diff --git a/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/005_fix_stored_file_contents.py b/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/005_fix_stored_file_contents.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5eeb7b9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/migrate_repo/versions/005_fix_stored_file_contents.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from oslo_db.sqlalchemy import utils
+from sqlalchemy import MetaData
+
+from tuskar.db.sqlalchemy.types import LongText
+from tuskar.openstack.common.gettextutils import _  # noqa
+from tuskar.openstack.common import log as logging
+
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+ENGINE = 'InnoDB'
+CHARSET = 'utf8'
+
+
+def upgrade(migrate_engine):
+    meta = MetaData()
+    meta.bind = migrate_engine
+    stored_file = utils.get_table(migrate_engine, 'stored_file')
+
+    try:
+        LOG.info(repr(stored_file))
+        col = stored_file._columns.get('contents')
+        col.alter(type=LongText)
+    except Exception:
+        LOG.info(repr(stored_file))
+        LOG.exception(_('Exception while creating table.'))
+        raise
+
+
+def downgrade(migrate_engine):
+    raise NotImplementedError('Downgrade is unsupported.')
diff --git a/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/models.py b/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
index 8775a6a3..84f77ffb 100644
--- a/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
+++ b/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/models.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ from sqlalchemy import (Column, ForeignKey, Integer, String, Text)
 from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
 from sqlalchemy.orm import relationship
 
+from tuskar.db.sqlalchemy.types import LongText
+
 
 sql_opts = [
     cfg.StrOpt('mysql_engine',
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ class StoredFile(Base):
     uuid = Column(String(length=36), primary_key=True)
 
     #: contents contains the full file contents as a string.
-    contents = Column(Text(), nullable=False)
+    contents = Column(LongText(), nullable=False)
 
     #: Object type flags the type of file that this is, i.e. template or
     #: environment file.
diff --git a/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/types.py b/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/types.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38216c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tuskar/db/sqlalchemy/types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+from sqlalchemy.dialects import mysql
+from sqlalchemy import types
+
+
+class LongText(types.TypeDecorator):
+    impl = types.Text
+
+    def load_dialect_impl(self, dialect):
+        if dialect.name == 'mysql':
+            return dialect.type_descriptor(mysql.LONGTEXT())
+        else:
+            return self.impl