeout";
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/Flow.yaml b/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/Flow.yaml
index 0b29c6fce0..7c8a52f016 100644
--- a/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/Flow.yaml
+++ b/data/topic-schema/src/main/resources/net/corda/schema/Flow.yaml
@@ -87,3 +87,10 @@ topics:
     producers:
       - flowMapper
     config:
+  FlowTimeoutTopic:
+    name: flow.timeout
+    consumers:
+      - flow
+    producers:
+      - flow
+    config: